AI thumbnail generators: how they work, where they fail, and the fixes
How an AI thumbnail generator turns a brief into a cover, the four ways it fails (spelling, hands, faces, sameness), and the workflow that fixes each one.
Topic
AI Thumbnails
Making thumbnails with AI: what generators do well, where they fail, how to write a brief, and how to keep your own face in every cover.
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AI thumbnail generators cannot spell: the workflow that fixes it
Image generators paint letters as shapes, so they misspell. Keep rendered words short, put exact text on a layer, and read every letter at full size.
How to write an AI thumbnail prompt, with examples for eight styles
A brief structure for thumbnail prompts (subject, emotion, setting, light, palette, space for words) with one worked prompt for each of eight styles.
Reference cards explained: subject looks, text effects, backgrounds and hooks
A reference card is an image the model follows for one part of a render. All 52 cards in four categories, what each does, and which ones fight the scene.
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