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AI YouTube Thumbnail Template

Expressive face, big three-word text and high contrast, made for small screens.

  • Image
  • Real people
  • about $0.15 in AI credits
YouTube thumbnail example for Wordnest Academy
Made for Wordnest Academy, a fictional business, from its website.

What it is

A 16:9 thumbnail with a person showing a strong reaction, the subject on the right and three or four huge words.

When to use it

Thumbnails for tutorials, reviews and brand videos on YouTube.

Why it works

Thumbnails win on faces, contrast and very few words that are readable at phone size.

How it plays

  1. thumbnail: The reaction and the subject. Headline of at most 4 words, curiosity without clickbait.

The hook: Curiosity in four words.

How OpenPromo makes it

AI photo. Made with GPT Image 2. It suits education, software, creators, any businesses. The writer takes every fact from your website, so prices, products and reviews are yours, and you approve the script before anything is made.

Questions

How much does the youtube thumbnail template cost to make?

Each one costs about $0.15 in AI credits, paid at cost with your own key. OpenPromo adds no markup. Writing the script is a few cents, and you see it before anything is made.

Changing the text and rendering again costs nothing.

Do I have to write the script?

No. Add your website and OpenPromo reads it: what you sell, your prices, your reviews, your colours and fonts. The writer fills the template from that, and you can edit every scene, or give it an angle such as a product or an offer.

Which AI models make it?

GPT Image 2. They were picked in a side-by-side test of the image, video and voice models available, on quality for the price.

Your AI key

Start with $5 of free AI credit

The AI work in OpenPromo (reading your site, writing, voices, music and AI pictures) runs on your own YepAPI key. Sign up at YepAPI and get $5 in free credit, for a limited time. That is enough to try every tool.

  1. 1

    Sign up at YepAPI

    New accounts get $5 in free credit, for a limited time.

  2. 2

    Copy your API key

    It is on your YepAPI dashboard once you sign in.

  3. 3

    Paste it into OpenPromo

    In Settings. Set a monthly spending limit there too.

The free credit is YepAPI’s limited-time offer and may end. After it, you pay YepAPI per use at its price. OpenPromo logs every call with its cost, and a monthly limit caps what you spend. See pricing

Make a youtube thumbnail for your business.

Add your website, pick this template and approve the script. OpenPromo makes the rest.