What resolution does the Thumbnail Maker export?

The tool renders and exports images at 1280 × 720 pixels (16:9 widescreen HD), the official YouTube standard.

Thumbnail Maker

Create custom 1280x720 YouTube thumbnails with bold text overlays, gradients, and badges online free.

TL;DR: Thumbnail Maker is a free, browser-based tool that lets you create custom 1280x720 YouTube thumbnails with bold text overlays, gradients, and badges online free.

Thumbnail Designer Controls

Main Title (Bold Text)

Subtitle / Badge

Theme Style

Background Image

Live Canvas Preview (1280 × 720 HD)

Optimized for YouTube 16:9 widescreen presentation.

About the Thumbnail Maker

Thumbnail Maker designs eye-catching YouTube, blog, and video thumbnails with customizable bold typography outlines, colored borders, badge stickers, and subject cutouts.

How to Use the Thumbnail Maker

Upload your background image or portrait cutout.
Add bold title text with stroke outlines, shadows, and vibrant fill colors.
Apply attention-grabbing badge stickers and contrast borders.
Download your 1280x720 (16:9) thumbnail ready for YouTube or video hosting.

Expert Tips for Thumbnail Maker

High Contrast Typography: Use bold sans-serif fonts with black drop shadows or strokes so titles are readable on small mobile screens.
Expressive Facial Reactions: Position faces on the left or center to avoid the YouTube timestamp overlay in the bottom right corner.
1280x720 Standard: The official recommended YouTube thumbnail resolution with a 16:9 aspect ratio and under 2MB file size.

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100% Client-Side Privacy Guarantee

All processing runs locally inside your browser using JavaScript and HTML5 APIs. Your data, files, and inputs are never uploaded to any remote server. Complete privacy by design.

Frequently Asked Questions

: The tool renders and exports images at 1280 × 720 pixels (16:9 widescreen HD), the official YouTube standard.

Cite This Tool

Referencing this tool in a paper, article, or bibliography? Copy a ready-made citation below.

NexLove.org. (2026). Thumbnail Maker [Software]. https://nexlove.org/tools/thumbnail-maker.html

“Thumbnail Maker.” NexLove.org, 2026, nexlove.org/tools/thumbnail-maker.html.

NexLove.org (2026) Thumbnail Maker. Available at: https://nexlove.org/tools/thumbnail-maker.html (Accessed: 2026).

@misc{nexlove_thumbnail_maker,
  title = {Thumbnail Maker},
  author = {{NexLove.org}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nexlove.org/tools/thumbnail-maker.html}
}

Embed This Tool

Add the live Thumbnail Maker tool to your own website with this snippet — it loads the real, working tool in an iframe, not a static screenshot.

<iframe src="https://nexlove.org/embed/thumbnail-maker.html" width="100%" height="600" style="border:1px solid #e2e8f0;border-radius:12px" title="Thumbnail Maker — NexLove.org" loading="lazy"></iframe>

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