Imagen on Vertex AI brings Google's state of the art image generative AI capabilities to application developers. With Imagen on Vertex AI, application developers can build next-generation AI products that transform their user's imagination into high quality visual assets using AI generation, in seconds.
Request access: Imagen 3 Customization and Editing
Request access: Person and face generation
With Imagen, you can do the following:
- Generate novel images using only a text prompt (text-to-image AI generation).
- Edit or expand an uploaded or generated image using a mask area you define.
- Generate new backgrounds for product images.
- Use your images of a concept (subject or style) to customize image generation preserving the appearance of a person, product, pet, or style.
- Edit an entire image or part of an image using a text prompt without using a mask.
- Upscale existing, generated, or edited images.
- Fine-tune a model with a specific subject (for example, a specific handbag or shoe) for image generation.
Prompts for preceding images
These images are generated using the general Imagen 3
image generation model (imagen-3.0-generate-001) and the
following prompts:
- Claymation scene. A medium wide shot of an elderly woman. She is wearing flowing clothing. She is standing in a lush garden watering the plants with an orange watering can
- Shot in the style of DSLR camera with the polarizing filter. A photo of two hot air balloons over the unique rock formations in Cappadocia, Turkey. The colors and patterns on these balloons contrast beautifully against the earthy tones of the landscape below. This shot captures the sense of adventure that comes with enjoying such an experience.
- A weathered, wooden mech robot covered in flowering vines stands peacefully in a field of tall wildflowers, with a a small blue bird resting on its outstrecteched hand. Digital Cartoon, with warm colors and soft lines. A large cliff with a waterfall looms behind.
- A view of a person's hand as they hold a little clay figurine of a bird in their hand and sculpt it with a modeling tool in their other hand. You can see the sculptor's scarf. Their hands are covered in clay dust. A macro DSLR image highlighting the texture and craftsmanship.
- A large, colorful bouquet of flowers in an old blue glass vase on the table. In front is one beautiful peony flower surrounded by various other blossoms like roses, lilies, daisies, orchids, fruits, berries, green leaves. The background is dark gray. Oil painting in the style of the Dutch Golden Age.
- A single comic book panel of a boy and his father on a grassy hill, staring at the sunset. A speech bubble points from the boy's mouth and says: The sun will rise again. Muted, late 1990s coloring style
Product usage
To view usage standards and content restrictions associated with Imagen on Vertex AI, see the usage guidelines.
Person and face generation
Imagen 3 generates the most realistic and highest quality images from natural language text prompts, including images of people of all ages. These person generation features, including the generation of adult and child images, may require your use case to be reviewed and approved.
Imagen 3 may provide you an error that indicates that your Google Cloud project needs to be approved for either adult generation or child generation, depending on the person or face generation parameter that you choose and the context of your text prompt.
If you require approval, fill out the request form, and a Google representative will follow up on your request.
Restricted GA and Preview features
Imagen on Vertex AI offers limited access GA features and Preview features available under our Trusted Tester Program.
To request access to use these restricted Imagen features, fill out the Imagen on Vertex AI access request form. If approved, you will be provided with instructions on how to get started.
Imagen on Vertex AI features and launch stage
Imagen on Vertex AI offers several image generative AI features. These features are available at different launch stages. The features and stages are as follows:
| Feature | General Availability | General Availability (requires approval*) | Preview |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image generation with Imagen 3 and Imagen 3 Fast | ✔ | ||
| Digital watermarking and verification (image generation) | ✔ | ||
| User-configurable safety settings (image generation) | ✔ | ||
| Imagen 3 Customization* (few-shot learning): Subject customization, Style customization, Controlled customization, and Instruct customization. | ✔ | ||
| Imagen 3 image editing* (mask-based: inpainting insert or remove, outpainting, product image editing) | ✔ | ||
| Imagen image editing* (mask-based and mask-free) | ✔ | ||
| Edit using Imagen 2 Personalization* | ✔ | ||
| Edit using Imagen 2 Controlled Customization* | ✔ | ||
| Subject model fine-tuning (standard)* | ✔ | ||
| Subject model fine-tuning (instant)* | ✔ | ||
| Custom style model training* | ✔ | ||
| Visual captioning | ✔ | ||
| Visual Question Answering (VQA) | ✔ | ||
| Text-to-live images† | ✔ | ||
| Video description* | ✔ |
*
To request access to use this Imagen feature,
fill out the Imagen on Vertex AI access request form.
†
Contact your account representative about gaining access to this feature.
List of articles with samples
Use the following articles to understand Imagen on Vertex AI use cases.
For a full list of Jupyter notebook tutorials using Imagen, see the Generative AI on Vertex AI cookbook.
| Features | Description | Links |
|---|---|---|
| Image generation (Imagen 3) |
A developer's guide to getting started with Imagen 3 on Vertex AI.
Read about new Imagen 3 model features. Learn more about Imagen's image generation feature. |
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| Image generation (Imagen 3) |
Do It Yourself Imagen 3 - Practical Demo with Vertex AI.
Run a Colab that uses new Imagen 3 and Imagen 3 Fast model features. Learn more about Imagen's image generation feature. |
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| Image generation (Imagen 2) Image editing (Imagen) |
Image generation with Imagen and LangChain4j (Java).
In this article, we will explore how you can generate and edit images with Imagen in LangChain4j. Learn more about Imagen's image generation and image editing features. |
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What's next
Use the following links to view the feature documentation.
Image credit: All images generated using Imagen on Vertex AI.