Ideogram 3.0 image model

Ideogram 3.0 came out March 2025, replacing the 1.0, 2.0, and a faster 2a one.

It’s said to be a big step up. It makes real-looking images with better lighting, smoother shading, and textures that look close to real photos.

It can add clean, clear text into pictures, so it works well for things like ads, design, or editorial work.

You can guide the look by uploading up to 3 images. There's also a random style picker from a huge library. You can save styles and reuse them using a style code.

It has new tools too. Like Magic Fill to patch parts of an image, Extend to add more space, batch making, and a built-in canvas editor that lets you fine-tune designs.

In tests with real people, it ranked high for style, realism, text quality, and complex layouts. It scored better than other open models.