Hey guys, this is Mark here and this is going to be a straight to the point easy guide on how you can make thumbnails the PRO way! 
✎ Programs You Will Need:-
✔ Adobe Photoshop
✔ Topaz Detail and Topaz Clean Plugins
✔ Fonts from dafont.com
✎ Steps To Follow:-
✔ Render an image of resolution 1280 x 720p & resolution 300 Pixel/inch
✔ Choose a Background from google and drag it from the folder to photoshop,
Hold CTRL + T to resize the image and fit it according to the resolution
✔ Now choose a texture again from google and drag it from the folder to photoshop.
Hold CTRL + T to resize the image and fit it according to the resolution
✔now select the texture and select effects tab which shows the option 'Normal' currently enabled
✔ Normal > Multiply
✔Now change the Fill% to 75% make sure you select the texture
✔This is what you should get
✔Now hold Shift and selct both the layers, right click on the highlighter later and chose the option merge layers
✔Next add the renders available on the internet, the same way you did in the first step
Note:- make sure the renders are transparent when placing them, to ensure this make sure u add the keyword 'transparent when searching for a render online
✔ You can resize using ctrl + t
✔ Once you got your renders ready, use the dropshadow effect on them , by clicking on the render layer and selecting the dropshadow tab
✔ Now choose the text for the thumbnail.
✔ and use your desired Fonts
✔ Now use the drop shadow and gradient overlay option
✔ Next Select the BackGround - Texture layer and edit it using Topaz Filter,
✔There you have it your final end result should look pretty damm good!
✔ Adobe Photoshop
✔ Topaz Detail and Topaz Clean Plugins
✔ Fonts from dafont.com
✎ Steps To Follow:-
✔ Render an image of resolution 1280 x 720p & resolution 300 Pixel/inch
✔ Choose a Background from google and drag it from the folder to photoshop,
Hold CTRL + T to resize the image and fit it according to the resolution
✔ Now choose a texture again from google and drag it from the folder to photoshop.
Hold CTRL + T to resize the image and fit it according to the resolution
✔now select the texture and select effects tab which shows the option 'Normal' currently enabled
✔ Normal > Multiply
✔Now change the Fill% to 75% make sure you select the texture
✔This is what you should get
✔Now hold Shift and selct both the layers, right click on the highlighter later and chose the option merge layers
✔Next add the renders available on the internet, the same way you did in the first step
Note:- make sure the renders are transparent when placing them, to ensure this make sure u add the keyword 'transparent when searching for a render online
✔ You can resize using ctrl + t
✔ Once you got your renders ready, use the dropshadow effect on them , by clicking on the render layer and selecting the dropshadow tab
✔ Now choose the text for the thumbnail.
✔ and use your desired Fonts
✔ Now use the drop shadow and gradient overlay option
- in the top toolbar click FILTER< TOPAZ Labs < Topaz Detail
- FILTERS < TOPAZ Labs < Topaz Clean
✔lastly go to FILE> Save As > save as and choose JPEG.
✔There you have it your final end result should look pretty damm good!
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