How to Make Awesome Thumbnails

[BettyisHere]

click bait boobs always get alot of views but thanks for the great advise will help me with my next video

 

[Swecam]

Thanks

 

[baumery]

use gimp or befunky.com

 

[Brooks Rembert]

As a newbie, I use Pixlr, but have to admit that as I'm learning more about it, it does a really good job.

 

[Queeningdaily365]

Sometimes when I put picture into photoshop and file it loses quality. How do I fix that?
That also happens when I resize a picture.

Here I made a costum thumbnail using photoshop c5. What do you think?

Maybe change the size you saved it as

 

[Malasia]

I usually just use pic monkey. Making sure my pic size is 1280 x 720.

 

[AllVisuals4U]

I do everything with GIMP! I say give it a try..

 

[wilandnico]

This is great! Shameless Maya has a wonderful tutorial on how to actually make a Youtube Thumbnail.

 

[LizetteGaming]

Thanks for this!I have literaly just finished making my first thumbnail based on this guide. I'm slightly worried I used too much text but otherwise it looks way better than the default thumbnails...I hope. But, yes, thank you!

 

[Derrick Toys]

Hey guys, a lot of people have been asking, so I though I'd share a bit of my knowledge about making thumbnails with PS, and how to make them amazing looking that are bound to get your videos a few more views!
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*Make sure the dimension size is 1920 by 1080 (for best quality)

1). Firstly, make sure not to do what I call typical styles. Now by this I mean don't do what has been done a million times before, like using the same overlays everyone always does. Though some are great and should be used, try testing out with a few and changing them up a bit. By doing this your text will have a smooth, unique look to it

2). Though this is pretty obvious, USE STROKE AND DROP SHADOW! No doubt without these your text will look so much worse. Pretty well everyone uses these, but it truly is vital to use them.

3). Thirdly, be sure to add extra textures and overlays to your text. Download some pattern overlays, and use them with your text. It will look amazing if you put down the opacity of the overlay, so it doesn't distract the viewer from the actual text and the rest of the thumbnail. Download some transparent flashes, and add them to the sides of the text, or behind! All little things like this can make thumbnails incredible... but only if they are done correctly.

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1). For the rest of thumbnail, you must make sure it is clean. By this I mean be sure not to add too much or too little. If you are doing a thumbnail for a let's play, behind your text possibly have a picture of the game (if it is a unique custom drawing it's even better). Don't add lots of text, but enough so the viewer knows what he is watching.

2). If you are doing a custom colour background, possibly and a pattern with low opacity for a great effect!

3). Just make sure no parts are blurry: you want full HD!

I really hope this helped. If you have any problems what so every comment down below! And subscribe to my channel if you like, I do lots of GFX and give free thumbnail, banner, and intro templates!

Good tips!