Releases: pH-7/Thumbnails-Maker
Releases · pH-7/Thumbnails-Maker
v4.0.0 YouTube Thumbnail Maker Studio (May 9th 2026)
YouTube Thumbnail Creator v4.0.0
v4 is a major release focused on shipping reliability, safer publishing workflows, and smoother Mac App Store delivery.
Highlights
- Mac App Store pipeline significantly hardened for build, signing, packaging, and submission.
- Better diagnostics across release steps, with clearer failures and easier troubleshooting.
- Environment-driven app configuration for publishing, including app identifier support.
- Improved credential hygiene with placeholder-based configuration and reduced risk of leaking sensitive values.
- Additional test and CI protections around bootstrap and critical release paths.
Improvements
- Refined handling of native Sharp binaries in MAS packaging and signing.
- Better automatic build/version management in the publish pipeline.
- Improved validation behavior for missing image input and oversized composite analysis.
- Contributor onboarding for release credentials is clearer and safer.
Breaking / Important Changes
- Publishing configuration now expects APP_IDENTIFIER in environment variables.
- Fastlane and MAS publish tooling rely on env-based identifiers and team values instead of hardcoded values.
- Ensure your local environment is updated before running release lanes.
Upgrade Notes
- Add APP_IDENTIFIER to your environment configuration.
- Verify Apple team and App Store Connect API values are set.
- Re-run your MAS release flow with the updated env setup.
Stability and Security
- Reduced chance of accidental credential exposure in repository history.
- Safer defaults and templates for release configuration.
Full Changelog: https://github.com/pH-7/Thumbnails-Maker/commits/v4.0.0
YouTube Thumbnail Maker Studio v3.6.0 (April 3rd 2026)
YouTube Thumbnail Maker Studio, v3.6
Full Changelog: v3.5.0...v3.6.0
Thumbnail Studio Creator, v3.5 (Mar 15th 2026)
Full Changelog: v3.4.0...v3.5.0
Thumbnail Studio Creator, v3.4 (Feb 15th 2026)
Thumbnail Studio Maker v3.4 Released 🚀
Improved Favorite Loading functionality to save and directly retrieve your favorite customization setup 👌
Full Changelog: v3.1.0...v3.4.0
Enjoy making appealing and viral thumbnails for your next (YouTube) video! 🥳
Thumbnail Studio Maker v3.3 (Feb 15th 2026)
Thumbnail Studio Maker v3.3 Released 🎉
Text-Behind-Image:
- Brand new implementation of the "Text-Behind" insertion inside your thumbnails!
- Auto Colour is now available.
- Options are now being smarter ✨
- An improved Auto Perfect Effect has been implemented.
Other enhancements, code clean-ups, and improvements added 🚀
Full Changelog: v3.1.0...v3.3.0
Thumbnail Maker v3.2.0 Released! (Jan 10th 2026)
Thumbnail Maker v3.2.0 includes minor bug fixes to ensure that generated thumbnails remain accurate and that no errors are thrown during processing.
The full changelog is available at: v3.0.3...v3.2.0
🏁 Follow my AI Software Engineering Journey at https://PierreHenry.dev
v3.1.0 Release - Dec 23rd 2025
- Enhanced Text Behind Image: Revolutionary text overlay system with automatic design capabilities
- Smart Text Positioning: 9 intelligent positioning options (center, corners, edges)
- Beautiful Typography: 8 carefully selected fonts optimized for YouTube thumbnails
- Advanced Text Effects: Shadow, outline, glow, and background box effects
- Layer Control: Choose whether text appears behind, over, or between images
- Real-time Preview: Live size and opacity controls with instant visual feedback
🔧 Critical Bug Fixes
- FIXED: JavaScript syntax error that prevented application startup
- FIXED: Incomplete composite array structure in main.js at line 2011
- FIXED: Missing function code and proper error handling
- FIXED: All functions now have proper closing braces and return statements
🎨 UI/UX Improvements
- NEW: Modern toggle switches for better user interaction
- NEW: Responsive text overlay options panel with smooth animations
- NEW: Enhanced form styling with focus states and transitions
- NEW: Live value displays for text size and opacity
- IMPROVED: Better status messages and user feedback
- IMPROVED: Enhanced keyboard shortcuts (ENTER to create thumbnails)
🔧 Technical Enhancements
- NEW: SVG-based text rendering for crisp, scalable quality
- NEW: Proper text escaping for security and stability
- NEW: Dynamic canvas sizing and intelligent positioning
- NEW: YouTube-optimized text rendering pipeline
- IMPROVED: Comprehensive error handling and validation
- IMPROVED: Integration with existing thumbnail creation system
📱 User Experience
- NEW: Auto-save preferences now include text overlay settings
- NEW: Seamless integration with all layout modes (grid and innovative)
- NEW: Intuitive controls with helpful descriptions and tooltips
- IMPROVED: Better guidance for new users with smart defaults
🎯 Performance & Quality
- OPTIMIZED: Text rendering performance with efficient SVG generation
- ENHANCED: Memory usage optimization for large text overlays
- IMPROVED: Error recovery and graceful degradation
- VALIDATED: Comprehensive testing across all layout modes
🛠️ Developer Experience
- IMPROVED: Better code organization and documentation
- ENHANCED: Comprehensive error handling and logging
- ADDED: Detailed function documentation and comments
- FIXED: All syntax errors and code quality issues
[3.0.x] - Previous Versions
Features
- Multi-image thumbnail creation with flexible grid layouts
- Smart layout analysis and automatic optimization
- Image enhancement with intelligent adjustments
- Mac App Store build configuration
- Innovative layout modes (hero-side, corner-grid, banner-split, etc.)
- YouTube optimization with file size reduction
- Favorites system for saving preferred settings
- Drag-and-drop image arrangement
- Real-time preview with delimiter customization
Installation & Usage
This application is an Electron-based YouTube Thumbnail Creator that now includes powerful text overlay capabilities. Simply select your images, configure your text (if desired), and create professional thumbnails optimized for YouTube.
Key Features
- Multi-Image Support: Create thumbnails with 1-6 images
- Smart Layouts: Automatic layout optimization or manual selection
- Text Overlays: Add beautiful text with automatic design
- Image Enhancement: Intelligent auto-enhance for better quality
- YouTube Optimization: Optimized file sizes and metadata
- Favorites System: Save and load your preferred settings
For detailed usage instructions, see the README.md file.
v3.0.3 - (Dec 7th 2025) Maintenance Release
Full Changelog: v3.0.2...v3.0.3
v3.0.2 - (Sep 13th 2025) Maintenance Release
v3.0.1 - (Sep 1st 2025) Maintenance Release
Minor fixes
Full Changelog: v3.0.0...v3.0.1