Ideogram 4.0 text to image model on Pixel Dojo
Ideogram 4 AI Image Generator
Ideogram 4 spells the words you put in quotes cleanly and sets them like a designer, from a magazine masthead and a vertical poster headline to a four line supper club menu.
Ideogram 4 is Ideogram's text to image model for designs that carry words: magazine covers, event posters, book covers, menus, product labels and neon signs, in sizes from square to ultrawide. Pick Turbo, Balanced or Quality for 1, 2 or 3 credits an image. We made every image on this page on Pixel Dojo, and each one comes with its exact prompt so you can start from it.
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By Brian Lovett · Updated
Ideogram 4 examples: covers, posters, menus and labels you can make
Five Quality images we made on Pixel Dojo, each carrying words we wrote into the prompt: a magazine masthead, an exhibition poster, a book title, a supper club menu and a bottle label. Tap Use this prompt on any tile to start from it. Switch the tier to Quality to match these tiles.
Editorial magazine cover at 1664 x 2496. NORTHBOUND, ISSUE 07 / WINTER and THE COLDEST MILE each sit exactly where the prompt placed them, over a crisp portrait with fine skin texture, falling snow and glacier ice behind. Swap in your own masthead and cover lines.
Magazine cover shot on an 85mm lens: the masthead "NORTHBOUND" in tall white serif across the top, the cover line "THE COLDEST MILE" in bold condensed sans serif at the lower left and "ISSUE 07 / WINTER" small in the top right corner. A woman in her forties with a weathered face, frost on her eyebrows and a dark braid tucked into a burnt orange down hood looks straight into the lens, blowing snow streaking across a steel blue glacier behind her, overcast light with a hard white bounce from the snow, fine skin texture, crisp editorial color.
Bauhaus exhibition poster at 1728 x 2304. CONCRETE DREAMS runs up the left edge in heavy red sans serif beside MODERNIST HOUSES 1950 TO 1975, with the cantilevered house cropped into a circle and OPENS 14 MARCH in the corner. Start here for any event or gallery poster.
Screen printed exhibition poster in a bold Bauhaus layout for an invented architecture show: the headline "CONCRETE DREAMS" set huge in heavy geometric sans serif stacked down the left edge, a smaller line "MODERNIST HOUSES 1950 TO 1975" beneath it and "OPENS 14 MARCH" in the bottom right corner, a crisp black and white photograph of a cantilevered concrete house on a pine covered cliff cut into a large circle in the center, flat inks of signal red, off white and charcoal, visible paper grain and slight ink misregistration.
Painted book cover at 1600 x 2560. SALT AND STARLIGHT in embossed silver capitals with A NOVEL beneath, the only words on the cover, just as the prompt asked, over a figure in a red coat facing a ringed planet across a cracked salt flat.
Paperback book cover for an invented science fiction novel. The only words on the cover are the title "SALT AND STARLIGHT" in huge embossed silver capitals across the top third and "A NOVEL" small beneath it, with no author name, no review quote and no publisher mark. A lone figure in a long red coat stands on a white salt flat as an enormous ringed planet rises over the horizon, painterly matte painting with visible brush texture, cold teal and warm coral palette, strong central composition.
Candlelit food scene at 2304 x 1728. All four menu lines are set in small serif on a deckled card, and every plate matches its course, down to the charred leeks and scattered hazelnuts. Made for restaurant menus, event cards and social posts.
Overhead food photograph of a candlelit dinner table for two: a letterpress menu card on thick cotton paper reads "SUPPER CLUB" at the top, then three courses in small serif, "Charred leeks, hazelnut", "Braised short rib, polenta" and "Burnt honey tart", with a plate of each dish arranged around the card on a dark walnut table, linen napkins, a low brass candle throwing warm raking light, deep shadows, moody editorial food styling.
Product hero at 2048 x 2048. SOLSTICE TONIC and YUZU & PINK PEPPER in gold on the label, a citrus wedge splashing down and pink peppercorns frozen mid air against deep teal. Put your own product name in quotes and keep the lighting.
Studio product hero shot of a frosted glass bottle of sparkling tonic glowing amber from a hard backlight, its label reads "SOLSTICE TONIC" in slim gold serif with "YUZU & PINK PEPPER" beneath it in small caps, frozen at the instant a thin slice of yuzu splashes into a shallow pool of water beside it, droplets and pink peppercorns suspended in the air, deep teal gradient background, high speed flash photography, macro detail on the condensation.
Ideogram 4 Turbo, Balanced and Quality: pick the tier for the job
The same prompt style works on all three tiers. Here is what Turbo at 1 credit and Balanced at 2 credits made from prompts on this page. The Quality motel is in the comparison below.
Turbo, 1 credit, 2560 x 1440. STARLIGHT MOTEL in pink neon script with its arrow, VACANCY glowing green, a turquoise convertible out front and the first stars in a lilac dusk sky.
Wide photograph at dusk on a 35mm lens: a restored 1950s roadside motel in the desert, a tall neon sign reading "STARLIGHT MOTEL" in pink script with a glowing arrow and a smaller box underneath reading "VACANCY" in green block letters, a turquoise convertible parked by the office, the sky fading from tangerine to deep indigo with the first stars out, warm light in a row of doors, soft glow around the neon tubes, cinematic color grade.
Balanced, 2 credits, 2560 x 1440. Our favorite motel on the page: an arrow shaped sign pointing at a glowing office, a turquoise convertible, a saguaro and a tangerine glow along the horizon.
Wide photograph at dusk on a 35mm lens: a restored 1950s roadside motel in the desert, a tall neon sign reading "STARLIGHT MOTEL" in pink script with a glowing arrow and a smaller box underneath reading "VACANCY" in green block letters, a turquoise convertible parked by the office, the sky fading from tangerine to deep indigo with the first stars out, warm light in a row of doors, soft glow around the neon tubes, cinematic color grade.
Turbo, 1 credit, 1728 x 2304. Every line of the poster copy spelled right, in a clean stacked layout with the red headline across the top and the house cropped into a circle.
Screen printed exhibition poster in a bold Bauhaus layout for an invented architecture show: the headline "CONCRETE DREAMS" set huge in heavy geometric sans serif stacked down the left edge, a smaller line "MODERNIST HOUSES 1950 TO 1975" beneath it and "OPENS 14 MARCH" in the bottom right corner, a crisp black and white photograph of a cantilevered concrete house on a pine covered cliff cut into a large circle in the center, flat inks of signal red, off white and charcoal, visible paper grain and slight ink misregistration.
Turbo, 1 credit, 2304 x 1728. The whole menu set in small serif at the center of a candlelit walnut table, with the three courses plated around it.
Overhead food photograph of a candlelit dinner table for two: a letterpress menu card on thick cotton paper reads "SUPPER CLUB" at the top, then three courses in small serif, "Charred leeks, hazelnut", "Braised short rib, polenta" and "Burnt honey tart", with a plate of each dish arranged around the card on a dark walnut table, linen napkins, a low brass candle throwing warm raking light, deep shadows, moody editorial food styling.
- Quote every word and place it. Put each string in double quotes and say where it goes, like a masthead across the top or a cover line at the lower left. Every Ideogram 4 image on this page spells its quoted words as written.
- Name the lettering style too. Tall white serif, heavy geometric sans serif and slim gold serif all appear exactly as described on our cover, poster and label.
- Turbo at 1 credit is the fast way to explore ideas, and it spelled every line on the motel sign, the poster and the menu above.
- Balanced at 2 credits suits photographic scenes. It made our favorite motel picture, with an arrow sign pointing at a glowing office.
- Quality at 3 credits gives the finest detail and follows layout directions most closely. It set CONCRETE DREAMS up the left edge of the poster, and every showcase image on this page is Quality.
- Every size costs the same, so pick the exact shape you need: 1664 x 2496 for a cover, 2304 x 1728 for a tabletop scene, 2560 x 1440 for a widescreen banner.
Ideogram 4 vs GPT Image 2.5 on a neon motel sign
We gave both models the same neon motel prompt at 2560 x 1440, and both spelled STARLIGHT MOTEL and VACANCY exactly. Ideogram 4 Quality made a calm pastel dusk with the sign as the hero and wide open sky above it, room to drop in your own headline, for 3 credits. GPT Image 2.5 on high quality went for a saturated tangerine to indigo night with extra storefront lettering, for 2 credits.
Same prompt: Wide photograph at dusk on a 35mm lens: a restored 1950s roadside motel in the desert, a tall neon sign reading "STARLIGHT MOTEL" in pink script with a glowing arrow and a smaller box underneath reading "VACANCY" in green block letters, a turquoise convertible parked by the office, the sky fading from tangerine to deep indigo with the first stars out, warm light in a row of doors, soft glow around the neon tubes, cinematic color grade.
Ideogram 4Ideogram 4 Quality, 3 credits. STARLIGHT MOTEL in neon script with its arrow over a green VACANCY box, a turquoise convertible under the canopy and warm lamps along the row of doors.
Wide photograph at dusk on a 35mm lens: a restored 1950s roadside motel in the desert, a tall neon sign reading "STARLIGHT MOTEL" in pink script with a glowing arrow and a smaller box underneath reading "VACANCY" in green block letters, a turquoise convertible parked by the office, the sky fading from tangerine to deep indigo with the first stars out, warm light in a row of doors, soft glow around the neon tubes, cinematic color grade.
GPT Image 2.5GPT Image 2.5 on high quality, 2 credits. The same two signs spelled exactly under a tangerine to indigo sky, with an OFFICE sign and wall lettering of its own.
Wide photograph at dusk on a 35mm lens: a restored 1950s roadside motel in the desert, a tall neon sign reading "STARLIGHT MOTEL" in pink script with a glowing arrow and a smaller box underneath reading "VACANCY" in green block letters, a turquoise convertible parked by the office, the sky fading from tangerine to deep indigo with the first stars out, warm light in a row of doors, soft glow around the neon tubes, cinematic color grade.
| Ideogram 4 | GPT Image 2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Credits for this image | 3 | 2 |
| STARLIGHT MOTEL and VACANCY | Spelled exactly | Spelled exactly |
| Lettering in the frame | Only the two signs in the prompt | The two signs plus an OFFICE sign and wall copy |
| Look | Soft pastel dusk, lots of open sky | Saturated tangerine to indigo night |
| Pick it for | Clean, airy scenes with room for your own headline | Dramatic, saturated night scenes |
Ideogram 4 pricing: 1 to 3 credits per image
Ideogram 4 is included in every Pixel Dojo plan, and plans start at $10/month. Each image uses credits from your plan: 1 credit on Turbo, 2 credits on Balanced and 3 credits on Quality.
The price is the same at every size, from 2048 x 2048 square to 3168 x 1296 ultrawide, so you can pick the exact shape your design needs.
Every showcase image on this page is a 3 credit Quality image. Open any of them with Use this prompt and make it yours.
How to make designs with text in Ideogram 4
- 1
Start from an example or your own idea
Type a prompt in the box on this page, or tap Use this prompt on any example above. Name the thing you are making first: a magazine cover, a gallery poster, a menu card, a bottle label.
- 2
Quote every word and place it
Put each string in double quotes and say where it goes and how it looks, for example "the masthead NORTHBOUND in tall white serif across the top". That is how NORTHBOUND, ISSUE 07 / WINTER and THE COLDEST MILE landed exactly where we placed them on our cover.
- 3
Keep the design to your words
Ideogram 4 fills out plain prompts with its Magic Prompt feature, which can add a finishing line such as a venue name. When the design should carry only your copy, say so, like our book cover prompt: "The only words on the cover are the title and A NOVEL".
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Pick a tier and a size, then generate
Turbo at 1 credit for quick ideas, Balanced at 2 credits for photographic scenes, Quality at 3 credits for the finest detail. Choose the exact size you need, since every size costs the same, and generate.
Ideogram 4 questions
What is Ideogram 4?
Ideogram 4 (Ideogram 4.0) is the text to image model from Ideogram, known for rendering clean, accurate text inside images. It comes in three tiers, Turbo, Balanced and Quality. On Pixel Dojo you can use it in the web tool or through the API.
What is Ideogram 4 best at?
Designs where the words are part of the picture: magazine covers, event posters, book covers, menus, product labels and neon signs. It also makes polished photographic scenes, like the candlelit supper table and the desert motel on this page.
What is the difference between Ideogram 4 Turbo, Balanced and Quality?
They are three tiers of the same model with the same prompt and size controls. Turbo is 1 credit and the quickest, Balanced is 2 credits and suits photographic scenes, and Quality is 3 credits with the finest detail and the closest layout control. Every example on this page, on all three tiers, spells its quoted words as written.
How much does Ideogram 4 cost?
Ideogram 4 is included in every Pixel Dojo plan, from $10/month. An image costs 1 credit on Turbo, 2 credits on Balanced and 3 credits on Quality, at any size.
What resolutions does Ideogram 4 support?
The web tool offers Auto (Ideogram picks the shape) plus 13 fixed sizes, from 2048 x 2048 square and 2560 x 1440 for 16:9 to 3168 x 1296 ultrawide. The API accepts all 21 fixed sizes, about 3.4 to 4.2 megapixels each, including the 1600 x 2560 of our book cover.
How do I keep Ideogram 4 to only the words I write?
Say it in the prompt. Our book cover prompt states that the title and "A NOVEL" are the only words, with no author name or review quote, and the cover carries exactly those two lines. Developers can also send a structured json_prompt through the API instead of a plain prompt.
Can I use Ideogram 4 through an API?
Yes. Send a prompt and an optional resolution to /api/v1/models/ideogram-v4-quality/run with an API key; Turbo and Balanced use ideogram-v4-turbo and ideogram-v4-balanced. Every image on this page was made through that public API.
Make your first Ideogram 4 image
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