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Getting Started
2 articlesGetting Started with ThumbnailCreator
Your first steps with ThumbnailCreator — sign up, upload your first image, generate a thumbnail, and download it ready for YouTube.
Understanding Credits
How the credit system works — what costs credits, how to buy more, and how to make the most of your credit balance.
AI Generation
4 articlesGenerating Thumbnails with AI
Create thumbnails from text descriptions using AI — learn about prompt writing, aspect ratios, resolution settings, and generation options.
Generating from YouTube Videos
Extract existing thumbnails from YouTube URLs and generate new AI thumbnails based on video content — perfect for refreshing or redesigning thumbnails.
Creating A/B Test Variations
Generate multiple thumbnail variations from a single prompt — compare different compositions, colors, and hooks to find the version that gets the most clicks.
Adding Products to Thumbnails
Feature physical products in your AI-generated thumbnails — upload product images, describe how they should appear, and create professional product-focused content.
Face & Style
4 articlesTraining Face Models
Train AI face models from your photos so ThumbnailCreator can consistently generate thumbnails featuring your face — essential for personal branding.
Using Face Swap
Swap your face into any thumbnail using trained face models — get consistent branding across all your videos with a single click.
Extracting and Cloning Styles
Clone the visual style of any thumbnail — capture color palettes, typography, composition, and lighting to create consistently branded content.
Using Thumbnail Templates
Browse and remix professionally designed thumbnail templates — organized by category like Gaming, Tutorial, Vlog, and more.
Editor Tools
7 articlesEditing Thumbnails with AI
Edit any thumbnail using natural language — describe what you want changed and the AI handles it. Plus, use inpainting to paint specific areas for precision edits.
Auto-Optimizing Thumbnails
Let AI analyze and automatically improve your thumbnail — enhancing contrast, readability, composition, and mobile visibility with a single click.
Splitting Images into Layers
Break any thumbnail into separate layers — foreground, background, text — so you can reposition, resize, or edit each element independently.
Background Remover
Remove or replace backgrounds in your thumbnails — one-click removal with AI-powered background replacement options.
Text Overlay Tool
Add bold, YouTube-style text to your thumbnails with customizable fonts, colors, outlines, and shadow effects.
Image Upscaler
Enhance low-resolution images to crisp, high-quality thumbnails with AI-powered 2x and 4x upscaling.
Color Enhancer
Make your thumbnails pop with AI-powered color enhancement presets — vibrant, dramatic, warm, cool, high contrast, and cinematic styles.
Organization & Branding
2 articlesManaging Brands
Set up brand profiles with colors, logos, and assets — then apply them to any thumbnail for instant brand consistency across your channel.
Organizing with Collections
Create collections to organize your thumbnails by series, campaign, or project — keep everything tidy and easy to find.
Channel Tools
5 articlesChannel Makeover
Redesign all your channel's thumbnails at once — AI generates fresh versions for every video, and you review and approve each one before applying.
Browsing Trending Thumbnails
Discover what's working on YouTube right now — browse trending thumbnails by niche, region, and category to get inspiration and clone winning styles.
AI Video Ideation
Brainstorm video ideas, develop scripts, and generate thumbnail concepts with an AI-powered chat assistant that researches trends and analyzes your channel.
Writing and Reviewing Scripts
Generate video scripts from your ideas, get AI critiques with ratings, revise based on feedback, and save scripts to your library.
Managing Video Ideas
Organize, develop, and track your video ideas — use trend scores, feedback, status tracking, batch operations, and the idea detail page.
AI Personalization
3 articlesHow to Set Up Design Rules
Define permanent AI design rules that are automatically applied to every thumbnail generation and edit — like brand guidelines your AI always follows.
Saving and Reusing Prompt Snippets
Store your most-used editor prompts as reusable snippets so you can apply them with a single click instead of typing them every time.
Training Your AI with Feedback
Give thumbs up or thumbs down feedback to teach the AI what you like and don't like — so it improves over time and learns your preferences.
Content Repurposing
5 articlesRepurpose Your Videos
Turn one YouTube video into blog posts, newsletters, infographics, and social media posts — maximize every video's reach across platforms.
Blog Post Generator
Convert any YouTube video into an SEO-optimized blog post with customizable tone, length, and optional AI-generated hero image.
Email Newsletter Generator
Create email newsletters from YouTube videos — choose a style and audience, get 3 subject lines, and export as HTML or plain text.
Infographic Generator
Create AI-generated infographics from your YouTube videos — extract data points, customize size and colors, apply brand guidelines, and download shareable images.
Social Media Posts Generator
Generate platform-specific social media posts from YouTube videos — choose platforms, tone, and post count, with optional AI quote card images.