You’ve probably seen the post going viral about making YouTube thumbnails with AI in one prompt. That’s us. We’re the tool behind it. A message from our founder, and YouTuber (140K)

your background has one job, losing. if viewers notice it first, your subject never had a chance

a thumbnail can overpromise exactly once per viewer. spend that lie carefully

the shocked face stopped being an emotion years ago. now it's just a font, and viewers read right past it

make the thumbnail before you film. if the idea can't survive one image, it won't survive ten minutes

preview your thumbnail in dark mode at least once. that crisp white background is a flashlight in the viewer's face

crop in until it feels rude, then crop a little more. breathing room is for movie posters, not thumbnails

the timestamp badge eats your bottom right corner on every surface. whatever you put there, youtube already deleted it

your thumbnail doesn't compete with your niche, it competes with whatever youtube parks next to it. know your neighbors

stealing a big channel's thumbnail style doesn't borrow their clicks, it just makes you look like a rerun

you design at full screen, viewers judge at the size of a postage stamp. if it dies small, it was never alive

'do you like it' is the wrong question. ask someone what they think the video is about. a pause means redesign

if your thumbnail says the same thing as your title, you bought two billboards and ran one ad

three nearly identical thumbnails in test and compare isn't testing, it's asking youtube to flip a coin

three focal points is zero focal points. the eye gets one place to land, not an itinerary

putting your logo on the thumbnail is decorating for yourself. the viewer wanted a reason, you gave them a signature

the red arrow is just you admitting the interesting part wasn't visible enough on its own