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Compare thumbnail variations side by side
Tick your variations, click Compare: they show up at the same scale. Keep the best one as a favorite.
Mike Codeur•October 2, 2026•2 min•
Compare thumbnail variations side by side
Generating three variations is great. Picking the right one while scrolling the page, much less so. Compare puts your variations side by side, at the same scale, so the decision takes one look.Select the variations
Each generation produces 1 to 4 variations. Tick two or three tiles: a floating bar appears at the bottom with the selection count, Compare, Download and Cancel.Compare at the same scale
Click Compare. The "Compare variations" window shows them side by side, same size, same framing. Hover any image for favorite, download and full screen. Full screen browses all your thumbnails, run after run, with each run's prompt at the bottom of the screen.Keep the best one
Mark the winner as a favorite. You'll find it with the Favorites filter of the generation list, and you can reuse it as the source for the next iteration.Judge at YouTube feed size, not full screen: can you read the title? Does the face stand out? That is where the click happens.
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