People asked for a choice of facial expressions on thumbnails, so we added it. You can now choose from 10+ facial expressions like shocked, angry, confident, and many more. We also increased the size of YouTube videos you can upload (if you choose file upload) from 500MB to 2GB for more lengthy videos. Love your feedback guys, thank you!

Thanks everyone for the valuable feedback. We already shipped a few updates since Monday's launch:

1/ Multiple avatars to templates instead of just one - helpful for podcasters if they want 2 avatars in 1 image (it works with up to 4).

2/ Change default English text to match video and transcript language - helpful for foreign creators (Chinese, Spanish, etc.).

3/ Add multiple Brand Kits instead of just one - people can set up several in different colors and fonts.

4/ Improved transcripts from Youtube drastically - much better results on the first try instead of getting it right with our "ai edit" feature later.

We highly appreciate your feedback and patience throughout this campaign. If there are any more things you'd like us to fix or add, just let us know :)

Hey!

This is René Remsik (CEO). I co-founded SkySnail with David Stredansky (CTO).

I'm a content creator with 800K+ followers to my personal brand. I've generated 1B+ organic views across social media, and the advancement of AI motivated us to create SkySnail.

I first spent years either paying designers $50-100 per thumbnail or wasting 2-3 hours in Canva trying to get something that looked halfway decent. Then AI came. I tried to create one in Gemini, but the results were bad and there’s the annoying watermark. So we built SkySnail.

Now you can generate YouTube thumbnails and reel covers powered by the best AI image models available. Pick from professionally designed templates, add your face as an avatar for consistent personal branding, set up your media kit, upload your own custom templates, and get your thumbnails in seconds instead of hours.

I’m not a huge YouTuber, but this is easily saving me 10+ hours a month. No Canva. No designers. No Gemini watermark. We’re building the entire workflow so you only spend time filming the video (or creating it with AI), and we’ll take care of almost everything else (e.g., title suggestion).

Here are the most common questions we get:

Q: Do I need design experience to use SkySnail?

Not at all. Just paste your YouTube link or describe your video, pick a template, and click generate. SkySnail handles everything else. If you can send an email, you can use SkySnail.

Q: What's the difference between a credit and a thumbnail?

One credit = one thumbnail generation. For example, with 50 credits per month, you can generate 50 thumbnails.

Q: Will I get access to new templates and AI models as you release them?

Yes. Lifetime deal holders are grandfathered into every new template, every new AI model, and every new feature we ship. You're not locked into what exists today — you grow with us.

You can reach us directly at [email protected] if you need any help.

Cheers!