Nano Banana 2 Litefor B-roll at volume
Google's lightweight image tier generates 1K stills fast and for about half the price of Nano Banana 2 — the right trade for B-roll that's on screen for two seconds.
- Fast & cheap
- From 6 credits per image
- Max size · 1K
- Speed · Fast
Made with Nano Banana 2 Lite in Shorz
Real images generated in Shorz, unedited, shown with the exact prompt that made them.
“Loose watercolor painting of snowy mountains above a turquoise alpine lake, soft washes of color.”
“Isometric 3D render of a tiny floating island with a lighthouse, palm trees and a waterfall, pastel colors, clean background.”
“A golden retriever puppy running through a field of wildflowers at sunset, joyful, warm backlight.”
Nano Banana 2 Lite at a glance
Nano Banana 2 Lite is Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image model — a smaller, faster sibling of Nano Banana 2. Shorz offers it for AI B-roll, where a long video can need dozens of cutaway images and each one is on screen for a beat.
Specs in Shorz
- Made by
- Underlying model
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image
- Output size
- 1K only
- Aspect ratios
- 16:9, 9:16, 1:1
- Available in
- AI B-roll
Price in Shorz credits
6–13credits per image
- 1K · per image6 cr
- 2K · per image9 cr
- 4K · per image13 cr
1 credit = €0.01. Prepaid packs, no subscription, credits never expire. Prices are read from the same live catalog the app uses. See packs
Why pick Nano Banana 2 Lite in Shorz
About half the price
Roughly half the per-image cost of Nano Banana 2 at 1K.
Fast turnaround
Lite generates quickly, so B-roll for a long video doesn't hold up the render.
Right-sized for cutaways
1K is plenty for a two-second cutaway over narration.
Best for
- Long-form B-roll
- Podcast cutaways
- Talking-head videos
- Budget projects
Where Nano Banana 2 Lite works in Shorz
Same model, no separate account: it runs on your Shorz credits wherever the app offers it.
How to use Nano Banana 2 Lite in Shorz
Shorz is a desktop app for Windows and Mac. Download it, sign in, and Nano Banana 2 Lite is already in the model picker — no API key, no waitlist, no second subscription.
- 1Download Shorz for Windows or Mac and sign in.
- 2Open AI B-roll in your project (or turn it on in Auto Edit).
- 3Choose Nano Banana 2 Lite as the B-roll image model.
- 4Generate — Shorz writes prompts from the transcript and places each image on cue.
Nano Banana 2 Lite vs other image models
All image models in Shorz, with live credit prices.
| Model | Best at | Max size | Speed | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nano Banana 2 | Google's image model for photographic scene stills, at 1K, 2K or 4K. | 4K | Standard | 6–20 per image |
| Nano Banana 2 Lite | Google's fast, low-cost 1K image tier for high-volume AI B-roll. | 1K | Fast | 6–13 per image |
 GPT Image 2.5 | OpenAI's image model (Flare) — legible text and fast edits, the thumbnail default. | 1536px | Fast | 1–28 per image |
| GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst | OpenAI's precision variant — sharper detail, natural light, strongest same-face likeness. | 1536px | Slower | 1–28 per image |
Every model, one app
Shorz isn't a model playground. The models generate the parts; the editor around them turns those parts into a finished, captioned, published video.
- Every model on one prepaid balance — no per-provider subscriptions
- No watermark on anything you generate or export
- Full commercial rights on what you create
- No API keys to manage: the models run on your Shorz account
- New model versions appear in the picker without an app update
- Drivable from Claude, Cursor, Codex or Gemini over MCP
Nano Banana 2 Lite questions
In Text-to-Video, scenes that use reference images are routed to a dedicated edit model anyway, so Lite saved nothing there. B-roll is where its speed and price pay off.
No — Lite is 1K only. Use Nano Banana 2 for 2K or 4K.
No. Shorz never watermarks output, and you keep full commercial rights.
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More models in Shorz
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Google · Image
Google's image model for photographic scene stills, at 1K, 2K or 4K.
Thumbnail defaultGPT Image 2.5
OpenAI · Image
OpenAI's image model (Flare) — legible text and fast edits, the thumbnail default.
Default · CheapestSeedance 2.0 Mini
ByteDance · Video
The default and cheapest video model in Shorz — 4–15s at 480p or 720p.
NewestElevenLabs v4
ElevenLabs · Voice & Audio
ElevenLabs' flagship text-to-speech: 90+ languages, audio tags, 10,000 characters a request.
Try Nano Banana 2 Lite in Shorz
Download Shorz for Windows or Mac and Nano Banana 2 Lite is already in the picker — no API key, no subscription, no watermark.
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