Ideogram Transparent Backgrounds for POD (Print-Ready in One Session)

About this video

The creator, who claims over 125,000 products sold and millions of dollars in revenue from print on demand, demonstrates Ideogram AI’s transparent background feature to skip separate background-removal software and manual erasing. The key steps are to include the exact words ’transparent background’ in the prompt (using ‘black background’ will not produce transparency), set the model to Auto rather than the latest model — a mistake he says he made — and use a 4:5 aspect ratio for most t-shirt designs. He generates several designs in one session, including an iced coffee ’no ice’ concept and Mardi Gras designs, then downloads in SD, HD, 2K, 4K or the new 8K option. Uploaded to Gelato, the files showed about 597 DPI, and he shows resizing/exporting as PNG in Photopea to an Amazon Merch template at 300 DPI. He also demonstrates Ideogram generating a person wearing a black t-shirt mockup from the design, and prompting text in Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and other languages, checking results with Google Translate image translation while noting pronunciation/accuracy may need further research.

Key takeaways

• Put ’transparent background’ in the Ideogram prompt and set the model to Auto to generate print-ready transparency in the same session
• Downloads are offered in SD, HD, 2K, 4K and 8K; the Gelato check in the video showed about 597 DPI
• A 4:5 aspect ratio is the creator’s preference for taking up t-shirt template space
• Photopea can be used to resize to a platform template, such as Amazon Merch at 300 DPI, and export as PNG
• Ideogram can also generate t-shirt mockups on a person and render design text in other languages, which should be verified with a translator

Episode details: published February 2, 2026 · 14:58 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are RJ Martinez’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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