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[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-03-06 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eVideoThumbnail is a resource that represents information about a video thumbnail.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eIt includes fields like name, expression to compute, video options, file format, and an optional pixel grid.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eVideoThumbnail allows for creating an ID for rendering an animation from an image collection and computing an image from a computation.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eCurrently, only GIF is supported as the output encoding for the video thumbnail.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["This content details the structure and functionality of video thumbnails within a system. Key information includes the `name` (resource identifier), `expression` (image collection computation), `videoOptions` (animation settings), `fileFormat` (GIF support), and `grid` (image reprojection/clipping). Actions involve `create`, which generates an ID for rendering animated image collections, and `getPixels`, which calculates and displays an image based on a computation. These features define how dynamic visual data is processed and accessed.\n"],null,["# REST Resource: projects.videoThumbnails\n\nResource: VideoThumbnail\n------------------------\n\nInformation about a video thumbnail.\n\n| JSON representation |\n|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"name\": string, \"expression\": { object (/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1beta/Expression) }, \"videoOptions\": { object (/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1beta/projects.locations.videoThumbnails#VideoThumbnail.VideoOptions) }, \"fileFormat\": enum (/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1beta/projects.locations.videoThumbnails#VideoThumbnail.VideoFileFormat), \"grid\": { object (/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1beta/PixelGrid) } } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `name` | `string` The resource name representing the video thumbnail, of the form \"projects/\\*/videoThumbnails/\\*\\*\" (e.g. \"projects/earthengine-legacy/videoThumbnails/\"). |\n| `expression` | `object (`[Expression](/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1beta/Expression)`)` The expression to compute. Must evaluate to an ImageCollection. |\n| `videoOptions` | `object (`[VideoOptions](/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1beta/projects.locations.videoThumbnails#VideoThumbnail.VideoOptions)`)` Options for the animation. |\n| `fileFormat` | `enum (`[VideoFileFormat](/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1beta/projects.locations.videoThumbnails#VideoThumbnail.VideoFileFormat)`)` The output encoding in which to generate the resulting video thumbnail. Currently only GIF is supported. |\n| `grid` | `object (`[PixelGrid](/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1beta/PixelGrid)`)` An optional pixel grid describing how the images computed by `expression` are reprojected and clipped. |\n\n| Methods ------- ||\n|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ### [create](/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1beta/projects.videoThumbnails/create) | Creates an ID that can be used to render an image containing an animation of multiple images from a collection. |\n| ### [getPixels](/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1beta/projects.videoThumbnails/getPixels) | Computes an image showing the result of a computation. |"]]