How can I customize my Video Thumbnail?

Use the Add Cover Art to Video tool to embed a still image as the video's poster thumbnail (no re-encode).

In-app method

1. Click Tools on the left panel
2. Select Add Cover Art to Video
3. In the Input Files field, upload or paste your Video URL and Cover Image URL (thumbnail)
4. Hit Send Request

API method

Send a POST request to the /v5/tools/add_cover_art endpoint with a string of your "video_url"    and "image_url" inputs for embedding.

var data = {
  "video_url": "https://cdn.bannerbear.com/sample_videos/clip.mp4",
  "image_url": "https://cdn.bannerbear.com/sample_images/cover.jpg"
}
fetch('https://api.bannerbear.com/v5/tools/add_cover_art', {
  method: 'POST',
  body: JSON.stringify(data),
  headers: {
    'Content-Type' : 'application/json',
    'Authorization' : `Bearer ${API_KEY}`
  }
})