What are the use cases for this prompt?

This prompt can be used for: Writing Subtitles.

What is the difficulty level and which AI tool should I use?

This prompt is intermediate level. It works with all AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.).

Are there variants of this prompt?

Yes, 3 variants are available: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced.

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Midjourney Prompt for Writing Subtitles

Midjourney is an artificial intelligence image generation tool that can transform your approach to creating visual subtitles. Whether you are producing video content, presentations, or social media posts, subtitles are no longer limited to plain text overlays. With Midjourney, you can design stylized backgrounds, graphic banners, and visual layouts that enhance your subtitles and capture your audience's attention. The tool excels at creating visual templates where text seamlessly integrates into the design, delivering a professional look without advanced graphic design skills. By harnessing Midjourney's ability to generate typographic compositions, textured backgrounds, and decorative frames suited for subtitles, you achieve consistent and aesthetic visuals across all your content. This approach is particularly popular among content creators, community managers, and videographers who want to stand out with visually striking subtitles rather than generic lines of text.

Paste in your AI

Paste this prompt in ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini and customize the variables in brackets.

Create a clean, modern lower-third subtitle overlay design on a dark cinematic background, featuring an elegant semi-transparent text bar with soft gradient edges, minimalist sans-serif typography placeholder area, subtle motion blur effect suggesting video content behind, professional broadcast quality, 16:9 aspect ratio, high contrast for readability, color palette using deep navy blue and white with gold accent line, studio lighting atmosphere --ar 16:9 --style raw --s 250 --q 2

Personalize this prompt with Léa

Answer 3 questions and Léa tailors the prompt to your situation.

Why this prompt works

This prompt works by combining precise technical terms from broadcast design (lower-third, overlay) that guide Midjourney towards professional compositions suited for subtitles. The --style raw parameter ensures a realistic output without excessive stylization, while --s 250 maintains a balance between creativity and fidelity to the instructions. Specifying the 16:9 ratio and readability constraints ensures a result that is directly usable in video production.

Use Cases

Writing Subtitles

Variants

Expected Output

You will get a professional subtitle banner visual with a semi-transparent navy blue background, a gold accent line, and a placeholder area for text in clear typography. The design evokes the look of TV channel graphics or high-end documentary productions, ready to be integrated into video editing software as a reusable template for your subtitles.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can Midjourney directly generate readable text for subtitles?

Midjourney has significantly improved its text handling with recent versions (v5 and later), but it remains primarily an image generation tool. For subtitles, it's best to use it to create visual templates, banners, and stylized backgrounds, then add your exact subtitle text in editing or graphic design software like Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or Canva. This approach guarantees perfectly readable typography and full control over the textual content.

What image format should I choose for video subtitles with Midjourney?

For subtitles intended for video, use the --ar 16:9 parameter, which matches the standard format of most screens and video platforms (YouTube, Vimeo, TV). If you're creating subtitles for Stories or Reels, opt for --ar 9:16. For square Instagram posts, use --ar 1:1. Then export the image as a PNG to preserve transparency if your design uses it, which will make integration into your video editing software easier.

How do I create a consistent series of subtitle designs with Midjourney?

To maintain visual consistency across all your subtitles, use Midjourney's --sref (style reference) feature by providing the URL of a satisfactory first result. You can also create a base prompt that you reuse, modifying only the variable elements (color, intensity). The /describe command on an approved design will help you extract the key terms to keep. Finally, set an identical --seed to reduce random variations between your successive generations.