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Thumbnail Design

Designed to win the click.

The best video on YouTube gets zero views if nobody opens it. Your thumbnail competes with twenty others on one screen. We design the one that gets clicked.

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What's included

A thumbnail system, not one-offs.

2-3 concepts per videoDifferent angles on the same idea: emotion-led, curiosity-led, outcome-led. You pick, not settle.
Readable at 120 pixelsEvery design is checked at feed size on a phone, where the click actually happens.
A/B variants for Test & CompareBuilt for YouTube's native thumbnail testing, so data picks the winner.
Brand templatesA consistent visual language so your videos are recognisable in the feed before the title is read.
Photo cleanup & compositingCutouts, skin cleanup, lighting fixes and background builds from whatever photos you have.
Title pairingThumbnail and title are one unit. We flag when they repeat each other instead of multiplying curiosity.
Old-video refreshesNew thumbnails for underperforming back-catalog videos: the cheapest views you'll ever get.
Source files includedLayered PSDs on request. Your brand assets belong to you.
The difference

What changes when we take over.

Doing it yourself

  • One thumbnail, made at 1am, right before upload
  • Text nobody can read on a phone
  • Style changes with every video
  • CTR is a mystery metric you check once a month
  • Great videos buried by weak packaging
With Pixide

A packaging process

  • Concepts ready before the edit is even done
  • Designs tested at feed size, on a phone, in dark mode
  • A recognisable channel look, video after video
  • A/B variants let the data pick the winner
  • CTR becomes a lever you pull, not a number you hope for
The fine print

Turnaround, formats & tools.

Turnaround24-48 hours per thumbnail
Concepts2-3 per video + revisions
DeliveryPNG/JPG · layered PSD on request
ToolsPhotoshop · Illustrator
Questions

Thumbnails, answered.

No. A phone photo in decent light gives us plenty to work with. We handle cutouts, cleanup and relighting. We'll also send you a short "thumbnail selfie" guide so future photos take you two minutes.

Yes, and we recommend it. Refreshing the top 10-20 videos in your back catalog is often the fastest CTR win available. The videos already rank; they just need better packaging.

We deliver 2-3 variants formatted for YouTube's built-in Test & Compare. YouTube splits your impressions between them and promotes the one that earns the most watch time. We review results and fold the learnings into future designs.

If it's working, yes. We'll systematize it into templates. If it isn't, we'll show you a refresh direction next to your current style and let the feed-size comparison make the argument.

Your next video deserves a better door.

Send us a recent video. We'll mock up what its thumbnail could have looked like.

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