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Create YouTube thumbnails from your video brief, script and reference images. Plan a concept, generate 16:9 artwork and refine it with Thumbish AI.
What Thumbish does
Thumbish is a browser-based creative tool for YouTube creators. It combines a conversation about your video with concept development and image generation. You can supply a brief, script, persona and reference images instead of starting with a blank design canvas.
| Inputs | A video brief, PDF / DOCX / TXT / MD scripts and image references. |
|---|---|
| Workflow | Discuss your video, review the concept, approve generation, then inspect and revise the artwork. |
| Output | Downloadable 16:9 thumbnail artwork. You upload the final file to YouTube yourself. |
| Channel workspaces | Keep conversations, a persona and reference thumbnails together. A workspace does not connect your YouTube account. |
| Plans | Free: 50 starting credits. Lite: $10/month, 1,050 credits. Mega: $35/month, 4,100 credits. See plan limits and action costs. |
Who it is for
The studio is intended for creators who want help choosing a visual direction and producing artwork. Lite and Mega support multiple channel workspaces, Flash and Aura, and all four image qualities. See the studio guide for supported uploads, models, image qualities and exporting.
The role of the creator
You decide whether a concept is truthful, whether the artwork is accurate and whether it is appropriate to publish. AI-generated images can contain errors in text, faces, objects and other details. Inspect your result against your real source material.
What Thumbish does not do
Thumbish does not measure your YouTube click-through rate, predict views, publish to your channel or run live A/B tests. Download the artwork and use your own publishing and measurement tools. Read the YouTube publishing workflow.
How our guides and comparisons are written
Thumbish publishes this site and sells the product discussed here. Our guides and comparisons use AI assistance in research and drafting. They represent Thumbish’s perspective, not an independent review publication.
Sources and scope
Product comparisons cite the providers’ documentation and distinguish documented capabilities from our assessment of workflow fit. Unless an article explicitly describes a hands-on test and its method, it is a documentation-based comparison. We do not present estimated results as measured performance or invent customer testimonials.
Dates and corrections
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Illustrations and examples
Editorial cover images are AI-generated conceptual illustrations and are labeled accordingly. They are not product screenshots, customer results or evidence of improved click-through rate. Sample briefs illustrate a process; they do not promise a particular result.
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