ekkolon/youtube-thumbnail-generator

Fast, cross-platform CLI tool for generating high-quality YouTube thumbnails

YouTube Thumbnail Generator

This project is a work in progress.

Fast, cross-platform CLI tool for generating high-quality YouTube thumbnails.

Table of Contents

• CLI Reference
• Authors
• License
• Roadmap
• Feedback

CLI Reference

Usage

ytthumb [OPTIONS] <PATH>

Arguments

<PATH> Local image file path for generating the thumbnail

Options

-n, --name <OUT_NAME>

Generated thumbnail name. If not specified, the input filename is used with '_thumb' appended

-d, --outDir <OUT_DIR>

Specifies the output directory for the thumbnail. If unspecified, it defaults to the user's platform-specific Pictures folder

-f, --format <FORMAT>

The thumbnail's output format

Possible values:

• png
• jpg / jpeg

-s, --sampling <SAMPLING_FILTER>

Sampling algorithm to use for thumbnail generation

Possible values:

• nearest: Nearest Neighbor
• triangle: Linear Filter
• catmull-rom: Cubic Filter
• gaussian: Gaussian Filter
• lanczos3: Lanczos with window 3

-h, --help

Print help (see a summary with '-h')

-V, --version

Print version

Authors

• Nelson Dominguez (@ekkolon)

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

Roadmap

This project's roadmap will be announced soon. Stay tuned for updates!

Feedback

If you have any feedback, please reach out at [email protected]