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Recreate a YouTube thumbnail. Recreate the idea, not the pixels.

WThumb recreates the idea of a thumbnail you like, not its pixels. Paste a public YouTube link or upload a reference, add your title and an optional photo, and get a new 16:9 or 9:16 variation built around your video.

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

WHAT CHANGES

From reference to a new variation.

The reference supplies the idea. The words, subject treatment, composition, and final visual execution are rebuilt for the new brief.

A thumbnail WThumb made: a smiling creator with curly hair holding up a lit camping lantern at a purple dusk, a glowing tent by the sea behind him, headline Episode 5, How to Camp
a creator in a bucket hat holding up a golden fish against a sunset sea, headline episode 2 how to fish
ReferenceResult
New WThumb variation

HOW IT WORKS

Three steps from reference to result.

Open the Studio

  1. Bring the reference

    Paste a public YouTube link or choose an image.

  2. Make the brief yours

    Add the title, optional personal photo, format, and direction.

  3. Generate the new variation

    WThumb rebuilds the idea as a finished thumbnail rather than a layer-by-layer template.

BUILD THE BRIEF

Give the idea a clear direction.

Use it as a brief

Let the reference supply the idea and visual direction. Your wording, subject, composition, pose, framing, layout, and details are rebuilt.

Decide whether a photo helps

Add your own photo when the creator should be the subject, or leave it out for a faceless result.

Choose the frame deliberately

Pick 16:9, 9:16, or both before generation so each result is composed for its format.

QUESTIONS

What to know before you start.

No. The reference is a brief: the idea can inform the result, but the design is a new variation rather than a copy. So if you want to remake a thumbnail you saw, or you are thinking "a thumbnail like this one, but mine", paste its link and WThumb builds a new design around your video.

Yes. WThumb treats the reference as a brief, not a template: the idea carries over and the design is new, built around your title, your photo and your direction. Use a reference for its idea, not to pass off someone else's work.

You can paste a public video link when its thumbnail can be retrieved, or upload a reference image instead.

No. Add your own photo when you want to appear, or skip it to make a faceless thumbnail.

Yes. Choose either format or request both from the same brief, and each comes back at its own size: 2048 by 1152 for 16:9, 1152 by 2048 for 9:16.

Yes. Use the same reference, the same color words and the same word count for every video. The idea carries over each time and 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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