YouTube thumbnail maker
Write a headline, pick your colours and a layout, add a photo if you like, and download a 1280 × 720 thumbnail ready for YouTube. Free, with no sign-up, and your photo never leaves your browser.
Free · No sign-up · Nothing leaves your browser
Layout
Font style
1280 × 720 JPEG, under YouTube’s 2 MB limit. Made in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Three tips for a thumbnail that gets the click
Three to five words
Thumbnails are seen small, often on a phone. A short headline in big letters reads; a sentence doesn’t.
Leave the bottom right clear
YouTube puts the video’s length there, over your thumbnail.
One face or one object
A single clear subject, close up, stands out in a grid of other videos.
Schedule the video in Smartplannr with its title, description and this thumbnail, as a normal upload or a Short. See the YouTube scheduler.
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Thumbnail done. Now schedule the video.
Smartplannr uploads videos and Shorts to YouTube with your title and thumbnail. Start free.