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title: Painter
link: https://ampcode.com/news/painter
source: ampcode-com
published: 2026-01-14T00:00:00Z
updated: 2026-01-14T00:00:00Z
first_seen: 2026-10-03T23:09:50.514863041Z
summary: 'Amp can now generate and edit images, which is useful for design inspiration, tweaking mockups, and making visual assets: Exploring UI alternatives: "show me 3 different designs for this task dashboard" Editing an existing image: "update this dashboard with the changes shown in the attached image" To use it, ask Amp to use the painter tool explicitly. The painter uses Gemini 3 Pro Image (a.k.a. Nano Banana Pro) under the hood.'
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html: 2026-01-14-painter.html
preview:
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  width: 256
  height: 134
  color: '#60594e'
images:
- source: https://ampcode.com/og?_template=news&_version=7&title=Painter&date=January+14%2C+2026&tagline=Generate+and+edit+images+with+the+painter+tool&sig=b68db69fcf711ab8892b81a3ba491eb4b03e8586307c8e9c21516a6ec7f1a202
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    height: 630
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    width: 320
    height: 168
  - file: 2026-01-14-painter.image-a988e8eb8107.webp
    width: 640
    height: 336
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    width: 960
    height: 504
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    width: 1200
    height: 630
  color: '#221b16'
---

Amp can now generate and edit images, which is useful for design inspiration, tweaking mockups, and making visual assets:

- Exploring UI alternatives: ["show me 3 different designs for this task dashboard"](https://ampcode.com/threads/T-019bb777-afe9-74ba-aacd-1dc6ec9017ad)

- Editing an existing image: ["update this dashboard with the changes shown in the attached image"](https://ampcode.com/threads/T-019bb785-2fd8-758f-abd4-617e8974e0ab)

To use it, ask Amp to use the `painter` tool explicitly. The painter uses Gemini 3 Pro Image (a.k.a. Nano Banana Pro) under the hood.