Edit Images

The ways to edit an image in Ideogram, from photo restoration and background changes to inpainting and text, and which one to pick.

You can edit photos you upload as well as images you make: restore an old photo, change the background, swap clothing or colors, or fix one detail. Ideogram gives you three ways to change an image. The buttons on the image page are quickest. Studio is for layered work, step by step. Single-purpose apps each do one job with more control.

You want to	Use
Describe a change to one image	Edit on the image page (opens Precise Edit)
Cut out the background or upscale	Remove BG or Upscale on the image page (each opens its app)
Combine images, add text, edit one part at a time	Studio
Fine-tune one job, like strength or upscale model	An app

Buttons on the image page

Open any image to see its page. These buttons sit under it. You need to be signed in to use them.

• Edit opens the Precise Edit app with your image loaded. See Edit an image with Precise Edit.

• Remove BG opens the Background Remover app with your image. See Remove Backgrounds and Objects.

• Upscale opens the Upscale app with your image. See Upscale.

• Recreate brings back the full settings that made the image, so you can run it again or tweak it. It shows only on images you generated, not uploads.

• Open in app lets you pick any app and opens it with your image.

• Use as source shows only when you already have an app open. It sends the image to that app.

Edit an image with Precise Edit

1. Open the image.

2. Select Edit. The Precise Edit app opens with your image loaded.

   

   Select Edit to describe a change.
3. Describe the change, like "make the sky orange".

4. Run it.

Precise Edit needs a paid plan or bought credits. See Apps and Workflows.

Studio

Studio is Ideogram's editor. Open it from the sidebar: More → Studio. Use it when you need more than one pass at an image:

• Edit one layer and leave the rest alone

• Paint over an area and describe what should change

• Extend the canvas or change its aspect ratio

• Add text layers, or turn text in the image into layers you can edit (see Text and Layers)

Studio saves as you go. Every canvas-wide edit adds a new version you can go back to.

Single-purpose apps

Each app does one job and shows the controls for that job. Open one from Open in app on the image page, or from Apps in the sidebar.

App	What it does	Plan
Remix	Makes new images based on yours, guided by a prompt. You set how closely they follow it.	Credits (the button shows the cost)
Background Remover	Cuts out the subject and returns a transparent image. No prompt.	Credits (the button shows the cost)
Object Remover	Click, paint or outline an object to remove it.	Credits (the button shows the cost)
Upscale	Enlarges the image 2x, 4x or 8x.	Paid plan or bought credits
Precise Edit	Edits with Ideogram 4.5 and keeps the image's exact size. You can mask one part and add reference images.	Paid plan or bought credits

The run button in each app shows the cost before you start. See how credits work.