Thumbizy – Free website thumbnail generator
Posted on November 28, 2008 at 5:23 am
Looking for an easy way to create a website thumbnail? Earlier I wrote about two web services you could use for free to create website thumbnails, Websnapr and thumbalizr. Both work fairly well, but with Websnapr you have to wait a while if there are a lot of people capturing snapshots of web pages.
Another site I just came across called Thumbizy is a simple and fast website thumbnail generator. If you need to create a thumbnail quickly, then check out this site.
Type in the URL of the site you want to capture a snapshot of and then choose from the two sets of options, size and capture area.
You can choose from Very Small (100 px) to Big (360 px). You can also choose to capture just the visible area of the website or the full page.
Click GO and you should see your thumbnail generated in less than 30 seconds.
You will also see a link at the bottom of the image where the thumbnail is permanently viewable. You can then share this link or you can right click and choose Save As to download the image as a JPG file.
Though the service is very simplistic, it gets the job done well. It unfortunately does not have any option for batch creation of website thumbnails. If you are looking for more advanced or professional uses for creating website thumbnails, such as for your own website, then you will have to check out the premium services from Thumbalizr and WebSnapr. Enjoy!
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It is really easy to create a website thumbnail myself. Just with a little knowledge about graphic design, a photo editor like Photoshop and less than 5 minutes, I can make a cute website thumbnail.
But is it necessary to do these complex jobs just for a thumbnail? And I think use a third pary service exclusive for this job is a completely right choice. I prefer Websnapr to Thumbizy, but I will have a try on it.
@Phao Loo
Yes, you can do this manually using a $400 photoshop program. But, what if you want to have thumbnails of new sites within a minute of being submitted and you aren’t right there monitoring your website? Or what if you want previews of 10,000 websites? That’s a lot of work!
Check out http://www.shrinktheweb.com too. We have had more features than any other provider for nearly a year now.
Best regards,
Brandon
@Pha loo – I think that most people don’t really know how to use photo editing programs to create thumbnails of websites themselves. So it’s way faster for someone to get a thumbnail without having to have any technical knowledge. Also, the steps are fairly easy, not very complex.
try http://www.sitethumbshot.com/. It is free and easy to use and deploy. Great for getting screenshots of websites.