GCP Vertex AI exposes Imagen 3 Fast through model ID imagen-3.0-fast-generate-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
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- 2Use the GCP Vertex AI SDK or REST API to call
imagen-3.0-fast-generate-001— see the documentation for request format.
Code Examples
Install
pip install google-cloud-aiplatformAPI key
GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECTModel ID
imagen-3.0-fast-generate-001For 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-fast-generate-001")
response = model.generate_content("Hello")
print(response.text)Pricing on GCP Vertex AI
Capabilities
No model capability flags are currently sourced.
About Imagen 3 Fast
Imagen 3 Fast is Google DeepMind's Imagen model focused on image generation. It was released 2024-08-01.
Model Specs
Released2024-08-01