Recreate YouTube Thumbnails

Goal

Face-swap YouTube thumbnails to feature Your Name using Gemini image model. The system analyzes face direction, matches reference photos by pose, and generates variations.

Scripts

• ./scripts/recreate_thumbnails.py - Main generation script
• ./scripts/analyze_face_directions.py - Reference photo analyzer

Quick Start

# From YouTube video (auto-downloads thumbnail)
python3 ./scripts/recreate_thumbnails.py --youtube "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

# From local thumbnail
python3 ./scripts/recreate_thumbnails.py --source ".tmp/thumbnails/source.jpg"