You do. Uploaded references stay yours, and generated thumbnails are licensed to you for unlimited commercial use on your channels and client work. We never publish or resell your renders.

How is this different from Canva or Photoshop?

Canva gives you templates and your time. Photoshop gives you a blank canvas and a learning curve. ThumbForge gives you a finished, style-consistent thumbnail in ~15 seconds from one photo — the styling knowledge is baked into the presets.

Can I get a refund on credits?

Unused credit packs are refundable within 14 days, no questions. Credits spent on generations that failed or produced broken output are refunded automatically.

Private beta is rolling out in waves to the waitlist. Beta members get access first, keep launch pricing for life, and shape the style library with their feedback.

YouTube thumbnails · AI-styled in seconds

Thumbnails that get clicked. In seconds, not hours.

Upload a photo, pick a style, get a scroll-stopping 16:9 thumbnail. Join the private beta and get 100 free credits — that’s 100 thumbnails, no card required.

See example renders ↓

After — Cinematic style — Before — raw screenshot

100 free credits

for every beta member

~15s per thumbnail

upload to export-ready 16:9

6 style presets

+ your own prompts

Built forGamingFinanceLifestyleEducationTech reviews

Private beta — numbers above are what the beta offers, not fabricated user stats.

Sound familiar?

Your video is good. The thumbnail is why nobody clicked.

Low CTR kills reach

The algorithm tests your thumbnail against your last one. Lose that test and the video dies at 2% CTR — no matter how good the content is.

Thumbnails engineered for the click

Every preset is built around what actually wins the feed: face-first contrast, readable-at-120px type, one dominant emotion.

$15–50 per designer thumbnail

Freelancers charge per image and work in queues. A/B testing five variants costs more than some months of rent.

~$0.05 per thumbnail

One credit per generation. Test ten variants for the price of a coffee — before your video even goes live.

Hours in Photoshop, still looks off

You’re a creator, not a retoucher. Every thumbnail is a 90-minute detour from the thing that actually grows the channel.

15 seconds, repeatable

Upload → pick style → generate. Same look across the whole channel, saved as your house style.

Fix my CTR — join the beta

How it works

Three steps. No designer. No Photoshop.

01
Upload a reference
A screenshot, a selfie, a frame from your video. Anything with your face or subject in it.
02
Pick a style
Six tuned presets — Cinematic, Bold & Vibrant, Minimal Clean, 3D Render, Anime/Manga, Neon Glow — or write your own prompt.
03
Generate & post
A 1280×720 thumbnail, export-ready for YouTube, in about 15 seconds. Regenerate variants until one wins.

Try it free in beta

Style presets

Six looks that win their niche

Example renders below — every one generated from the same source photo. Your results are watermarked-free and yours to publish.

Cinematic

Moody color grade, film contrast, trailer-poster lighting.

Bold & Vibrant

High saturation, punchy rim light, MrBeast-energy pop.

Minimal Clean

Soft studio light, negative space, finance/education look.

3D Render

Stylized Pixar-grade 3D avatar of you and your subject.

Anime / Manga

Sharp cel shading, dynamic angles — gaming and storytime.

Neon Glow

Cyberpunk rim glow, synthwave palette, tech-review edge.

Example renders — stylized previews, not user data.

Get 100 free thumbnails

Why ThumbForge

Everything ships built for one metric: CTR

CTR-first styling

Presets are tuned for the 210×118px feed thumbnail — contrast, face prominence and text-safe zones first, pretty second.

~$0.05 per thumbnail

Credit packs from $5. A designer charges $15–50 and takes days. Test everything, publish the winner.

16:9, export-ready

Every render lands at 1280×720 — YouTube’s recommended size. Download, upload, done. No cropping roulette.

Your own prompts

Presets are a starting point. Dial in a house style with a custom prompt and save it for the whole channel.

Pricing

Cheaper than one designer thumbnail

Launch pricing, locked for beta members. 1 credit = 1 generation. Unused credits never expire during beta.

One designer thumbnail: $30—

One ThumbForge thumbnail: ~$0.05

Starter

100 credits · $0.05 / thumbnail

All 6 style presets
Custom prompts
1280×720 PNG export
Personal usage rights

Start with 100 free

Creator

$20

500 credits · $0.04 / thumbnail

Everything in Starter
Batch generate (up to 5 at once)
Saved house styles
Priority rendering

Get 100 free, then $20

Studio

$40

1,200 credits · $0.033 / thumbnail

Everything in Creator
Team seats (3)
Faceless-channel workflows
Early API access

Start free — 100 credits

Free = 100 credits at sign-up during the private beta. No card required to join the waitlist.

Wall of love (empty — for now)

First beta users get the mic

We won’t invent quotes from people who don’t exist. These slots are reserved for the first creators who ship thumbnails with us — and they’ll be real.

“Your review here — first beta cohort.”

Gaming channel, 40k subs

“Your review here — first beta cohort.”

Faceless finance channel

“Your review here — first beta cohort.”

Freelance thumbnail designer

Become a founding creator

FAQ

The honest answers

Renders are 1280×720, tuned for readability at feed size. Style fidelity is preset-checked on every update. If a generation is visibly broken, it doesn’t cost you a credit — report it and we refund it.

Stop losing views to bad thumbnails.

Join the private beta, get 100 free credits, and publish your next video with a thumbnail that earns the click.

Thumbnails that get clicked. In seconds, not hours.

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