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Re:Nano Banana 2 Lite by hbardigital on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @01:38PM (#48736270)
The speed is definitely impressive. I'm seeing under 5 seconds per image vs ~30 seconds for base NB2.

I built an app for my kids that generates illustrated stories for them with them as the characters. I wanted to prioritize likeness while still stylizing the illustrations. I tested a bunch of models but none seem to come close to maintaining likeness when stylized. I find the others generate generic looking characters.

I'm excited to incorporate this into the onboarding of my app since I want the users to experience the aha moment as soon as possible and waiting half a minute+ isn't ideal. I'll still be using the main NB2 for the actual illustrations as this lite version still has slight issues with nuance and consistency as others have pointed out.

Re:Nano Banana 2 Lite by IncreasePosts on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @02:20PM (#48736988)
I tried something like that but an error told me it couldn't do anything with children. Did that change?
Re:Nano Banana 2 Lite by hbardigital on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @03:12PM (#48737833)
Haven't experienced any errors related to children. Will get the random copyright error though.
Re:Nano Banana 2 Lite by akoboldfrying on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @03:02AM (#48743200)
Plot twist: His kids are in their forties, they just really like illustrated stories