Ideogram v3
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Ideogram V3 Image API Generator

Resolution
up to 2MP
Latency
~5s
Pricing
$0.06 / image
Modality
Image

What the Ideogram V3 Image API Does

Every capability accessible from a single Oracium endpoint. No Ideogram subscription, no credit wallet, no API tier restrictions.

In-image text rendering at 90% accuracy

The defining capability of the model. Generate posters with readable headlines, packaging with legible fine print, business cards with correct typography, and advertisements where the embedded text is actually usable, not a rough approximation that needs manual correction. At 90% accuracy on short phrases, Ideogram V3 is the first AI image model where text in images is a reliable creative tool rather than a known failure mode.

Style Reference — up to 3 reference images

Upload up to three reference images to lock a consistent visual style, color grading, texture, compositional choices, and mood, across all generated outputs. Savable Style Codes convert any reference setup into a reusable preset that can be applied to future generation requests without re-uploading reference images each time. Essential for brand-consistent image generation at scale.

Magic Fill — canvas inpainting

Magic Fill enables mask-based inpainting within generated images, select a region, describe what should fill it, and the model regenerates only that area while preserving the surrounding context. Targeted edits without regenerating the whole image. The combination of inpainting quality and text rendering accuracy makes Magic Fill uniquely powerful for poster and advertising asset revisions.

Reframe — aspect ratio adaptation

Reframe adapts any generated image to a different aspect ratio without cropping, the model outpaints new content to fill the extended canvas in a way that is consistent with the original composition. Resize a landscape banner to portrait, extend a square social post to a 16:9 banner, or adapt a 4:3 editorial image to a 21:9 cinematic crop. Critical for teams generating the same asset in multiple format sizes.

Remix — prompt-driven variation

Remix generates a variation of an existing image guided by a new prompt. Unlike image-to-image with a strength parameter, Remix preserves the structural composition of the input while applying a new creative direction, such as a different color palette, season, time of day, style, or material. Useful for generating multiple creative executions from an approved concept image without starting from scratch.

Magic Prompt — automatic prompt enhancement

Magic Prompt automatically enriches simple or underspecified user prompts with additional descriptive detail before generation. A prompt like "coffee shop poster" becomes a fully specified scene with lighting, material, composition, and style detail. Particularly valuable for API integrations where end users are not experienced prompt engineers and need consistently high-quality output from brief descriptions.

What developers build with the Ideogram V3 Image API

90% text rendering accuracy, Style Reference for brand consistency, and canvas editing tools make Ideogram V3 the right engine for any application where text inside images matters, which is most commercial creative work.

01

Advertising and marketing asset generators

Generate banner ads, social creative, and campaign visual assets where headlines and CTAs need to be readable and correctly spelled. Ideogram V3's text rendering accuracy makes it the only AI model where generated ad creative is ready to use without manual text correction in every image.

02

Poster and event design tools

Event posters, concert flyers, festival graphics, and promotional materials all require readable typography as the central design element. Ideogram V3 generates production-ready poster art with correct artist names, dates, venues, and fine print, the complete design in a single prompt, usable without post-processing.

03

Product packaging visualization

Packaging concepts need labels with legible brand names, ingredient lists, and regulatory text. Ideogram V3 generates realistic packaging mockups where the text on the pack is correctly rendered, enabling realistic prototyping and client presentation before expensive physical mockup production.

04

Book cover and editorial design

Book covers require a title, author name, and often a subtitle to all render correctly in a single generated image. Ideogram V3's text rendering makes automated book cover generation viable for the first time, enabling self-publishing platforms, design tools, and creative agencies to generate high-quality cover concepts at scale.

05

Brand content with Style Reference consistency

Upload three brand reference images, color palette, photography style, and tone, as Style Reference inputs. Every generated image across a campaign batch maintains consistent brand look and feel without repeating detailed style instructions in every prompt. Savable Style Codes make the configuration reusable across the team and across future campaigns.

06

Multi-format creative asset pipelines

Generate a hero image once, then use Reframe to adapt it automatically to every required format, 16:9 web banner, 1:1 Instagram post, 9:16 Story, 4:3 email header, without manual cropping or re-shooting. The Oracium API handles all four Reframe calls in parallel, producing a complete multi-format asset set from a single approved source image.

Ideogram V3 vs FLUX Pro 1.1 vs DALL-E 3 vs Midjourney

Text rendering accuracy is Ideogram V3's defining differentiator. For any use case where legible text inside the generated image matters, no other model competes at this accuracy level.

In-image text accuracy

Ideogram V3 (Oracium)

~90%

FLUX Pro 1.1

~25%

DALL-E 3

~35%

Midjourney 6.1

~30%

Rendering tiers

Ideogram V3 (Oracium)

Turbo / Default / Quality

FLUX Pro 1.1

Standard / Ultra

DALL-E 3

Standard / HD

Midjourney 6.1

Subscription only

Cost (entry tier / image)

Ideogram V3 (Oracium)

$0.03 (Turbo)

FLUX Pro 1.1

$0.04

DALL-E 3

$0.04 (deprecated)

Midjourney 6.1

No API

Style Reference

Ideogram V3 (Oracium)

✓ Up to 3 images + Style Codes

FLUX Pro 1.1

No

DALL-E 3

No

Midjourney 6.1

No API

Canvas inpainting (Magic Fill)

Ideogram V3 (Oracium)

Yes

FLUX Pro 1.1

No

DALL-E 3

Limited

Midjourney 6.1

No API

Aspect ratio adaptation (Reframe)

Ideogram V3 (Oracium)

Yes

FLUX Pro 1.1

No

DALL-E 3

No

Midjourney 6.1

No API

Prompt-driven variation (Remix)

Ideogram V3 (Oracium)

Yes

FLUX Pro 1.1

No

DALL-E 3

No

Midjourney 6.1

No API

Magic Prompt enhancement

Ideogram V3 (Oracium)

Yes

FLUX Pro 1.1

No

DALL-E 3

Via GPT-4o

Midjourney 6.1

No API

Programmatic API access

Ideogram V3 (Oracium)

Full API

FLUX Pro 1.1

Full API

DALL-E 3

Deprecated May 2026

Midjourney 6.1

No public API

One Oracium API key

Ideogram V3 (Oracium)

Yes

FLUX Pro 1.1

Yes

DALL-E 3

Separate

Midjourney 6.1

No API

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