How to label what is on screen instead of captioning every word
Tell Vizard Agent you want labels rather than captions, and say what should be named. A recipe short does not need every word transcribed across the pan. It needs "gochugaru" to appear at the moment the gochugaru goes in, and nothing on screen the rest of the time.
What do you type into Vizard Agent?
Say "no main captions" explicitly. It feels like it goes without saying, and it doesn't: a short with a voiceover will be captioned by default, and then the labels have to fight the subtitles for the same part of the frame. Tie the labels to the action and tell Vizard Agent where they must never sit.
Prompt
What does Vizard Agent actually do?
The labelling is inseparable from the edit, because a label is only right if it lands on the action it names. One that appears two seconds late names the wrong thing: the viewer reads "garlic" while watching the chilli powder go in. This was seven raw clips of a stew becoming a 45-second short. In the session behind this article it:
- Reviewed all seven clips, from prep to tasting, worked out the cooking sequence and ingredient names, and separated the usable steps from setup and retakes.
- Checked the seasoning sequence closely so each label matched what was actually being added.
- Planned vertical crops around the cook and the pan, built a fast-forward cooking sequence and rendered a preview to check the food framing, the ingredient text and the voice-only sound.
- Matched the intro treatment to a previous video in the series, shifted to this dish's colour.
- Checked the full edit for cropped ingredients and overlapping text, confirmed the garlic label landed on the actual seasoning action and tightened a shaky seasoning shot.
- Adjusted the labels to stay clear of the cook's face, then rendered the finished short.
When does this not work well?
Some videos need the captions after all. Anything watched with the sound off, anything where the value is in what is said rather than shown, and anything an accessibility requirement covers should have proper subtitles. Labels are an addition, not a replacement. Many ingredients at once make labels collide, and very fast cutting doesn't give a label the second it needs.
Common questions
Can I have both labels and captions? Yes, but they compete for the same space. Vizard Agent will place them apart.
What about quantities? Say so and Vizard Agent writes "2 tbsp gochugaru" rather than just the name.
Will they match my other videos? Yes. Point Vizard Agent at a previous video and it matches the treatment.