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In this episode of AI Tools for Creators, hosts Mike and Izabela dive into how to create effective thumbnails and titles for YouTube videos using AI. They share pro tips and tools to help you get more clicks and views. They also include examples from Matt Wolfe’s AI YouTube Channel and Zanee Gamer’s YouTube Channel.
Key Takeaways from Research
- Videos with shocked, surprised or angry faces in thumbnails tend to perform better (the “YouTube Face”).
- Big red arrows pointing to something in the thumbnail grabs attention.
- Before and after comparison splits are commonly used in viral video thumbnails.
These key details where found as the result of an AI experiment that analysed 600 viral YouTube videos.
Generating Thumbnail Images with AI
- Midjourney – Excellent for creating custom images based on a style guide, like podcast host illustrations.
- Stable Diffusion – Can use Dream Booth to clone faces and generate custom images. Check out Matt Wolfe’s YouTube tutorial.
- Ideogram – New AI image generator with text generated in images.
Tools to Analyse Thumbnails
- Google Cloud Vision – Scans images and detects content, text, faces and more. Helps optimize thumbnails.
- TubeBuddy and vidIQ – YouTube plugins that can analyse and compare thumbnails.
Writing Titles and Descriptions with AI
- Transcribe videos in Premiere Pro, then export text and use Claude for titles/descriptions.
- Claude – Subtle and reasonable titles based on transcript analysis.
Key Takeaway: Optimise the connection between your thumbnail, title and first 30 seconds of video.
