Ideogram AI Image Generator: Legible Text in Images

About Ideogram V3

Ideogram V3 is the model to open when the picture has to contain words a reader can actually read. This page runs three workflows: text to image, a masked edit, and a remix of an uploaded image. Rendering speed sets the price, outputs are charged per image, and the total is quoted before you generate.

Typographic images are the reason to pick this page. Posters, packaging, signage, quote cards and social graphics all live or die on lettering, and Ideogram is the model here that treats text as a first-class part of the prompt. Put the exact wording in quotation marks and say where it sits: a headline across the top, a label on the bottle, a caption in the lower third. The style selector then carries the mood. Auto lets the model decide, General is the neutral default, Realistic pushes toward photography, and Design leans into graphic layout. MagicPrompt can extend a short brief into a fuller description, and a negative prompt keeps blur, broken letters and clutter out of the frame.

Three rendering speeds set the budget. Turbo is the quickest and cheapest per image, Balanced is the middle option and the default, and Quality spends the most credits and time on lettering that has to survive a close look. Prices are per image: 35 credits on Turbo, 70 on Balanced and 100 on Quality, multiplied by the number of outputs you request, which can be one to four. A four-image Quality batch is therefore a real commitment, and the workspace shows the total before you commit. The interface estimates roughly 16, 28 and 40 seconds for the three tiers, though the actual wait depends on load.

Edit and remix cover the two ways an existing image can change. Edit takes an image plus a mask and rewrites only the masked region, which is the right tool for replacing a word on a label or correcting one element of a layout. Remix takes a single image and a strength value between 0.01 and 1: low values stay close to the original, high values let the prompt move further. Neither mode accepts more than one reference, so when a job needs several angles held together, Flux 2 is the better page. Ideogram is for the image that has to be read. Failed jobs return their credits.

Seed is exposed in all three workflows, and it is the only way to ask for the same result twice. Enter the same integer with the same prompt, speed and style and the render should come back close to the original; leave the field blank and every run starts from a random seed. Remix carries a strength value that opens at 0.8, so a first remix already departs from the source; lower it before raising the prompt's ambition if the original composition has to survive. The expand-prompt switch is on by default in each mode.

Pricing rewards comparison at the low tier. Two Turbo images cost 70 credits, exactly one Balanced image, so testing two wordings at Turbo is usually a better buy than polishing one at the middle tier. Four Turbo images cost 140, which is more than a single Quality image, so the arithmetic flips when the batch grows. The estimate shown also depends on speed alone: it does not rise with the number of outputs, which makes it a floor for a multi-image request rather than a forecast. Add time for each extra image.

How Ideogram V3 works

1. 1

   Choose a workflow

   Text to image for a new picture, Edit when you have an image and a mask and only one region should change, Remix when you want a variation of an existing render under prompt control.

2. 2

   Write the words exactly

   Put the copy in quotation marks and say where it goes. Pick a style and an image size, and turn on MagicPrompt if the brief is short. Add a negative prompt for anything that must not appear.

3. 3

   Set speed and outputs, then generate

   Turbo, Balanced or Quality sets the per-image price; the outputs selector goes from one to four, and the quoted total multiplies the two. Upload the mask in Edit mode before running.

What Ideogram V3 is best for

• Posters and flyers

  Headlines and dates set inside the artwork, at a size where a misspelling would be obvious. Quality is the tier for anything printed.

• Packaging and labels

  Put the product name and the small print in the prompt, then use Edit with a mask to correct one line without regenerating the whole pack.

• Quote cards and social graphics

  Short copy over a designed background, exported at 1:1 or 9:16 depending on where it will be posted.

• Logo and identity exploration

  Try wordmarks and lockups in Design style at Turbo prices, then take the chosen direction to Quality for a clean final.

Ideogram V3 at a glance

Model

Ideogram V3, run through KIE

Credit cost

35 credits per image on Turbo, 70 on Balanced, 100 on Quality; multiplied by the number of outputs

Workflows

Text to image, masked edit, remix

Outputs

1 to 4 images per request

Image sizes

Square 768, square HD 1024, portrait 3:4 and 9:16, landscape 4:3 and 16:9

Styles

Auto, General, Realistic, Design

Ideogram V3 FAQ

What does one Ideogram image cost?

35 credits on Turbo, 70 on Balanced and 100 on Quality, per image. Asking for four outputs multiplies that figure by four. New accounts start with 300 credits and can claim 50 more each day they log in, expiring after 30 days; Starter is $4.90 a month with 300 credits.

How do I get text that actually reads correctly?

Write the exact wording in quotation marks and state its position. Keep the string short, pick Design or General, and use Quality for small type or anything printed. The negative prompt is the place to list blurry lettering, misspellings and misaligned words.

What is the difference between Edit and Remix?

Edit requires both an image and a mask and changes only the masked area. Remix takes one image and a strength setting, with no mask, and reinterprets the whole picture; lower strength keeps more of the original.

Why choose Ideogram over Flux 2 or Imagen 4?

Ideogram is the page organised around lettering, and it is the only one of this trio with a mask-based edit. Flux 2 is the multi-reference option; Imagen 4 generates photoreal stills from text with no uploads at all. Choose by what the image has to do, not by which model name is on it.

What happens if a generation fails?

The credits for that run are returned automatically. You are charged for delivered images rather than for attempts.

Can I reproduce an Ideogram render exactly?

Enter the same integer in the seed field and repeat the prompt, speed and style, and the output should come back close to the original. It is not a guarantee of a pixel-identical copy, and leaving the field blank gives each run a random seed. Seed is available in text to image, edit and remix. In remix, keep the strength value as well, since it also changes how far the result moves from the source.