I rescued this photo using Nano Banana - here's how to salvage an image using the best AI image generation tool (www.techradar.com)

Gemini’s Nano Banana image editor — accessible directly inside the Gemini chatbot — is being highlighted as the best consumer AI tool right now for editing existing photos. Users simply upload an image and type natural-language instructions (e.g., “make everybody look in focus and look at the camera” or “make him smile and remove the glass”), and Nano Banana performs fast, localized fixes in seconds. In the author’s tests it repaired closed eyes, out-of-focus subjects, and removed foreground objects while keeping the rest of the photo intact; the results were noticeably more natural than competing attempts (ChatGPT’s output was slower and produced an uncanny-valley effect). For the AI/ML community this matters because Nano Banana showcases strong conditional inpainting/retouching that preserves global consistency — a hard problem in generative imaging — and makes high-quality editing accessible to nonexperts via plain-language prompts. Its speed and zero-cost entry lower the barrier for everyday photo rescue and social-media-ready edits, which will push demand for more robust, context-aware image models. The flip side: wider availability raises questions around consent, manipulation detection, and provenance of edited media, increasing the need for tools and standards that track edits and maintain trust in visual content.