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Recraft to Add Ideogram 4.5 for Native-Resolution Editing
Recraft says Ideogram 4.5 is coming to Recraft Studio, where it will join the platform’s image models and editing tools. Ideogram’s model page describes editing at an image’s original resolution and shows an example built from a 24.2-megapi
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Ideogram 4.5’s featured editing example starts with a 24.2-megapixel image measuring 4,016 by 6,016 pixels. The model’s product page says users can edit a selected region at the image’s original resolution, then fit the altered crop back into the larger image while preserving its edges. Recraft says the model is coming to Recraft Studio next, extending its planned use to a workspace that already offers multiple image models and editing tools.
The announcement, published October 1, describes Ideogram 4.5 as a model for making targeted changes without disrupting the rest of an image. Recraft says Ideogram released the model earlier that week, but gives no date for its arrival in Studio. Ideogram’s own site already presents 4.5 as available to try, so the pending step is its addition to Recraft’s platform.
Ideogram 4.5 aims to limit drift across edits
Recraft frames the model around a familiar difficulty in iterative image work: repeated edits can shift pixels, alter colors or introduce texture artifacts. A change that looks acceptable in isolation can become harder to reconcile with the original after several rounds, especially when the task is to adjust one product detail or revise text without changing the composition around it.
“Ideogram 4.5 is designed to hold the image steady, so the tenth edit stays as clean as the first.”
Mitya Meshcheryakov, Head of Creative Production at Recraft
That is Recraft’s characterization of the model, not an independent test result. Ideogram’s product page makes a similar pitch, saying 4.5 reduces pixel shifts, color changes and texture artifacts across multiple editing turns. Its page also presents side-by-side comparisons with other image models, but those comparisons are company-provided examples rather than a third-party benchmark.
One model, from color changes to photo restoration
The advertised tasks go beyond retouching product images. Recraft and Ideogram list color and lighting adjustments, text modification, interior design, architecture, old-photo restoration, sketch-to-image work, style references, reframing and depth conversion among the model’s uses. Ideogram’s high-resolution example shows a localized colorway edit to a campaign image, illustrating the intended workflow: alter a limited area while keeping the surrounding image intact.
Native-resolution editing could matter for close-up photography and print assets, where softened details or a visible join may be more noticeable than on a small screen. The product pages describe the crop edges as preserved, but they do not establish how the system performs across different image types, editing prompts or repeated real-world workflows. The 24.2-megapixel example demonstrates the size of one source image, not a guarantee that every edit will retain the same level of detail.
Recraft has not given a Studio release date
When Ideogram 4.5 arrives, Recraft says it will sit alongside Recraft V4.1 and the platform’s editing suite. The proposed division of labor is straightforward: users can generate an image with a model suited to a brief, then use Ideogram 4.5 for more controlled revisions. The October 1 announcement does not name a launch date, subscription tier or price for using the model in Recraft Studio.
Those details remain the concrete limits of the announcement. Ideogram offers 4.5 directly through its own site, while Recraft has announced only that the model is on its way to Studio; the date and terms for that integration have not been specified.