AI image generators are making a big splash right now, with many of the available options having been greatly improved recently. Ideogram is the latest synthetic image developer to join the trend this week with the launch of Ideogram 2.0. The new version of the image generator promises to outshine both its predecessor and its competitors with several new and improved features, as well as a new iOS app and a searchable library of over a billion images created by users in the last year.
Ideogram 2.0’s text-to-image engine gives the user much more control over the design of the image generated by the AI. This includes a collection of different styles to choose from. The realistic style is undoubtedly the most interesting, as it produces images that are very similar to real photos. Skin, hair, and other details are much better than the previous Ideogram model.
Design Style, on the other hand, focuses on text accuracy in images, an area notoriously difficult for AI models to master. Ideogram 2.0 lets users create graphic designs with long, stylized text that is still readable. The other options are pretty self-explanatory: 3D creates three-dimensional objects that can be rotated in real space, while Anime relies on that distinctive animated style and General avoids tilting the image for a specific look.
Ideogram for on the go
Ideogram 2.0 has also improved its Magic Prompt and Describe tools. Magic Prompt expands on a user’s initial prompt, while Describe reverses the usual setup and creates a text prompt from an image. They are now better at filling in details from an initially short text prompt and explaining an image with words, respectively.
Ideogram paired its new model with the launch of its iOS app. The app allows users to create and customize images directly from their mobile devices. An Android version is also in the works. In addition to the mobile app, Ideogram AI has launched the beta version of its API, so you could open another app or website that has an AI image generator and actually be using Ideogram’s model. It’s similar to how Microsoft uses OpenAI’s DALL-E or how X embedded Flux into the Grok AI chatbot. All of them and more are competitors to Ideogram, and while there’s no telling who, if anyone, will win out in this space, there’s no denying that the final image will be sharp, photorealistic, and include words that anyone can read.
