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.
With Imagen, you can do the following:
- Generate novel images using only a text prompt (text-to-image AI generation).
- Edit an entire uploaded or generated image with a text prompt.
- Edit only parts of an uploaded or generated image using a mask area you define.
- Upscale existing, generated, or edited images.
- Fine-tune a model with a specific subject (for example, a specific handbag or shoe) for image generation.
- Get text descriptions of images with visual captioning.
- Get answers to a question about an image with Visual Question Answering (VQA).
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Product usage
To view usage standards and content restrictions associated with Imagen on Vertex AI, see the usage guidelines.
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 allowlisting*) | Preview |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image generation* | ✔ | ||
| Digital watermarking and verification (image generation) | ✔ | ||
| User-configurable safety settings (image generation) | ✔ | ||
| Imagen image editing (mask-based and mask-free)* | ✔ | ||
| Imagen 2 image editing (mask-based: inpainting insert or remove , outpainting , product image editing)* | ✔ | ||
| 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 specific Imagen on Vertex AI use cases.
For Jupyter notebook tutorials using Imagen, see Generative AI on Vertex AI notebook tutorials.
| Features | Description | Links |
|---|---|---|
| Image editing (Imagen) |
Background change with Imagen on Vertex AI: A step-by-step guide.
This article shows how to do mask-based editing using the Vertex AI SDK for Python. Changing the background involves the following steps:
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| Image generation (Imagen) Text generation (PaLM 2 for Text) |
Google Imagen (through Google Cloud Vertex AI Studio) as fashion design assistant.
In this article, we will explore how generative AI can assist fashion designers in
generating new ideas and designs using Google's suite of generative models for text
and image generation. This article shows you how to use PaLM 2 for Text's
Learn more about Imagen's image generation feature and PaLM 2 for Text's text 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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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.
What's next
- View videos describing Vertex AI foundation models including Imagen, the text-to-image foundation model that lets you generate and edit images:
- Read blog posts describing Imagen on Vertex AI and Generative AI on Vertex AI: