Type the words for the thumbnail and one line about the video. The AI designs a 16:9 thumbnail around them in a style you pick, with your face from a photo or with a subject it draws itself. No layers, fonts or templates to fiddle with.
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Thumbnail Maker is a tool that designs a 16:9 video thumbnail from a short title and a description of the video. Type the headline you want on it, up to 60 characters, and what the video is about. Pick one of five styles: Bold and bright, Dramatic, Clean and minimal, Neon or Friendly vlog. Add a photo of your face and the AI uses you as the main subject with a strong reaction; leave it out and it draws a subject that tells the story.
ProWith your faceSign in, type the headline (up to 60 characters) and one line about the video (up to 300). One of the two is enough.
Choose one of five styles. Upload a clear photo of yourself if you want to be on it; Pro needs one.
Press Make the thumbnail. The price is on the button, and the JPG is saved in My Videos.
The AI is asked for large, bold headline text that reads exactly as you typed it, easy to read at small size and placed so it doesn't cover the face. Short headlines of three to five words work best.
Bold and bright for challenges and how-tos, Dramatic for stories and mysteries, Clean and minimal for tech and finance, Neon for gaming and music, Friendly vlog for lifestyle and travel.
Upload a photo of yourself and the AI makes you the main subject with an expressive reaction, keeping your face recognisable. Skip it and you get a striking subject with no real people.
Every thumbnail is a landscape 16:9 JPG, the shape video platforms use for thumbnails on regular videos, podcasts and course lessons.
The design is asked to leave out logos, watermarks and platform icons, so it doesn't clash with what the platform overlays.
A hand-made thumbnail means cutting out your face, finding a background, adding an outline and setting the text. Here you type the words and pick a style.
| Feature | YouTube Thumbnail Generator | Building it layer by layer in a design app |
|---|---|---|
| Starting point | A title, a sentence about the video and an optional photo | A blank canvas, a cut-out and a background to find |
| Headline text | Drawn by the AI, up to 60 characters | Pick a font, size, stroke and shadow yourself |
| Your face | Placed as the main subject with a strong reaction | Cut out, position and colour-match by hand |
| Styles | 5 ready styles, from bold to minimal | Build the look from scratch each time |
| Output | A 16:9 JPG saved in My Videos | Set the canvas size and export yourself |
| Price | 30 credits Standard, 57 credits Pro | A design app and your time on each thumbnail |
Make two versions with different styles and see which one gets the click.
For faceless channels, podcasts and tutorials where nobody appears on camera.
The classic look: you, surprised or excited, next to a bold headline.
Make a thumbnail for every upload without opening a design app.
Give each episode a 16:9 cover with the episode's hook in large text.
Make matching thumbnails for a series of lesson videos.
Design thumbnails for tutorials and product videos on your brand's channel.
Yes. Type the headline and what the video is about, pick a style, and the AI designs a 16:9 thumbnail around them.
30 credits on Standard and 57 on Pro, per thumbnail.
Yes. Upload a photo of yourself; the AI uses you as the main subject. Pro needs a face photo, Standard works with or without one.
Yes, if you type it: up to 60 characters, drawn as a large headline. Leave it empty for a thumbnail without text.
A 16:9 landscape JPG, the shape used for regular video thumbnails.
No, all thumbnails are 16:9. For a vertical cover, take a frame from the video with Video to Image.
Not in this tool. Make another version with a different style or headline, or edit the JPG in your own image editor.
No. Use only your own face or someone who agreed; no public figures or children.
Yes. Sign in with Google or email; each job costs credits from your balance, and the result is saved in My Videos.
If a job can't finish, the credits it used go back to your balance automatically.
A click-worthy 16:9 thumbnail with your title, with or without your face. from 30 credits, and the result is saved in My Videos.
