Halloween 2026 image set: 40 backdrops, 6 banners, 4 heroes cost
A Halloween 2026 image set of 40 product backdrops, 6 text banners with one retake each and 4 hero shots costs $2.9135 on Sume's catalog; plan and prices.
A full Halloween 2026 image set (40 product backdrop swaps, 6 text banners with one retake each, and 4 hero shots) costs $2.9135 on the Sume catalog. Halloween is Saturday, October 31, so a seller starting on October 3 has 28 days, and the image work is the cheap part of the calendar.
Each line below picks the model for the job: Seedream 5.0 Lite for edits on real product photos, Ideogram 4.5 for banners with quoted text, and ChatGPT Image 2.5 for the four hero images. Prices are the billed per-image rates (read 2026-10-03).
The plan with prices
The totals use one attempt per product photo. If you want four variants of each backdrop, multiply the first line by four; the set is still under $8.1635.
| Piece | Model | Images | Price per image | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn or spooky backdrop on 40 product photos | Seedream 5.0 Lite (edit) | 40 | $0.04375 | $1.75 |
| 6 banners with quoted sale text, one retake each | Ideogram 4.5 (medium) | 12 | $0.075 | $0.90 |
| 4 hero shots with prop styling | ChatGPT Image 2.5 (high, 1024) | 4 | $0.065875 | $0.2635 |
| Total | 56 | $2.9135 |
How to run each piece
Backdrop swaps are edits: send the product photo as the only input_references item and set aspect_ratio to the source photo's ratio (Seedream 5.0 Lite lists 1:1, 4:5, 3:4 and others but not auto), and say which pixels must not change.
Banners need exact words, so put the sale line in quotes in the prompt, keep it short, and proofread every output; text errors are the common failure and a retake costs $0.075. Ideogram 4.5 takes 1:1, 4:5, 9:16, 16:9 and 3:1 among others, which covers feed, story and web header.
Hero shots can take references: ChatGPT Image 2.5 accepts up to 16, so pass the product photo plus a prop or mood image.
- Keep a list of the exact strings on each banner and compare the output against it.
- Ideogram 4.5 bills by quality, not size: 1K and 2K cost the same.
- Label edited commercial photos where the platform or local law asks for it.
Where this sits in a seasonal budget
Video work dominates the seasonal cost, as the Halloween video plan shows. Stills are the cheaper first step: approve the look on images, then spend on clips.
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