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On Christmas Day a family asked Gemini's Nano Banana image model to create a picture of Santa delivering presents in their own living room. They were most impressed that it even set the photo's timestamp to 25 December at 6:39am.
Here's a photo of our living room. Edit it so Santa Claus is quietly placing presents under [THE TREE / BY THE FIREPLACE], as if caught on camera early on Christmas morning. Keep the room exactly as it is, with soft, slightly dim early-morning light, and make it look like a real, slightly grainy phone photo rather than a cartoon.
Replace the [PLACEHOLDERS] with your own details before you send it.
How to try it
- Take a photo of the room where the presents will be, in good light, without people in it.
- Upload it to the Gemini app with the prompt and ask for small tweaks until it looks natural.
- Show it to the children on Christmas morning, and keep the original photo too.
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Reference: X @yuris