AI Prompt Extractor — Extract Prompts from Videos and Images
Pick Video or Image, add your file, and the AI prompt extractor writes out the prompt behind it: the subject, the setting, the camera, the light and the style, as text you can edit and reuse. Free, no account needed.
How It Works
How the AI Prompt Extractor Works
One page, two inputs. The steps are the same whichever one you choose.
1. Choose Video or Image
Use Video for a clip, an ad or a short you want to recreate. Use Image for a photo, an artwork, a render or a single frame.
2. Add your file
Upload a video up to 20 MB or paste a YouTube Shorts or youtu.be link. For images, upload up to five JPEG, PNG or WebP files of up to 10 MB each.
3. Copy, edit and reuse
Copy the extracted prompt, change what should be different, and paste it into the video or image model you use.
Overview
What Is an AI Prompt Extractor?
An AI prompt extractor works backwards from a finished visual. Instead of you describing what you see, a vision model reads the picture or the footage and writes the description a generator would need to make something similar.
It reads the visual for you
The model looks at the subject, setting, composition, light and color, and for video also at what changes over time: camera moves, actions and cuts.
It names the creative decisions
Words like "low-angle tilt up", "soft side key light" or "glassmorphism 3D render" are what generators respond to. The extractor puts those names on what you are looking at.
It hands you text you control
The result is a draft, not a lock-in. Keep the parts that make the reference work, rewrite the rest, and generate your own version.
Video vs Image
Video vs Image Prompt Extraction: What Each Returns
Both modes use the same idea, but a clip and a still carry different information, so the output is shaped differently.
| Video mode | Image mode | |
|---|---|---|
| Input | One video file up to 20 MB (MP4, MOV, WEBM, AVI and other common formats), or a YouTube Shorts / youtu.be link | One to five images, JPEG, PNG, WebP and other common formats, up to 10 MB each |
| What it returns | Time-coded scene cards: time code, camera move, scene description, characters and actions | A main prompt plus subject, style, composition, lighting, colors, mood and details, a negative prompt, and Midjourney, DALL-E and Stable Diffusion versions |
| Best used in | Text-to-video models such as Sora, Veo, Kling and Seedance | Image generators such as Midjourney, DALL-E and Stable Diffusion |
| Copying | Copy one scene card or all of them | Copy the main prompt or any model-specific version |
| Dedicated page | Extract prompt from video on the Video to Prompt home page | Extract prompt from image on the Image to Prompt page |
Use Cases
When an AI Prompt Extractor Helps
Three common situations where starting from an extracted prompt saves time.
Recreating a reference style
A client sends a clip or an image and says "like this". Extract the prompt, keep the look, and change the subject to theirs.
- Ad and social video references
- Mood boards and style frames
- Product shots with a set look
Learning prompt vocabulary
Seeing how a model describes lenses, light and movement teaches you the words generators respond to, faster than trial and error.
- Camera move and lens terms
- Lighting and color language
- Style and medium names
Keeping a series consistent
Extract a prompt from your best result and reuse its structure, so every video or image in a series shares the same framing and grade.
- Reusable prompt templates
- Consistent framing and grade
- Fewer wasted generations
Next Steps
How to Use an Extracted Prompt
An extracted prompt is most useful as a starting point. These steps take it from draft to a result you can use.
- 1
Decide what to keep
Mark the parts that make the reference work for you: often the camera move, the framing, the light or the overall style. Those lines stay as they are.
- 2
Rewrite what should be yours
Swap the subject, product, location or time of day. Remove logos, readable signs and anything else you do not want carried over.
- 3
Paste into a video model
Scene cards from Video mode go into a text-to-video model one shot at a time. For model-specific drafting, see the Sora prompt generator, Veo 3 prompt generator, Kling AI prompt generator and Seedance prompt generator.
- 4
Paste into an image model
From Image mode, copy the version written for your tool: tag-style text for Stable Diffusion, natural sentences for DALL-E, or the Midjourney line with its parameters.
- 5
Compare with the reference
Put your result next to the original. Where it drifts, make that line more concrete instead of adding more adjectives.
- 6
Save what works
Keep prompts that gave good results as templates. Next time, change only the subject and you start from a proven structure.
Limits
Supported Inputs and Limits
What the prompt extractor accepts today, stated plainly.
Video files up to 20 MB
MP4, MPEG, AVI, FLV, WEBM, WMV, 3GPP and MOV files are accepted. For a longer or larger video, trim the part you care about before uploading.
Links: YouTube Shorts and youtu.be only
The link box accepts youtube.com/shorts/… and youtu.be/… links. Regular YouTube watch pages, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook links are not supported; download the clip and upload the file instead.
Images up to 10 MB, five at a time
JPEG, PNG, WebP and other common image formats work. Clear, well-lit images with a visible subject give the most detailed prompts.
A starting point, not a copy
Generators are probabilistic, so the same prompt will not reproduce the original exactly. Expect a close starting point that you refine, and only extract from material you have the right to use.
AI Prompt Extractor FAQ
AI Prompt Extractor Questions
Answers about extracting prompts from videos and images.
Yes. Both Video and Image mode are free to use without an account or a credit card. A quick verification check runs before each extraction to keep automated abuse out.
A prompt extractor starts from a finished visual and works out the prompt behind it. A prompt generator starts from your idea and writes a new prompt, like our AI video prompt generator. Use the extractor when you have a reference and the generator when you only have an idea.
Use Video mode when motion matters: camera moves, actions or the order of shots. Use Image mode when you care about a look, a style or a single composition. For a single frame from a video, Image mode usually gives the more detailed style description.
No. Only YouTube Shorts (youtube.com/shorts/…) and youtu.be/… links can be pasted. For TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook or regular YouTube videos, save the clip to your device and upload it; files up to 20 MB are supported.
Video-mode scene cards are plain text that works in text-to-video models such as Sora, Veo, Kling and Seedance. Image mode returns versions written for Midjourney, DALL-E and Stable Diffusion, and the main prompt works in most other image generators.
No. AI generators produce a new result each time, so the prompt gets you close to the reference rather than a copy. Editing the camera, light and style lines is how you steer the result toward what you want.
Your file is sent to the AI model to produce the prompt. See our privacy policy for how uploads and results are handled.
Extract Your First Prompt
Choose Video or Image at the top of the page, add your file, and get a prompt you can edit and reuse.