Imagen 4 — AI Image Generator
Photographic and cinematic work. Exceptional colour and light.
Imagen 4 is made by Google DeepMind. Exceptional colour and light. Its output looks graded rather than raw, which suits editorial and cinematic requests.
Where it struggles: Content filtering is stricter than most, and it refuses more prompts around people than the alternatives.
Reach for it when the job is photographic and cinematic work. For anything else, the model directory has a comparison of the alternatives — picking by job rather than by version number is most of what separates a good result from an expensive one.
At a glance
- Made by
- Google DeepMind
- Best for
- Photographic and cinematic work
- Resolution
- Up to 2 megapixels
- Speed
- Moderate
- Strongest at
- Colour, light, atmosphere
- Filtering
- Strict, particularly around people
Prompting Imagen 4
- Cinematography vocabulary works well here — anamorphic, key light, practical lighting, film stock names all land.
- Put the subject in the first few words — every model here weights the start of a prompt most heavily.
- Describe the lighting explicitly. It is the change that most reliably moves output towards the photographic.
- Generate at the aspect ratio you need rather than cropping afterwards, which costs you pixels and composition.
All tools
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Image Enhancer
Instantly improve image quality.
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Image Upscaler
Upscale images up to 4K resolution.
1 credits · Free
Image Sharpener
Fix blurry and out-of-focus photos.
1 credits · Free
Text Clarifier
Make blurry text in photos and scans readable.
7 credits · Free
Photo Restore
Repair tears, creases, stains and fading in old photos.
2 credits · Free
AI Face Enhancer
Sharpen and restore faces in blurry or low-resolution photos.
1 credits · Free
AI Anime Enhancer
Enhance and upscale anime images.
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Background Remover
Remove backgrounds automatically.
1 credits · FreePicking between models
No model here is best at everything, and the pricing reflects compute rather than quality — a slow expensive model is not automatically the right answer. Explore on something fast, render on something good, and read the page for whatever you are about to spend credits on.
Frequently asked questions
What is Imagen 4 best at?
Photographic and cinematic work. Exceptional colour and light. Its output looks graded rather than raw, which suits editorial and cinematic requests.
What are its weaknesses?
Content filtering is stricter than most, and it refuses more prompts around people than the alternatives.
How much does it cost to run?
Credit cost varies by model and output size, and reflects the GPU time a run actually takes. The generator shows the cost for your chosen model before you commit.