Ideogram text to image
Write the words. Name the object. Ideogram draws both. The type stays readable at poster size. Steal a setup from the community wall.
IMAGELetteringIdeogram AI
Ideogram Text as art.
Ask any model for a logo. You get alphabet soup. Ask Ideogram. You get lettering.
- Type as the subject
- Two live versions
- Up to 15 frame ratios
- One reference image
- Flat price per render
Free account · ⚡50 on signup · No card
● Made with Ideogram
Eight objects, eight styles
Product and still-life work off both live versions.
Text to Image · 4.0Steel watch on slate
Product still on wet stone. One hard light, no studio.
Verbatim prompt
Generate a minimalist steel watch on wet black slate
Text to Image · 4.0Headphones in violet silk
Silk and float, both invented. A launch tile in one pass.
Verbatim prompt
Make wireless headphones floating in violet silk
Text to Image · 4.0Chocolate over squares
Food in motion, frozen sharp. Gloss and crumb both read.
Verbatim prompt
Generate molten chocolate pouring over stacked squares
Text to Image · 3.0Hot sauce label
Type as the subject. The label sets clean and reads.
Verbatim prompt
Generate a hot sauce bottle labelled BLACK MARKET on wet steel
Text to Image · 3.0Guitar in stage light
Stage light is the whole set. Beam, haze, chrome.
Verbatim prompt
Generate an electric guitar in a beam of stage light
Text to Image · 3.0Tent under the Milky Way
A night sky with no night shoot. Glow and scale.
Verbatim prompt
Make a glowing tent under the Milky Way
Text to Image · 3.0Road bike at dawn
Dawn mist on demand. Catalogue framing, no location.
Verbatim prompt
Generate a road bike on a misty road at dawn
Text to Image · 3.0Crimson helmet
Studio gloss on a curved shell. Clean seam, clean falloff.
Verbatim prompt
Make a crimson motorcycle helmet in studio light
● Why people pick it
What Ideogram is for
01
Lettering, not soup
Wordmarks, logos and hand-lettered type that actually reads.
02
Fixed resolutions
4.0 sharpens type. Output sizes come from a fixed list.
03
Many ratios
Ideogram 3.0 takes 15 frame ratios. Banners and stories included.
04
Two live versions
4.0 for sharper type. 3 for text rendering at a lower price.
● Three moves
How do you use Ideogram on OpenClips?
01
Name the object
Ideogram answers to described things.
02
Write the words
Exactly as they should appear.
03
Pick the ratio
Banner, square or story.
● Two ways in
Ideogram image to image
Attach one reference image. Hold a palette, a layout, a mark. Set the reference weight in the composer. Full rates sit on the pricing page.
● What it covers
Where Ideogram 4.0 ships
The jobs that live or die on the lettering.
LogotypesPoster typeAlbum coversBook jacketsPackaging labelsStorefront signageTitle cardsMerch printsMenu boardsAd headlines
● Version by version
Ideogram 4.0 or Ideogram 3.0?
Both live. 4.0 is sharper and pricier. 3.0 keeps the knobs.
| Spec | Ideogram 4.0 | Ideogram 3.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Ideogram 4.0Live | Ideogram 3.0Live |
| Type rendering | Ideogram 4.0Sharper | Ideogram 3.0Best in class |
| Resolutions | Ideogram 4.0Fixed | Ideogram 3.0Flexible |
| Ratios | Ideogram 4.01:1 · 3:1 · 1:3 · 9:16 | Ideogram 3.01:1 · 1:3 · 3:1 · 1:2 · 2:1 · 9:16 |
| Best for | Ideogram 4.0Finished lettering | Ideogram 3.0Drafting type |
| From | Ideogram 4.0⚡21 | Ideogram 3.0⚡19 |
● Spec sheet
Ideogram model parameters
- Live versions
- Ideogram 4.0 and Ideogram 3.0
- Output
- Still images. No video, no audio.
- Frame ratios (Ideogram 3.0)
- 1:1 · 1:3 · 3:1 · 1:2 · 2:1 · 9:16 · 16:9 · 10:16 · 16:10 · 2:3 · 3:2 · 3:4 · 4:3 · 4:5 · 5:4
- Output sizes (Ideogram 4.0)
- A fixed list of 38. Squares, plus wide and tall cuts.
- Reference images
- 1 per prompt. Reference weight runs 1 to 100.
- Rendering speed
- Turbo · Default · Quality. Ideogram 3.0 adds Flash.
- Style types (Ideogram 3.0)
- Auto · General · Realistic · Design · Fiction
- Magic prompt (Ideogram 3.0)
- Auto · On · Off. On by default.
- Negative prompt
- Supported on Ideogram 3.0.
- Typical render
- About 15s on 4.0. About 12s on Ideogram 3.0.
- Cost on OpenClips
- Ideogram 4.0 from ⚡21. Ideogram 3.0 from ⚡19.
Figures reflect OpenClips defaults, August 2026.
● Quoted first
How much does an Ideogram render cost?
Ideogram 4.0
From ⚡21 (from $0.13).
Ideogram 3.0
From ⚡19 (from $0.12).
Flat price on both versions. No duration, no resolution ladder. The composer shows the exact ⚡ before you commit. A free account starts with ⚡50, which covers a first run of lettering tests. Packs start at $10/800⚡.
● OpenClips MCP
Drive Ideogram from your AI agent
No console and no syntax. Your agent briefs Ideogram through the OpenClips MCP server.
Server address
https://mcp.openclips.aiClaudeClaude CodeChatGPTCursorVS CodeGrokHermes agentOpenClawOther MCP client
Step 01
Say it in plain words
One sentence is the brief. Quote the words you want set.
Step 02
Your agent picks the version
Frame or output size, and the ⚡ quote. Queued for you.
Step 03
The frame lands in your library
Download it, remix it, or ship it. Credits settle automatically.
● Director notes
Getting more out of 4.0
Quote the copy you need
Type the exact words in the prompt. Do not describe them.
Quote the line
Pick the output size first
All 38 sizes cost the same ⚡21. Start from the delivery size.
Size it first
Steer on 3.0. Finish on 4.0.
Ideogram 3.0 holds the knobs at ⚡19. Reprint the winner here.
Draft cheap
Spend the speed rung
Turbo · Default · Quality bill the same flat ⚡21. Quality when the type ships.
Quality on the final
● From the blog
Read before you render
Prompt CraftThe aspect ratio cheat sheet
Which frame wins where, and how to compose for it before you render.
Read it →
Studio NewsWhat a credit buys
One wallet, every model, and where the free signup grant goes.
Read it →
Studio NewsRoll camera from chat
How the MCP door is built, and what an assistant may call through it.
Read it →● Questions
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Text-as-subject is the entire reason Ideogram is on the roster. Wordmarks, logos and hand-lettering come back readable. Where other models approximate letterforms, this one draws them. Write the words exactly as they should appear, then name the object they sit on.
4.0 for sharper type and a fixed list of 38 output sizes at ⚡21. Ideogram 3.0 for text rendering at ⚡19, with 15 frame ratios instead of a size list, plus a style type and a negative prompt. Both live in the composer today. A common flow is steering on 3.0 and finishing on 4.0 when the letterform has to be crisp. The full sheet is in the comparison above.
Ideogram 3.0 takes 15 frame ratios: 1:1 · 1:3 · 3:1 · 1:2 · 2:1 · 9:16 · 16:9 · 10:16 · 16:10 · 2:3 · 3:2 · 3:4 · 4:3 · 4:5 · 5:4. Ideogram 4.0 renders into a fixed list of 38 output sizes covering the same shapes, squares included. Banners for wide type, portrait for stories, square for social. The composer surfaces the full ladder before you commit.
Seedream for typography-in-scene, meaning a product with sharp copy on it. Ideogram for typography as the subject: a wordmark, a logo, a hand-lettered poster. Both live in the same composer, so the same brief can run on both and you pick the winner. One wallet covers the pair.
Flat pricing on both. Ideogram 4.0 at ⚡21. Ideogram 3.0 at ⚡19. There is no duration and no resolution ladder to price, so the number does not move with the brief. The composer shows the exact ⚡ before you commit, and a new account starts with ⚡50.
Yes. Both versions take one reference image alongside the prompt, and the composer carries a reference weight from 1 to 100. Use it to hold a palette, a layout or an existing mark while the type gets redrawn. Attach the file, set the weight, then render. The take lands in your library.
● The receipts
Where do these Ideogram facts come from?
Every link goes to the vendor's own page.
Words that keep their shape
Bring the copy. Ideogram sets it.
Generate with IdeogramFree account. ⚡50 on signup. Price shown per render.
Or roll with a sibling model
The lettering specialist
Ideogram built its reputation on text as art: wordmarks, logos, hand-lettering. Where other models approximate letterforms, this one draws them.
Ideogram 3.0 is live in the composer with no new subscription and no new wallet. The price sits on the button before you render. The roster splits the work: Seedream 5.0 Pro handles typography-in-scene, Ideogram handles type as the subject.
Two versions, one wallet
Ideogram 4.0 sharpens the letterforms and renders into a fixed list of 38 output sizes. Ideogram 3.0 keeps the 15-ratio ladder and the lower price, and it carries three controls 4.0 does not: a style type, a magic-prompt switch and a negative prompt. Both take one reference image, both run from the same composer, and both bill per render from one wallet.
Browse the rest of the roster on the models hub, or read the full rate card on the pricing page.
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