Photo styles

Make an expressive face for your video thumbnail

The bot redraws your photo as a thumbnail-ready portrait: a wide-eyed, open-mouth surprised expression, saturated colors, a crisp cutout with a thin white outline and a bright gradient background. Your face stays recognizable. Press the button and send one photo.

Make it in Telegram 7 images free, then from 49 Stars

2 credits per image
Result in 1–2 minutes
No sign-up

In short: Turn your photo into an expressive thumbnail portrait with a surprised face, white outline and bright background. Copy the prompt or open the Telegram bot.

Where: the VisuMate bot in Telegram, no app or sign-up.
Cost: 2 credits per image, 7 images free, then packs from 49 Telegram Stars.
Time: 1 to 2 minutes per image, rerun with a new instruction at the same price.

When you need this

You have a good video but your own photo looks too calm in the thumbnail.
Cutting yourself out of a photo by hand takes time for every upload.
You want a bold face on a bright background and you do not have a photographer.

How to do it

1
Tap the button on this page. Telegram opens the bot with the thumbnail style selected, press Start if it asks.
2
Send one clear photo of your face as a file. Add a caption like: orange background, shocked but smiling.
3
Wait 1-2 minutes, 2 credits are used. Check that the outline is clean around the hair and shoulders, then rerun if it is rough.

Try it on your own photo: 7 images are free, no sign-up.

Make it in Telegram

The prompt behind this style

In the bot this prompt is applied by the button. Copy it if you want to use it in another image tool.

Turn this photo into an expressive video thumbnail portrait. Keep the face recognizable. Exaggerated surprised expression with wide eyes and open mouth, saturated colors, crisp cutout with a thin white outline, bright gradient background. Vertical 3:4, no text.

Why exaggerated faces

A thumbnail is seen at a very small size next to many others. A clear face with a big expression and strong colors reads quickly, which is why many creators use it. The prompt asks for wide eyes, an open mouth, saturated colors and a thin white outline that separates the face from the background. The background is a bright gradient, so you can drop the cutout onto a video frame or keep it as it is. The prompt asks for no text.

Putting it into a thumbnail

Generate the face, download it, and place it in your design app next to your title text. The standard YouTube thumbnail size is 1280×720, and this image is vertical 3:4, so you will crop or position it. If the outline looks uneven, rerun the style. If the face looks too different from you, ask for a smaller expression in the caption. Keep the claims in your thumbnail honest and match the real content of the video. The bot does not write titles or edit video.

Tips

Use a photo with a clear view of your face and shoulders and no one standing behind you.
Name the background color you want in the caption to contrast with your video's theme.
The expression is exaggerated on purpose, so say if you prefer something milder.
Leave room on one side when you place the face, since the title text goes beside it.
Check how it looks at the small size used in search results before you upload.