IDEOGRAM 4.5 PROMPTS
Ready-to-use prompts for the edits Ideogram 4.5 does best. Pick a use case, open a prompt in the studio, then change the details to fit your image.
Each group starts with a prompt you can generate without uploading anything.
Edit prompts need a starting image. Upload your own, or generate the starter and choose “Edit this image”.
Swap colors, objects and quoted words. Change one thing per edit and keep the “keep everything else” line.
Recolor one object or change the time of day while the scene stays put.
Interior photograph of a sunlit reading corner: a mustard velvet armchair, a walnut side table with a brass lamp, a tall window with sheer curtains and light oak floorboards. Eye-level camera, natural daylight, true-to-life materials, no people, no text.
Generate this first, then choose “Edit this image” to try the edits below.
Change only the armchair upholstery to deep forest-green velvet. Keep its shape, stitching, cushions and position, the lighting, the camera angle and everything else in the image exactly as it is.
Name one object and one finish. Mark the object first when nearby items share its color.
Turn the scene into warm golden hour: strong low orange sunlight streams in through the window, casting long diagonal shadows of the window frame across the floor and over the armchair, with a warm amber glow on the walls. The armchair, the table, the lamp, the curtains, the camera and the composition stay exactly as they are.
Describe the light itself: its direction, color and the shadows it casts.
Make it evening: the window shows a deep blue dusk sky, and the lamp casts a warm pool of light over the armchair and side table. Every object keeps its shape and position, and the camera stays exactly the same.
Describe where the new light comes from and what it falls on.
Rewrite, update or translate the words in a sign, menu or design.
A minimalist café menu printed on cream card. Headline "MORNING MENU" in bold condensed capitals. Below it, three lines in small type: "Flat white 4.50", "Oat latte 5.00", "Almond croissant 3.80". A small line illustration of a coffee cup, generous margins, warm paper texture, no other words.
Put every word you want in the image in quotation marks.
Replace "MORNING MENU" with exactly "ALL DAY MENU". Keep the same letterforms, weight, size, color, alignment and position. Every other line, the illustration and the paper stay exactly as they are.
Quote both the old and the new text, then check the result letter by letter.
Change "Oat latte 5.00" to "Oat latte 5.50". Keep the same typeface, size, color and line position; nothing else in the image changes.
Change one line per edit. Mark the line when similar text sits nearby.
Translate all the text into Spanish, keeping the same typography, hierarchy, sizes and positions. The illustration, the colors and the paper stay exactly as they are.
Name the language. For full control, give each translated line in quotes.
Change the backdrop, add props or place the same product in a new scene.
Commercial product photograph of a matte white ceramic diffuser bottle with a cork stopper and reed sticks, standing on a pale travertine block. Seamless warm-grey backdrop, soft light from the left, realistic contact shadow, crisp focus, no text, no logos.
Define subject, surface, backdrop and light before adding style.
Replace only the backdrop with a sage-green seamless sweep. Keep the product's exact shape, size, position, material and stopper, the stone block, the direction of the light and the camera.
Check edges around thin or transparent parts before the next edit.
Add a dried orange slice and a sprig of rosemary on the stone block in front of the bottle, with natural shadows. Keep the bottle, the block, the backdrop, the light and the framing exactly as they are.
Say where each prop goes and ask for natural shadows.
Place the same diffuser on a bathroom shelf beside folded linen towels and a eucalyptus sprig, in soft morning window light. It stays exactly the same product: identical shape, proportions, materials, color and details, with a realistic contact shadow. No text or logos added.
Repeat that it is exactly the same product so shape and details hold.
Try new wall finishes, furniture and styling in the same room.
Interior photograph, wide angle at eye level with straight verticals: a plain living room with a light grey sofa, a round coffee table, a large window and bare white walls. Natural daylight, true-to-life materials, no people, no text.
A plain room is the easiest starting point for a series of design edits.
Finish the walls in a warm clay limewash with a soft hand-troweled texture. Keep the camera, the room geometry, the window, the floor and every piece of furniture exactly as they are.
Describe both color and texture of the finish.
Replace the grey sofa with a low oak-framed sofa with oatmeal linen cushions, in the same place and at the same scale. Keep the camera, the walls, the window, the floor and everything not mentioned exactly as they are.
Ask for the same place and scale so the room layout holds.
Add a large round jute rug under the coffee table, a tall olive tree in a woven basket beside the window and a stack of art books on the table. Keep the camera, the room and every existing piece of furniture exactly as they are.
List each new item with its position in the room.
Repaint a façade, add landscaping or clear a street photo.
Architectural photograph of a simple two-storey red-brick house with a pitched slate roof, white window frames and a plain front lawn, with a parked silver hatchback and two grey wheelie bins on the driveway. Overcast daylight, straight verticals, eye-level camera, no people, no text.
Straight verticals and an eye-level camera make later edits cleaner.
Paint the brick façade a soft limewashed white, keeping the window frames, the roof and the door unchanged. Keep the building's shape, proportions and roofline, the camera, the sky and everything not mentioned exactly as they are.
Name what keeps its color, such as trim, roof or door.
Add a gravel path to the front door, low lavender borders along the path and a young maple tree on the right side of the lawn. Keep the building, the camera, the framing and the sky exactly as they are.
Place each addition relative to the building.
Remove the parked car and the wheelie bins from the driveway, filling in the driveway and the lawn naturally. Keep the building and everything else exactly as it is.
Mark the objects to remove, then describe how the space should be filled.
Remove damage first, then add natural color, without changing faces.
A faded black-and-white photograph from the 1920s of a family of four standing in front of a small bakery with a painted sign reading "BAKERY". The print is badly damaged: a dark crack runs diagonally across the parents' faces, white scratches and patches of lost emulsion cover the children's faces, with dust specks, a crease across one corner and yellowed, uneven tones.
No old photo at hand? Generate one to practice the restoration steps.
Restore this old photograph: remove scratches, dust, stains, creases and tears, even out the faded tones and recover lost detail. Keep it black and white, and keep every face, figure, building and letter exactly as it is.
Restore first and keep it black and white; color comes in a separate edit.
Colorize this restored photograph naturally with period-appropriate colors: a dark green shopfront with gold lettering, navy and brown wool clothing, warm red brick and a pale grey sky. Natural skin tones. Keep every face, shape and letter exactly as it is.
Replace the listed colors with what you know about the scene.
Repair the damage across the faces only: fill the cracks and lost emulsion and recover soft natural detail. Each person keeps exactly the same features, expression, age and pose; do not smooth or beautify. Everything else stays exactly as it is.
Mark only the damaged area and ask for no smoothing.
Turn a drawing into a photograph that keeps its lines and proportions.
A loose graphite pencil sketch of a mid-century lounge chair with a curved plywood shell and tapered legs, three-quarter view, on plain off-white paper, light construction lines, no background, no text.
Generate a sketch to try the flow, or upload a photo of your own drawing.
Render this sketch as a photorealistic product photograph of the same chair: a walnut plywood shell, a cognac leather cushion and black steel legs, on a light grey studio floor in soft daylight from the same angle. Same outline, proportions and viewpoint; turn the paper into the studio scene. No text.
The drawing sets the geometry; your words set materials and light.
Render this sketch as a photorealistic photograph of the same chair in a sunlit living room beside a large window, with a wool rug and a small oak side table. The chair keeps the same outline, proportions and viewpoint; real materials and natural light from the same angle. No text.
Describe the setting around the drawn object; the drawing still sets its shape.
Add soft watercolor washes to this drawing: warm walnut brown for the shell, cognac for the cushion and a pale grey shadow under the chair. Keep every pencil line exactly as it is.
Keep the lines unchanged and assign a color to each area.
Example images were made with these exact prompts on Ideogram 4.5. Your results will vary.
Prompts are written in English, which gives the most consistent results. You can still edit them freely.
Reframe, which changes the canvas proportions, is not available in this studio yet.
