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Nick_Angiolillo
Feb 3, 2023 7:48 PM UTC

Video thumbnails

I’d like to be able to choose a thumbnail (either a frame from the video, or upload a thumbnail) for an object that has Video fill. Currently Figma uses the first frame of the video as the thumbnail, and if that video starts all black, then the thumbnail is just black. It will show fine in prototype view or mirror once the video starts playing, but when you are editing it would be helpful to see a frame of the actual video so you can adjust properties of elements (e.g. colors, opacities, gradients) and see what they’ll look like composited with video.

42 replies

knysha
New Member
Sep 2, 2024 1:09 PM UTC

Guys, just add it already - possibility to grab a stopframe from video file - as thumbnail (video will play normally in prototype). Black rectangles are confusing during design stage.

Margot_Gabel
Active Member
Nov 22, 2024 9:35 AM UTC

Still needing this since February 2023 🥲

Using Figma since 2018.
JSB
New Member
Dec 18, 2024 10:43 AM UTC

(+1) Also a big requirement from our studio.

Mark_Brown1
New Member
Feb 4, 2025 11:14 PM UTC

How is this not already a feature?

Alexia
New Member
Feb 19, 2025 2:57 PM UTC

That would be such a useful feature. I second everything.

Emory
New Member
Feb 21, 2025 7:01 PM UTC

This feature would be so helpful! 🙌

Shaun Jensen
New Member
Mar 21, 2025 12:33 AM UTC

+1 on this. Currently hiding a second fill (thumbnail) so I have something to design against… but so much more frustrating than it need to be.

Elodie_Besanger
New Member
Apr 1, 2025 8:53 AM UTC

I would love this feature as well!

Shaun Jensen
New Member
Apr 1, 2025 5:21 PM UTC

I did figure out a work around… you can create a component with 2 variants. The first one has the thumbnail and the second has the video. Then add an action that switches to the video variant after .5 seconds. It’s more work than I wanted to do, but it works.

Margot_Gabel
Active Member
Apr 4, 2025 10:22 AM UTC

Why is it possible to set a thumbnail for GIF but not videos, come on Figma we need this!!

Using Figma since 2018.