The hype is about image editing, not pure text-to-image. Upload an input image, say what you want changed, get the output. That's the idea. Much better preservation of characters and objects.

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appenz 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

I tested it against Flux Pro Kontext (also image editing) and while it's a very different style and approach I overall like Flux better. More focus on image consistency, adjusts the lighting correctly, fixes contradictions in the image.

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qingcharles 7 days ago | parent [-]

I've been testing it against Flux Pro Kontext for several weeks. I would say it beats Flux in a majority of tests, but Flux still surprises from time-to-time. Banana definitely isn't the best 100% of the time -- it falls a bit short of that. Evolution, not revolution.

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vunderba 7 days ago | parent [-]

Agreed. I find myself alternating between Qwen Image Edit 20B, Kontext, and now Flash 2.5 depending on the situation and style. And of course, Flash isn't open-weights, so if you need more control / less censorship then you're SOL.

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frank_nitti 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

Has there been a sufficient indication to conclude these weights will not (now or ever) be released?

	▲	vunderba 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		Are any of Google's generative models besides Alphafold open weight? (Veo, Imagen, etc.) I don't think we can really answer the question if Flash will ever be released.

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Melchizedek 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s good but holy shit is it censored! Try generating any kind of scene on a beach…

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SirMaster 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Can it edit the photo at the original resolution?

Most of my photos these days are 48MP and I don't want to lose a ton of resolution just to edit them.

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vunderba 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

Great question. I really doubt it would be able to support any resolution. I'm sure that behind the scenes it scales it down to somewhere around 1 mp before processing even if they decide to upscale and return it back at the original resolution.

	▲	SirMaster 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		So then this doesn't really replace traditional photoshop editing of my photos I guess.

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qingcharles 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't know. All the testing I've done has output the standard 1024x1024 that all these models are set to output. You might be able to alter the output params on the API or AI Studio.

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Workaccount2 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

No, it resizes them.

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kemyd 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Thanks for clarifying this. That makes a lot more sense.