Reads as Photography
Depth of field, falloff and skin detail behave the way a lens does. The tell that an image is generated usually lives in those three places.
Imagen 4.0 is Google's photorealism-oriented image model. Where the Nano Banana family leans stylised and responsive, Imagen leans toward looking like it came out of a camera — depth of field, skin texture, believable light. For a reel meant to read as footage rather than animation, it is the different-looking option.
모델Depth of field, falloff and skin detail behave the way a lens does. The tell that an image is generated usually lives in those three places.
Lighting instructions in a compiled shot prompt — golden hour, single practical, overcast — land as light rather than as colour grading.
Priced with Nano Banana Pro. The reason to pick between them is aesthetic, not budget: Imagen for footage, Pro for controlled staging.