YouTube thumbnails are just as important as the video, or even more important. Multiple creators have stressed this point multiple times that a good thumbnail can save your video. Even Mr. Beast has agreed on the relevance of thumbnails in all his videos; he even has a special team to create the best ones. For any emerging creator, if your thumbnail game is strong, you can very easily rise up. Now, you can try to polish your creative skills over time and create a perfect thumbnail, or you can use AI. Yes, in this article, I will tell you how you can master thumbnail design in a few steps.

Copy a YouTube Thumbnail Template

Up to this point, all the thumbnails that I have created using AI tools have been only decent. None of them stood out or was so good that I would actually consider using them. However, with this tool, I can definitely say that it gets the job done; not only does it keep the details intact, but it also takes care of the text. You can prompt it to change the text style and position or even add more of your own. There are very few instances where it will not get the job done or hallucinate, which might also be because of lazy prompting. So yes, the thumbnails that I create using Gemini’s latest image generation model are that good.

How to create your own thumbnail using AI

Firstly, you will need a template, and you can choose any thumbnail you like. Once you have that, follow the steps mentioned below.

1. Go to YouTube Thumbnail Grabber and paste the link of the YouTube video of your choice.

2. This tool will download the thumbnail of that video for you.

3. Now, you will decode the thumbnail using the ImagePrompt tool. Go to this website.

4. Click on the upload icon and choose your thumbnail.

5. Once it is uploaded, click on Generate Prompt, and you will have the image prompt in the next text box.

6. Copy this prompt and then open Gemini.

7. Finally, upload your image and then paste the prompt in the text box.

8. Made changes to the prompt according to your liking. Once all this is done, hit send.

9. Your image will be generated, and you can also redo it if you like.

Note – Once you have the final image, it may not be in the resolution you wanted. For fixing that, simply head over to PixelCut image editor and expand the image into the resolution of your choice.

Image created from the reference thumbnail of MKBHD.

FAQs

Q. How can I create high-quality thumbnails for free?

You can use the Nano Banana feature from Gemini. This new image generation model is great at editing images and also for creating thumbnails.

Q. How can I download thumbnails from YouTube videos?

You can use tools like YouTube thumbnail grabber, which is a free tool that requires you to provide the link to the YouTube video. Once you have provided the link, this tool will fetch the thumbnail, and you can download it in HD.

Wrapping Up

In this article, we have talked about how you can make professional-level thumbnails using only AI. Gemini’s latest Nano Banana model is a game-changer; it is programmed to keep the facial features intact in all edits. This also supports multi-step editing, so that is also a major plus.

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