Recipe card images for 40 dishes at 4:5: Flux 2 Pro cost and template

A 40-recipe card set at 4:5 costs $1.50 on Flux 2 Pro through Sume ($0.0375 per image), or $3.00 with one retake per dish. Flux 2 Pro lists 4:5 and up to 10 references, so the same call can take a plate photo or a style reference.

Recipe cards are a seasonal fit: Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 26, 2026, and food blogs, grocers and meal-kit brands publish recipe series from mid-October. Prices and ratios are from the Sume catalog (read 2026-10-03).

Cost of the set

Compare with the same job on Seedream 5.0 Lite: $1.75 for one image per dish. The gap is small enough to decide on look, not cost.

A template that keeps 40 cards consistent

Use one fixed sentence for the look ("overhead shot, matte ceramic plate, linen cloth, soft window light from the left") and one slot for the dish, so only the food changes. Ask for empty space at the top for the title and leave the ingredient list and steps to your layout tool; model-drawn text on a recipe card invites errors that matter, such as a wrong quantity.

If you have your own photo of the plate, send it as the reference and ask for a restyle, so the card shows the real dish.

• Fix the ratio at 4:5 in every call.
• Keep the dish slot to a name and a visible garnish: "roast squash soup with pumpkin seeds".
• Generate in batches of ten and review before spending on the next batch.

The template call

Fill the slot from your recipe list.

{
  "model": "black-forest-labs/flux.2-pro",
  "prompt": "Overhead shot, matte ceramic plate on linen, soft window light, roast squash soup with pumpkin seeds, empty space at the top",
  "aspect_ratio": "4:5"
}