Should headers include text?
Usually no. Generate the image cleanly and add typography later for control and accessibility.
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Make article headers that feel intentional without relying on generic stock imagery.
Use this workflow for editorial visuals, documentation banners, and article headers where the image should support a topic without becoming cluttered. A good header needs one visual metaphor, enough negative space, and a crop that still works around text or layout constraints.
Summarize the article into one scene, object, or material idea. Generate wide options first, then adapt the best one into social crops, newsletter previews, or section dividers.
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Summarize the article in one visual metaphor before choosing style.
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Use a wide ratio for header placement and leave clean space for layout needs.
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Keep text out of the image unless typography will be added later in design software.
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Create one alternate prompt that changes only material, light, or camera distance for comparison.
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Use moodboard prompts when the article needs atmosphere, material, or workspace direction.
Use minimal mark prompts when the header needs a simple symbolic identity.
Keep final headline text in the CMS or design layer rather than inside the generated image.
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Prefer specific metaphors over broad topic labels.
Check the image at the actual header crop before approving it.
Avoid busy detail behind areas where text or UI will sit.
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How do I avoid generic results?
Name a specific mood, material, or visual metaphor instead of relying on broad topic words.
What ratio should I use?
Start wide for article headers, then create separate crops for social previews instead of forcing one image to fit every placement.