Photoshop Partner AI Models – The Ultimate Guide
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- 0:00 Introduction
- 0:29 Change the Color of an Object
- 3:13 Remove Braces
- 4:10 How Nano Banana Works
- 4:46 Change Facial Expressions
- 6:16 Generative Fill Custom Keyboard Shortcut
- 6:36 Change Facial Expression of a Dog
- 7:44 Change Body Poses
- 8:15 Change Text
- 8:42 Mockup a Logo
- 9:21 Seamless Patterns
- 10:30 Create Text Effects
- 10:57 Day To Night
- 11:23 Summer to Winter
- 11:38 Composite items into a Scene
- 12:29 Try Clothes On
- 13:20 Photo Restoration and Animation
- 14:41 Annotate Images
- 15:27 On-Image Prompting
- 16:25 Change Camera Angles
- 17:07 Make Someone Look Like '80s Model
- 17:21 Generate a Professional Portrait
- 17:29 Flood The Scene
- 17:42 Turn Someone into the Terminator
- 17:55 Zoom Out an Image (Outpainting)
- 18:16 Replace the Background
- 18:28 Place Someone into the Hollywood Sign
- 18:39 Place Someone in The Show Friends
- 18:57 Turn a Photo into a comic book drawing
Your choices stick across every tutorial on this device.
Nano Banana in Photoshop is one of two new partner AI models that give you more control over your edits.
Flux Context Pro and Nano Banana each bring unique strengths to the table, helping you refine results with greater accuracy.
By learning how to switch between them, you can unlock new ways to handle color changes, object swaps, and even full-scene transformations.
This guide contains ready-to-use prompts for a variety of image editing tasks.
Note: This video was recorded in the Photoshop Beta. Flux Context Pro and Nano Banana reached the general release in Photoshop 2026 (version 27.0 or later), released October 28, 2025.
Key Takeaways
- Nano Banana in Photoshop and Flux Context Pro are partner AI models you choose from inside Generative Fill, not separate tools.
- A loose selection works better than a tight one. Partner models read the whole area you select, so they do not need the precise edges older Photoshop selections do.
- Regenerating always looks at your original image, not your last generated result, so you can try several prompts from the same starting point.
- If a generated area does not blend perfectly, fill the generative layer mask with black, then paint with white to bring back only the part you want to keep.
- Nano Banana understands hex codes and Pantone codes, so you can ask for an exact color instead of a general one like red.
- You can fake a reference image in Generative Fill by placing a second photo beside your image before you select all and generate.
Table of contents
- What You Will Learn
- Requirements
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- How to Access Nano Banana in Photoshop
- Change Color
- Remove Braces
- Change Facial Expression
- Change Facial Expression of a Dog
- Change Poses
- Change Text
- Mockup Logo into a Product
- Create Seamless Pattern
- Type Effects
- Day to Night
- Change Seasons
- Arrange Items
- Change Clothes
- Restore Old Photo
- Annotations
- Instructional Image
- Outdoor Portrait Experiments
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Conclusion
- Related Links
What You Will Learn
- How to switch between partner AI models inside Generative Fill
- How to write prompts that change colors, poses, facial expressions, and backgrounds
- How to fix a generated area that does not blend using a layer mask
- How to fake a multi-image reference using the Crop Tool and Move Tool
- How to turn a generated pattern into a real, seamless Photoshop pattern
Requirements
Before you start
- Photoshop 2026 (version 27.0 or later) or the current version
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Action | Windows | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Select All before running Generative Fill | Ctrl A | Command A |
| Rectangular Marquee Tool | M | M |
How to Access Nano Banana in Photoshop
Make a loose selection around the area you want to change. A tool like the Rectangular Marquee Tool (M (Windows) or M (macOS)) works well, since partner models read the whole selected area instead of needing a tight, precise edge.
Open Generative Fill from the Contextual Task Bar, then click the model icon inside the Generative Fill box. Choose Flux Context Pro or Nano Banana instead of Adobe’s own model, type your prompt, and generate. For the full model picker, see our Generative Fill guide.
Tip: Assign your own keyboard shortcut to Generative Fill from Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts, so you do not have to reopen the menu every time you switch models.
Change Color
Prompt
Turn the sweater red
Prompt
Turn the sweater this color #fef500
Prompt
Turn the sweater this color PANTONE 18-2143-TCX
Remove Braces
Prompt
Remove braces
Change Facial Expression
Prompt
Keep the person unchanged, but change their facial expression to a surprised look. Preserve the pose, body proportions, hairstyle, and overall appearance. Maintain realistic lighting, shadows, and photorealistic details.
Change Facial Expression of a Dog
Prompt
Keep the dog unchanged, but change their facial expression to a happy look. Preserve the pose, body proportions, hairstyle, and overall appearance. Maintain realistic lighting, shadows, and photorealistic details.
Change Poses
Prompt
Have the woman on the right, wearing the gray jacket, carry the man as if he were a baby. Make both smile and look at the camera. Preserve their identities, body proportions, and clothing details.
Ensure the pose is natural and realistic, with consistent lighting, shadows, and perspective. Photorealistic, high-resolution result.
Change Text
Prompt
Change the word “Reno” to “Adobe” and the phrase “The Biggest Little City In The World” to “Photoshop Now Includes Partner Models.”
Mockup Logo into a Product
Prompt
Place this logo on a pink T-shirt worn by a young skater woman sitting on top of a table in an outdoor skate park.
Create Seamless Pattern
Prompt
Seamless pattern of an intricate, colorful, floral design.
Type Effects
Prompt
Type “banana” using coffee beans.
Day to Night
Prompt
Make this photo into a night scene. Low dramatic lighting with strong shadows on the subject. The streets are dark, and background windows show light, reflecting on the water.
Change Seasons
Prompt
Make this photo into a winter scene. Snow falls onto the elephant. The background is covered with snow.
Arrange Items
Prompt
Elegant muted tones. The windows overlook Paris and the Eiffel tower with warm sunlight coming through. The image has a shadow depth of field.
Change Clothes
Prompt
Put the jacket on the man. Make the zipper open. Keep the same pose, perspective, and lighting. Make it fit his body perfectly.
Tip: You can hack Photoshop into using a reference image for generative fills. Photoshop does not natively support attaching a second image the way Nano Banana does on its own, but there is a simple workaround.
Expand your canvas with the Crop Tool so both images, your base photo and your reference, are visible. Then use the Move Tool to place the reference image beside your main one. Make sure there are no transparent pixels, by filling them with white.
Select all, open the Generative Fill box, and enter your prompt. Photoshop blends the two images seamlessly, matching lighting, color, and perspective. Once it is done, crop the image back to its original size.
This trick is different from Generative Expand, which fills brand new canvas space on its own. See our Generative Expand guide if you just need to widen a shot without a reference image.
Restore Old Photo
Prompt
Restore this photo.
Annotations
Prompt
Highlight the Empire State Building and annotate five fun facts about it. Use the words “Fun Facts” at the bottom of the image. Use the style of an AR Experience.
Instructional Image
Prompt
Complete the prompts in red. Then remove the red prompts and sample images.
Outdoor Portrait Experiments
Original Photo:
Prompt
Give me a view from above, looking down on this image.
Prompt
Give me a view from above, looking down on this image. Keep the same pose.
Prompt
Make this man look like he’s from the 80’s.
Prompt
Create a full-body professional portrait of this person. He is wearing a blue suit. Portrait studio lighting.
Prompt
Flood this entire scene. Keep the same perspective and scale.
Prompt
Make this into a dystopian future. Make the man look like a damaged Terminator with a dirty, torn black top and a glowing red eye. Keep the same perspective and scale.
Prompt
Zoom out to show the entire body.
Prompt
Change the background to Paris, France, with the Eiffel Tower in the back.
Prompt
Put this man on the Hollywood sign. He’s sitting on top of the W, cinematic golden hour lighting, to scale.
Prompt
Put this man sitting on a couch on the set of Friends. He is with Jennifer Aniston in Central Perk.
Prompt
Make this image into a superhero comic book style panel. Add a thought bubble that reads “this is bananas!” in Comic Sans.
Frequently Asked Questions
Partner AI models are third-party AI engines you can pick inside Generative Fill, alongside Adobe’s own Firefly model. Flux Context Pro and Nano Banana were the first two partner models Adobe added. Each model reads a prompt a little differently, so switching models can give you a better result for a specific task.
Nano Banana is the nickname for Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model inside Generative Fill. It is strong at making targeted changes, like swapping a color or an object, while keeping the rest of the photo consistent. It also understands specific instructions, like a hex code or a Pantone number.
Make a selection with a tool like the Rectangular Marquee Tool, then open Generative Fill from the Contextual Task Bar. Click the model icon inside the Generative Fill box to choose Flux Context Pro or Nano Banana instead of Adobe’s default model.
Nano Banana was designed to edit a whole uploaded photo through a chat prompt, not a masked area. Selecting your entire canvas simulates that same setup inside Photoshop, so a loose selection usually works better than a tight one.
Select the generative layer’s mask and fill it with black to hide the new content. Then use the Brush Tool with white to paint back only the part you want to keep. This blends the generated area with the rest of the photo.
Photoshop does not let you attach a second reference image to a prompt the way a chatbot does. You can work around it by expanding your canvas with the Crop Tool and placing the reference beside your photo with the Move Tool. Then select all and run Generative Fill together.
No. Flux Context Pro and Nano Banana launched in the Photoshop Beta, but both reached the general release in Photoshop 2026 (version 27.0). You do not need the beta app to use either model today.
Conclusion
Photoshop’s partner AI models put a whole new set of editing options inside a tool you already know. Nano Banana and Flux Context Pro can swap colors, change poses, restore old photos, and build entire composites from a single prompt.
The steps stay the same for every example in this guide. Make a loose selection, open Generative Fill, choose your model, and describe what you want to see.
Try a few of these prompts on your own photos, then comment on the video with your results.
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