How to program AI to make video thumbnails
Learn how to use Sharp, a high-performance image processing library for Node.js, along with @pipedreamhq and other APIs to automate thumbnail generation for your videos based off of the Mux Video transcript. #aigenerated
The world runs on connected APIs. But… how do you reliably come up with workflows to connect them all together? Pierce from Pipedream joins us here to show us how.
Dave on Twix: https://x.com/davekiss
Dar on Twix: https://x.com/darius_cepulis
Pierce on Twix: https://x.com/ctrlaltdylan
Connect with us:
Website: https://www.mux.com/
Twitter: / muxhq
Blog: https://www.mux.com/blog
Chapters:
00:00 - Kicking off the stream
00:58- Diving into the world of thumbnails: importance and strategy
02:57- The power of faces in thumbnails
07:25 - Auto-Generating Thumbnails with Mux and Pipedream
26:22 - Generating thumbnail text and identifying video subjects
31:52 - Video processing ideas
33:02 - Storyboards and thumbnails
34:30 - File Store and custom code
42:44 - Image manipulation with Sharp
54:32 - Wrapping up: from concept to thumbnail
