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Previews are sized relative to one another — 1280 px wide = full width of the card. Formats YouTube never generated for this video show as "not generated".
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YouTube only generates maxresdefault.jpg (1280 × 720) for videos that have reached a certain view threshold. Older or low-view videos often only have hqdefault (480 × 360) as their highest resolution.
Thumbnails are copyrighted by their creators. Downloading is generally fine for personal research, inspiration, or competitive analysis. Commercial use, redistribution, or claiming ownership of someone else's thumbnail is not permitted.
The BEST badge marks the highest-resolution format that YouTube actually generated for this video. That is the one you should download for the crispest result.
These are auto-generated storyboard frames YouTube captures at roughly 25%, 50%, and 75% through the video. They are 120 × 90 px and not the same as the video's main thumbnail — useful for identifying scene content without watching.
We try to download via a blob URL first. If your browser blocks cross-origin blobs (rare on mobile), it falls back to opening the image in a new tab — right-click → Save image as to save it manually.