Design click-worthy 1280×720 thumbnails in your browser. Bold display fonts, your own images, free templates — nothing to install.
One click opens a 1280×720 canvas — YouTube's 16:9 thumbnail shape, ready to go.
Drop in your frame grab or a generated image, add bold display text, snap everything into place with smart guides.
Download a crisp PNG or JPEG. It also lands in your Vormly assets, so you can re-open the layered design any time.
Eight display faces built for headlines — Anton, Bebas Neue, Archivo Black, Oswald and more — plus one-click text combinations that already pair a title with its supporting line. Nothing to download, and they render the same in the file as on screen.
Upload a frame grab, or pull straight from your Vormly library — anything you have generated is already there. Export and the finished thumbnail lands back in the same library, still editable, so next week's version starts from this week's.
The shape and the file type this editor gives you, in YouTube's own help.
Every thumbnail here starts on a 1280×720 artboard, the 16:9 shape YouTube asks for on regular videos, so nothing gets cropped or letterboxed when you upload it.
“For videos, try to upload a thumbnail with an aspect ratio of 16:9.”Export as PNG or JPEG, the formats YouTube names for custom thumbnails, and the file goes straight into YouTube Studio with no conversion.
“Be uploaded in image formats such as JPG or PNG.”1280×720 pixels (a 16:9 ratio), which is exactly the artboard this editor opens with. That meets YouTube's 16:9 shape and its 640px minimum width. YouTube now suggests going as large as 3840×2160; Pro exports at 2× (2560×1440) and 4× (5120×2880) when you want a sharper file.
Yes. The editor, the templates and standard-resolution export are free, and you can start without an account. A Pro plan removes the watermark and unlocks 2×/4× export, premium templates and your brand kit.
Yes. Upload photos or reuse anything you've generated on Vormly — your asset library is one click away inside the editor.
No. Everything runs in the browser, and you can start designing without an account — sign in only when you want to save or export.
Open the editor, pick a template, and export in minutes. No account needed to start.