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A thumbnail where the text is right
A bold, simple thumbnail with the words spelled correctly, in four variations to compare. Eight minutes. It will not be your final one if you have a designer; it is a real one if you do not.
The tool
Ideogram
Text inside images that actually spells correctly. Posters, logos, cards. The free plan is enough for this.
Describe it
copy, paste into Ideogram, change the parts in [brackets]
A YouTube thumbnail, 16:9, bold and simple: a [person holding a stack of meal prep containers] looking surprised, bright kitchen, big text that says "1 HOUR" in thick white letters with a dark outline, nothing else in the image.
What good looks like
One clear subject and the text spelled right.
Make four, pick one
copy, paste into Ideogram, change the parts in [brackets]
Same image, but give me four variations: one with the text bigger, one with a plain background, one with the subject on the left, one with no text at all.
What good looks like
Four you can compare side by side. The one that reads at phone size wins.
Fix the words if needed
follow these in the app
Steps, not a prompt: if a word is wrong, click Edit on the image, select the text area, and type the exact words again.
What good looks like
Every word spelled right. Check it at the size it will actually show.
Watch out
Do not make a thumbnail with a real person's face who did not agree to it, including other creators.
Now with your own thing. Same steps. The one on the fridge counts.