Ideogram Vector 1

Ideogram Vector 1: Text-to-SVG Vector Generation

What is Ideogram Vector 1?

Ideogram Vector 1 is Ideogram's first dedicated vector model. It turns a text prompt into a true, editable SVG file instead of a pixel image, so the result is resolution independent and made of real vector paths that stay crisp from a tiny favicon to a large-format billboard. You can also attach up to five reference images to steer the subject or style. Because Ideogram already leads on typography and layout, this AI SVG generator is especially strong at sharp, legible lettering and smooth, un-banded gradients, the two things most text-to-vector tools get wrong.

Key Features

• •True SVG output. Every run returns an image/svg+xml file of vector paths, not a traced raster, so artwork scales without blur or blocky edges.
• •Sharp typography and smooth gradients. Wordmarks stay readable and gradients stay smooth, ideal for logos and brand work.
• •Editable shapes. Generated artwork arrives as separate, individually addressable shapes with live colours you can recolor and resize in Illustrator, Figma or Inkscape.
• •Optional image references. Supply up to five images (the first is the primary source, the rest guide style) or generate from a prompt alone.
• •Control. Low, medium and high quality tiers, 18 aspect ratios plus auto, and a seed for reproducible results.

Best Use Cases

Reach for Ideogram Vector 1 when the asset must survive editing: brand logos and badges, app and UI icons, die-cut stickers, wordmarks, flat illustrations, posters, patterns and print layouts. In testing, a single prompt produced a clean circular cycling-club emblem with a legible wordmark, a smooth two-colour gradient and crisp flat geometry, exactly the kind of brandable artwork a designer would refine rather than regenerate.

Prompt Tips and Output Quality

Name the subject, the style (flat, line art, badge or emblem), the colours, and put any exact text in quotes. Keep compositions clean, one strong subject reads best as vector. Use 1x1 for logos and badges, 16x9 or 9x16 for posters. Choose medium for most work and high for intricate emblems. Note that lettering is usually drawn as vector outlines rather than live text, so plan to replace shapes if you re-word a design later.

How to Use Ideogram Vector 1

Ideogram Vector 1 generates a true, editable SVG from a text prompt, so you get vector paths you can scale and refine rather than a flat pixel image. Getting a clean result is mostly about writing a prompt that reads as a design brief and picking the right quality and canvas.

Writing the prompt

Describe the artwork the way you would brief a designer: name the subject, the style (flat, line art, badge, emblem or illustration), the colour palette, and put any exact lettering in quotes, for example "GASWORKS CYCLING CLUB". One strong, clearly composed subject vectorises far better than a busy scene. Call out a gradient explicitly if you want one; Ideogram keeps gradients smooth rather than banding them. The prompt accepts up to 9500 characters, but tight, concrete prompts win.

Choosing quality and canvas

Use medium for most work, high for intricate emblems or detailed illustration, and low for fast drafts. Set aspect_ratio to 1x1 for logos, icons and badges, and to 16x9 or 9x16 for posters and banners; auto lets the model pick. Set a seed to reproduce an exact result, or leave it off for variety.

Using image references

Leave images empty for pure text-to-SVG. To steer the output, attach up to five images (JPEG, PNG or WebP, max 25MB each): the first is the primary source to transform, and the rest guide style. For tracing an existing raster image into vectors with no prompt, use the image-to-vector sibling instead.

Recommended Settings

The confirmed default example used quality: high, aspect_ratio: 1x1, seed: 734512 and no reference images, and produced a crisp circular cycling-club badge: a legible curved wordmark, a smooth teal-to-indigo gradient disc, and clean flat bicycle geometry as separate, recolorable paths. For logos and badges, start there. For posters, switch to a widescreen or portrait ratio and keep quality at medium unless the design is detail-heavy. Open the result in a vector editor to recolor shapes; remember that lettering arrives as outlines, so re-wording means replacing those shapes.

Examples to try

Each example ran end to end at the settings on its card and returns a true, editable .svg of vector paths.

• •Emblem logo with a curved wordmark (default). Prompt: "A circular enamel-badge logo for a cycling club. A side-profile road bicycle sits centred over a smooth teal-to-indigo gradient disc, its two wheels drawn as thin concentric rings. The words 'GASWORKS CYCLING CLUB' curve along the top rim in bold condensed sans-serif, and 'EST. 1974' sits on a small ribbon across the bottom. Flat vector shapes, cream and amber accents, clean white background." A crisp badge and smooth gradient disc, recolourable in any editor.
• •Typography-led wordmark. Prompt: "A bold vector logotype for a letterpress studio that reads 'IRON & INK'. The two words are stacked and tightly kerned in a heavy slab-serif, the ampersand enlarged between them, a thin horizontal rule running under the top word. Charcoal letters with a single vermilion dot over the 'I', set on an off-white panel inside a thin keyline border. Flat vector shapes, crisp edges." The lettering is the whole design; put exact words in quotes.
• •Intricate line-art illustration. Prompt: "A single ornate line-art illustration of a luna moth with outstretched wings. The wings are filled with fine symmetrical filigree, small dots and leaf motifs drawn as thin even strokes, with long trailing tails. Mint-green linework on a near-black background, no solid fills, perfectly symmetrical, centred." Dense strokes stay crisp; use high and "no solid fills".

Reference-guided

The first image is the primary source to transform; the rest guide style (up to five).

• •Reference-guided (photo to flat vector). Prompt: "Redraw the building in the reference image as a flat vector illustration: an ornate three-storey Victorian townhouse with a rounded corner turret, a bay window and decorative gable trim. Simplify it into clean flat shapes with a sage-green, cream and plum palette, a thin dark outline and a smooth pale-blue sky gradient behind the roofline." It follows the reference's turret and bay windows; feed a front-on photo.

Also try briefs like "A monogram 'VC' in interlocking serif capitals" or "A flat app icon of a compass rose" — suggestions, not tested runs.

Is the output a real SVG?

Yes. Each run downloads as an .svg of vector paths, not a PNG or a traced bitmap.

Can I edit the colours and shapes?

Yes. Generated shapes are separate and recolorable in any vector editor.

Is the text editable as live text?

Usually not, lettering is drawn as outlines, so changing the wording means replacing those shapes.

Can it convert my own image to vector?

Use the image-to-vector sibling for raster-to-SVG tracing; this model generates from a prompt with optional reference images.

What aspect ratios are supported?

Eighteen, from 1x1 to 16x9, 9x16 and panoramic shapes, plus auto.