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Faceless thumbnail maker. Make the thumbnail work without your face.

WThumb is an AI faceless thumbnail maker for YouTube. Give it a reference and your video title, skip the personal photo, and it builds a new 16:9 or 9:16 thumbnail where the object, place, result, or idea is the subject.

Make a faceless thumbnail

2 free credits (1 credit = 1 thumbnail), no card

WHAT CHANGES

The same brief, with and without a face.

Each row pairs two results from the same brief: one using a creator photo and one built without a supplied face. In a faceless run, WThumb instructs the model to remove people from the reference and rebuild the space around the subject. Review every finished image before publishing.

a different person beside the Claude mark on a deep purple ground, headline I automated my savings
a creator beside a white robot face and a rising green chart, headline trading automated
ReferenceResult
Automated Savings · With a face
the Claude mark and a rising chart on a deep purple ground, headline I automated my savings, with nobody in the frame
a creator beside a white robot face and a rising green chart, headline trading automated
ReferenceResult
Automated Savings · Faceless
A thumbnail WThumb made: a creator holding up a phone with a weekly or yearly subscription screen, the Notion, Figma and Slack icons around him on deep navy, headline Onboarding
a phone showing a subscription screen with app icons floating around it, headline paywalls
ReferenceResult
Onboarding · With a face
a phone on deep navy with Notion, Figma and Slack icons around it, headline onboarding, with nobody in the frame
a phone showing a subscription screen with app icons floating around it, headline paywalls
ReferenceResult
Onboarding · Faceless

HOW IT WORKS

The faceless thumbnail maker, in three steps.

Open the Studio

  1. Bring the reference

    Paste a public YouTube link or choose an image that communicates the subject clearly.

  2. Skip the personal photo

    Leave the photo step empty and add the words or instructions the new thumbnail needs.

  3. Generate around the subject

    WThumb instructs the model to remove people from the reference and rebuild the space around the object, place, result, or idea.

BUILD THE BRIEF

Faceless thumbnail tips that let the subject lead.

Choose a reference that can survive without a face

Look for a strong object, place, action, or result that can become the main subject.

Make the promise concrete

Name the thing the viewer will learn, see, compare, or discover instead of relying on an expression.

Keep the frame easy to scan

Use one clear subject and short wording so the idea still reads at feed size.

QUESTIONS

Questions about the faceless thumbnail maker.

No. Skip the personal photo and let the topic or object become the focus.

WThumb instructs the model to remove people from the reference and rebuild that space with scene details that fit the subject and your instructions. Generated images can vary, so review the finished image before publishing.

WThumb does not supply a replacement photo in a faceless run, and the model is instructed not to add another person. Generated images can vary, so review the finished image before publishing.

It can fit tutorials, essays, products, stories, documentaries, and other videos where the subject can carry the frame.

Use the same kind of reference, the same color words and the same word count for every video. Each run makes a new design from the brief, so ask for two designs and pick the one closer to the series.

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