YouTube thumbnail maker

It starts you on a 16:9 canvas, not a square you will letterbox. Generate a face or scene with FLUX, remove the background, slap on oversized text, and export PNG.

YouTube compression is brutal. The editor’s job is contrast and crop, not subtle print typography.

Three to five words on the thumbnail. The title can be longer in YouTube’s title field.

1. Create a 16:9 canvas.
2. Generate or upload the subject; cut the background if it fights the type.
3. Add a short headline in brand kit fonts — huge.
4. Check the design at the size of a phone search result.
5. Export PNG. Upload in YouTube Studio (or schedule other networks separately).

CTR is a thumbnail problem as much as a title problem. People want a maker that knows 16:9 and faces.

Photoshop-on-the-web is overkill for a weekly upload. An AI social editor is closer to the job.

• Faces bigger than you think; UI will shrink them.
• Avoid thin script fonts.
• Keep a series template in the workspace so episode 12 matches episode 1.

Amadezing gives you 16:9, brand kits, cutouts, motion if you need a looping preview elsewhere, and one-click PNG. Credits on Free, Starter, and Pro cover generation.

Promote the video on Instagram with a 4:5 remix of the same kit — same workspace, different canvas.

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