# Images with legible text (/ideogram4)

/ideogram4 is a Claude Code skill in the Video & Motion section. It is maintained by digitalsamba and published under the MIT license. Prompting patterns for Ideogram 4 to generate images with legible on-image text, exact brand colors and controlled layout using structured JSON captions.

- Web version: https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/s/ideogram4
- Section: [Video & Motion](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/video.md)
- Author: digitalsamba
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/digitalsamba/claude-code-video-toolkit/tree/225c80a1c3a57c82d319ea6c73e0eff513787ae8/.claude/skills/ideogram4
- Updated 10 Sept 2026

## How to ask for it

- `Generate a thumbnail with legible on-image text using Ideogram 4`
- `I need a title image with my brand's exact colors`
- `Create a logo with crisp text and controlled layout`

## Install

macOS · Linux:

```
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.sh | bash
```

Windows:

```
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.ps1 | iex
```


## Author's description

Prompting patterns for Ideogram 4 text-to-image — best-in-class in-image text rendering and exact color/layout control via structured JSON captions. Use when generating images that need legible on-image text (title cards, thumbnails, logos, signage, CTAs), precise brand colors, or controlled spatial layout. Triggers include title slide image, thumbnail with text, on-image text, legible text in image, brand color palette image, bounding-box layout, Ideogram.

- [How we review this](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/methodology.md)