YouTube thumbnails
A YouTube thumbnail maker
for thumbnails people can read.
Design YouTube thumbnails from frames of your own video, with your brand kit, large readable type and every size from one design. A YouTube thumbnail maker in Wireframe, coming soon.
Coming at launch: Cutroom, Library · Coming soon: Wireframe, Lumen
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What makes a thumbnail readable
Thumbnails are seen small, next to a dozen others. One subject, three or four words at most, strong contrast between the subject and the background, and nothing important in the corner where the video length appears.
- One subject, cut out cleanly
- A few large words
- Clear of the duration badge
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Frames from your video
The thumbnail lives in the same project as the edit, so any frame can be pulled in at full quality and cut out in one click.
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Sizes
Lay out the 16:9 thumbnail once, then get versions for a square post, a vertical story and a channel banner from the same design.
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Brand kit
Fonts, colors and logo come from your brand kit, so a row of your thumbnails reads as one channel.
Apps used
The apps behind it.
Every app opens the same project, so nothing is exported between them. Install only the ones you use.
Questions
Good to know.
YouTube recommends 1280 × 720 pixels, a 16:9 ratio. Wireframe starts thumbnails at that size and previews them at the small sizes they appear in feeds.
Yes. Save the layout and swap the frame and words for each episode; the brand kit keeps the rest consistent.
Wireframe is coming soon on the roadmap. Nothing can be downloaded or bought yet.
Early access
Thumbnails that
get read.
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