Generate a background for a title card in DepCut

A title card needs something behind the words. A plain black frame works, but a generated backdrop in the colors of your video makes the card feel designed. The Image tab can make one, and a DepCut title goes on top.

Describe an empty, calm picture

The best background leaves room for text. Write a prompt that names the mood, the colors and the empty space:

• "Soft teal and navy gradient with fine film grain, calm and empty in the center."
• "Warm paper texture in cream and tan, plenty of open space, no objects."
• "Dark blue night sky with faint stars, wide empty area in the middle."

Keep the subject simple. A busy picture fights with the title for attention. Leave lettering out of the prompt, because you will add the words as a DepCut title that stays sharp and editable.

Generate it

1. Open the left panel, choose AI Gen, then Image.
2. Type your prompt in the box. Click Aspect ratio and choose the shape of your project, such as Portrait · 9:16 for a vertical video. The panel starts on the closest shape, so check it.
3. Leave Resolution on its default for a full-frame backdrop.
4. Click Generate image. The result appears under Generated.

If the first picture is close, open the tile's … menu (More actions) and choose Use this prompt. Change a color or a word and generate again. Several images can render at once.

Put it on the timeline

1. Drag the tile onto the main track at the point where the card should appear. A still image lands as an eight-second clip.
2. Select the clip and set its length in the Trim tab of the right panel, using Trim start and Trim end. A still image can stretch as far as you need, and a title card often needs only a few seconds.
3. Move the playhead onto the clip and press T. A title appears that reads "Your text".
4. Change the words by double-clicking the title in the preview, or open the Text tab in the right panel and edit it there. Typed letters are editor shortcuts (S splits, T adds a title), so the words change only through those two routes.
5. Drag the title's edges on its lane so it starts and ends with the picture.

Keep the text readable

• Pick a backdrop with one dominant tone and place light text on a dark picture, or the reverse.
• Use the title's Size and Color controls in the right panel until the words read at a glance.
• If the contrast is still weak, generate a darker or calmer image. Choose Use this prompt and add the word "dark" or "muted".

Reuse it, or ask the Agent

A backdrop is useful for more than one card. Open the tile's … menu and choose Add to Library, and the same picture is available in other projects. Put one copy at the start for the title, one near the end for a call to action, and one between sections as a chapter break.

The Agent can do the whole job in one message: "Generate a calm dark blue background and put it first, then add a title that says Spring Menu." It generates the picture, places it where you say and adds the title. You can still adjust the result by hand.

Make a title card

Open DepCut, generate one backdrop in your project's shape and press T on top of it.