Observed arrival · 2026-09-05

ShortThumbs, a private thumbnail studio for Shorts creators

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A free browser-based editor for making 1080×1920 YouTube Shorts thumbnails with niche templates, text effects, safe-zone guides, and local image processing.

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ShortThumbs is organized around the 9:16 format used for YouTube Shorts, with templates for seven creator niches including gaming, finance, fitness, podcasts, reactions, and education. Its workflow combines preloaded layouts, display-text treatments, image filters, safe-zone guides, and full-resolution 1080×1920 export. The site states that edits are processed through the browser’s Canvas API, autosaved in local browser storage, and never uploaded to a server.

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