Custom Thumbnails

[PowerfulRedHat]

I was wondering what kind of thumbnails you guys like to use and why? More importantly the why. I finally am able to use them, buuuuuut I don't think I'm using them to their fullest potential.
Any input at all is valued, and you could let me know what you think of my current thumbnail too.
Thanks!

 

[MrXiminoes]

i think your current ones are pretty good. maybe you can make the text stand out more like add a white trace over the text or something. just making the text more readable

 

[PowerfulRedHat]

i think your current ones are pretty good. maybe you can make the text stand out more like add a white trace over the text or something. just making the text more readable

Aye, when I drew them up the images were much larger, but it's hard to read in actual thumbnail size eh.

 

[fxchannelhouse]

Something that focus on the channel name, the background them make the design part that people get more welcome
Normally i focus more on that designing my thumbnails.

 

[MrXiminoes]

Aye, when I drew them up the images were much larger, but it's hard to read in actual thumbnail size eh.

agreed, same thing happened to me. thats why you just splatter text over the entire thing! COVER UP ALL THE PIXELS HEHEHEH

 

[Lilikoi Juice]

What is a thumbnail?

Edit: Oh! Ok, ok, haha. Well I think you should use something that stands out and makes people go, "Hey, what's that?" Yours is interesting but if you put the text in a more readable size and color/style I think it would stand out more.

 

[PowerfulRedHat]

What is a thumbnail?

Edit: Oh! Ok, ok, haha. Well I think you should use something that stands out and makes people go, "Hey, what's that?" Yours is interesting but if you put the text in a more readable size and color/style I think it would stand out more.

Thanks everybody!
After my next video I'll sort out a new template for my thumbnails with bigger text.

 

[markkaz]

I almost always use a screenshot from the video.

 

[Wreckless Eating]

We either use a screenshot from the video or a posed shot to get the point across-see thumbnail in the sig for a good example

 

[TheWillBox]

Same as the above two posters, I normally pick a relevant screen in the video, darken it a little to make the text stand out more. If I was good with art I would totally design a custom picture as a theme.