Captions’ Photon AI image generator turns text prompts into production-ready images, perfect for enhancing your video projects. From cinematic environments to stylized graphic elements, you can create visuals in any style — all without leaving your editing workflow. Whether you're building a scene or reinforcing a narrative, Photon gives you precise visual control at every frame.
Captions’ Photon AI image generator turns text prompts into production-ready images, perfect for enhancing your video projects. From cinematic environments to stylized graphic elements, you can create visuals in any style — all without leaving your editing workflow. Whether you're building a scene or reinforcing a narrative, Photon gives you precise visual control at every frame.
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Creating images for your next video project is simple with Captions. Just prompt Luma’s Photon AI with a description of the images you need, and watch as the model builds your unique ideas from scratch.
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Instantly create high-quality images
Instead of digging through stock libraries or outsourcing design work, use Photon AI to instantly generate high-res, original images tailored to your video. Whether you need backgrounds, inserts, or graphic accents, Photon delivers custom visuals in seconds — no licensing headaches, no creative limitations.
Spend less time searching, and more time focusing on storytelling, editing, and brand-building.
Generate photorealistic visuals from your descriptions
Photon AI generates high-quality, photographic-style images directly in Captions — complete with natural lighting, realistic textures, and lifelike detail. Unlike typical AI outputs that feel artificial or over-stylized, Photon is built for realism.
Whether you're working on social content, marketing campaigns, or creative projects, Photon makes it easy to turn your ideas into stunning, ready-to-use images with just a few words. No gear, no design tools — just fast, professional results that drop straight into your video timeline.
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Accelerate content creation with Captions’ Photon AI integration
Photon AI makes content creation simple and quick, generating high-quality still images in seconds. Even better, Photon’s integration with Captions’ editing platform saves time by adding your images straight to the video timeline — no additional exporting or importing required.
Use Photon during the video editing process to generate any image with a simple text prompt, then place the image anywhere in your video timeline and resize it as full screen or as an inset. Repeat the process as often as needed without the time-consuming process of editing third-party images to make them suit your project.
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Import your footage
Open Captions on your device. In your “Projects” dashboard, click “Upload a video” to import new footage into the platform.
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Generate your visual
Choose “Image” from the sidebar, select “Photon” or “Photon Flash,” and describe your desired image. Use as much detail as possible for the best results.
Customize and share
Insert the photo into your project and change the placement, size, and on-screen duration. Add any finishing touches to your video, then download and share.
Generate Photon AI images with Captions
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Adjust for the perfect fit
Social media platforms have varying video aspect ratio requirements — even within the same app. For instance, YouTube’s main feed uses 16:9, while Shorts appear as 9:16 vertical videos. With Captions’ Video Resizer, you won’t need to worry about refilming the same video to suit different platform requirements. Instead, AI automatically transforms a single video into horizontal, vertical, and square layouts to suit your content creation needs. Plus, if you’re incorporating AI-generated images, you can easily match them to the same aspect ratio.
Cut the distractions
Excessive vocal pauses can make a video feel less polished. Captions’ Video Trimmer uses AI to detect these interruptions and remove them from your footage automatically. You can trim all at once or review each change individually, giving you total control over which parts of your video stay in place. Once your audio is cleaned up, add the final touches by incorporating AI-generated images that complement your content.
Enhance videos with image overlay
Captions’ Media Overlay tool helps you take any images — including art created with the Photon AI image generator — and place them dynamically into your videos. You can reposition, resize, and set the timing for images. Use these visuals as over-the-shoulder graphics for talking head shots, or let the image occupy the entire screen. You can also use Media Overlay to watermark a video or brand it with your business logo. Improve your branding with Captions.
Frequently asked questions
What’s the Photon AI Image Generator?
Photon AI is a high-quality AI photo generator designed to create art based on text prompts. Describe the image you want to see, including subject details and artistic style, and Photon AI generates several image options based on the prompt almost instantly.
Photon AI outperforms other models with better prompt understanding and higher-rated image quality. Best of all, you can access it directly within Captions’ editing interface.
What types of images can I create with Photon AI Image Generator?
Photon AI can create a wide range of visuals, but it truly shines in generating highly detailed, photorealistic images that look like they were captured with a professional camera. Whether you're looking to create lifelike portraits of people, realistic landscapes, or intricately detailed objects, Photon AI delivers stunning visuals. Pictures feature natural lighting, authentic textures, and sharp details that set it apart from traditional AI-generated art.
Do I need any design skills to use this tool?
No — you don’t need design skills to use Photon AI. You only need to be able to describe the image you would like to create in words. Simple descriptions will work, but more descriptive writing is even better. If you’re not happy with the final results, you can always rewrite your prompt or regenerate the image. Even though you don’t need technical expertise to use Photon, the control is still in your hands.
What file formats are available for projects?
Captions imports video in multiple file formats, including MOV, MP4, GIF, WAV, and QuickTime. After adding Photon-generated images to the video timeline, you can export the video in multiple file formats as well.
This gives you the flexibility to film with any equipment and upload footage to any social media platform.
Can I customize the images generated by Photon AI with Captions?
Yes — within the video timeline, you can change the size of a photo, reposition it, and control when and for how long it appears on screen. You can also regenerate the image to get additional variations and can edit any prompt for new approaches to the image.
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