Minecraft Thumbnail Maker

1280 x 720 pixels, 16:9, under 2MB, in JPG, PNG, GIF or WEBP. That is the same for every niche. Design at that size from the first click rather than resizing at the end, because resizing a finished design moves text you placed carefully.

A face beats a build shot almost every time. Beautiful builds do not get clicked on their own because the viewer has no reason to care yet. Use the build as background and a reaction face in front. If you do not appear on camera, a skin render carrying an obvious pose does the same job.

High saturation against the flat sky. Minecraft's default sky is a large even field of colour, which is free separation most creators waste. Avoid the shocked face on red default, because it works, which is why everyone does it, which is why it no longer stands out.

Most large publishers permit gameplay footage and screenshots in creator content, and Mojang's usage guidelines are relatively permissive for non-commercial and creator use. That permission does not extend to logos, key art or promotional images, so build from your own captures rather than official artwork.

Yes, and they are close to a convention. Days survived, hearts left, levels, blocks mined. The rule is that the number has to survive shrinking. Big, bold, heavy outline, or leave it out entirely. A number nobody can read at 168 pixels is decoration.

Three to five at most. The thumbnail is seen at around 168 pixels wide on a phone, and longer text at that size becomes a grey smudge. If the words repeat what the image already shows, delete them and let the picture work.

The AI generators sit on the Pro plan, which includes 1,000 credits a month, and Magic Edit and erase draw on the same credits. The free plan is permanent rather than a trial and never asks for a card, and it covers outlier search and three tracked channels, so you can see what already worked in Minecraft before deciding whether to pay for the generator.

Feed in a reference image or a face and the generator holds your likeness and style across generations. Consistency matters most where the audience is subscribing to you rather than to the topic, which is true of most Minecraft channels.