How do you make thumbnails for YT videos?

I create them myself For some thumbnails I also use AI and then manually refine them to ensure they align with the content and look more natural

I usually prefer Canva because it’s quick to work with and gives enough flexibility to make the thumbnail fit the video AI can also be useful for coming up with ideas

@alonelywriter has the right idea... no point reinventing the wheel when you can just grab whatever is already getting high CTR in your niche and adapt it. AI is decent for weird background elements or abstract stuff but using pure AI thumbs usually looks cheap and people scroll right past them now. Best setup is usually finding a cheap designer to pump out variations of winning concepts rather than trying to do it all yourself or relying entirely on Midjourney.

pervez512 said:

I create them myself For some thumbnails I also use AI and then manually refine them to ensure they align with the content and look more natural

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What's the name of the AI tool that you use?

Yes I make my youtube videos thumbnail by myself because am a graphic designing student and also learning more about graphic designing and practicing on daily basis so it is not tough for me. Sometimes I design them manually and in some cases i use canva for this to save my time. I only use canva in urgent cases when I have short time.