Using Imagen 3 for Editing and Customization on GCP Vertex AI

Implementation guide · Imagen · Google DeepMind

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GCP Vertex AI exposes Imagen 3 for Editing and Customization through model ID imagen-3.0-capability-001. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at GCP Vertex AI and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the GCP Vertex AI SDK or REST API to call imagen-3.0-capability-001 — see the documentation for request format.

Code Examples

Install
pip install google-cloud-aiplatform
API key
GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT
Model ID
imagen-3.0-capability-001

For Google-published models use the model name directly, e.g. "gemini-2.0-flash-001". For third-party publishers (Anthropic, Meta, etc.) use the full publisher path, e.g. "publishers/anthropic/models/claude-3-5-sonnet-v2@20241022".

import os
import vertexai
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel

# Reads GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT from env; authenticates via Application Default Credentials
vertexai.init(project=os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"], location="us-central1")
model = GenerativeModel("imagen-3.0-capability-001")
response = model.generate_content("Hello")
print(response.text)

Pricing on GCP Vertex AI

Capabilities

VisionMultimodal

About Imagen 3 for Editing and Customization

Imagen 3 for Editing and Customization is Google DeepMind's Imagen model focused on image generation. It was released 2024-08-01.

Model Specs

Released2024-08-01

Provider

GCP Vertex AI

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Mountain View, California, United States