Pictory now lets you create unique, high-quality images using the power of your imagination – creating images from text, right inside our video workflow. With Prompt to Generate AI Images, we turn text into visuals that match a script, a story, and a brand tone.
The new Generative AI Prompt-to-Images feature gives you the flexibility to choose from leading AI models, including Nova Canvas, Flux, Seedream, Titan, and Nano Banana. To select the best models for creators, we benchmarked several top text-to-image systems across real-world use cases.
Our Benchmark on Text-To-Image: Models, Prompts, and Scoring
We designed a structured, repeatable test that any team can run. The prompts covered people, products, scenes, typography, and mixed instruction chains across 100 prompts spanning ten categories such as humans, products, nature, rendering, and structured graphics.
Evaluating the Top Prompt to Generate AI Images Models
• Amazon Nova Canvas
• Amazon Titan G1
• GPT-Image-1
• ByteDance Seedream v3
• Google Imagen 4
• Flux Schnell
• Nano Banana
We logged metrics for time to first image, success rate, and retries, along with quality scores. To measure performance, measured their performance with two methods, CLIP scoring and LLM judging, and we used two complementary evaluation methods:
1. CLIP Scoring
This metric measures how well each image matches the original text prompt, showing how accurately a model understands and visualizes instructions.
2. LLM Judging
We used a large language model to review image quality from a human perspective, rating prompt adherence, fine detail accuracy, composition, and overall visual appeal.
Why Nova Canvas Stands Out
Nova Canvas consistently ranked among the top performers across all test categories. It delivered the best mix of accuracy, realism, and efficiency. Our results showed that it also led in instruction following and detail, and was strongest in human and product imagery. Finally. it proved efficient and reliable under load.
• Top for instruction following and detail
Nova Canvas produced highly accurate results that matched prompt intent and captured fine details with precision. Nova Canvas showed the highest instruction-match scores on both CLIP and LLM judging.
• Strong in human and product imagery
Skin tones looked natural and consistent. Lighting, symmetry, and depth felt real across different scenes. Faces held identity across seeds more often, which helps with continuity across frames.
Product shots were clean, with sharper edges and brand-friendly reflections. Metals, glass, and soft materials rendered with fewer artifacts.
• Efficient and reliable
Images were generated in about five seconds on average, faster than most other models tested, while maintaining consistent quality.
During peak load, Nova Canvas returned a steady time to first image and a high success rate. Failures and timeouts stayed low in our runs. Since retries were rare, the cost per approved image came out lowest.
Nova Canvas Now Integrated with Pictory
Pictory has integrated Amazon Nova Canvas directly into the platform. You can now generate custom visuals from text when stock or uploaded footage comes up short. Nova Canvas takes a prompt and returns consistent, brand-safe images that slot into scenes without extra back-and-forth.
Need a realistic setting, a specific object, or a person performing an action? Nova Canvas fills that gap with accuracy and control. For example, type: “Woman in a navy blazer presenting in a bright office, soft window light, 16:9, brand blue accent.” The result aligns with tone, color, and script needs.
This feature expands what is possible in video creation. We can keep the creative flow in one place and align visuals with the voiceover and storyboard in minutes.
Conclusion
Prompt to Generate AI Images in Pictory’s AI Studio expands what is possible in video creation, helping you generate visuals that align perfectly with your script, story, or brand tone without leaving the editor.
Ready to try it? Log in to Pictory today and try Prompt-to-Image using the Nova Canvas model.
