How long do you take?

Usually around 5-10 minutes, but can take up to 30 minutes.
I you think your thumbnails will be much better if you spend more time on it then go for it!
 
about 5 minutes for thumbnails, 10 minutes on description, hundreds of hours on actual vid lol Priorities xD
 
I do my thumbnails WHILE my video is uploading. My internet sucks, so I have plenty of time! lol I know for a fact that I need a 1280 x 720 frame. So I open photoshop. Make the frame, now it's time to put something in. Usually I'm doing a follow up to another video in the series. I probably have the logo for the series on the screen, I only need to change the background. So I'll go to my source footage and find a key moment which will look good in the frame and screen shot it. I'll make sure that it goes well with the title, and it is visually appealing. This is where saving your previously edited thumbnails comes in handy. You can do thumbnails fairly quickly if all you have to do is load the old one and replace the background image.

I have two 3 sets of established font styles, so I don't have to keep writing and resizing, it's already ready to go on the last thumbnail I saved in photoshop.
 
I would never spend more than 5 min on a thumbnail.
Banners, however, can take me up to 3 hours adjusting and readjusting to make sure it fits perfectly and looks right.
Videos can take me 4 hours to 5 days depending on how ridiculous the project is.
Vlogs are easy, I can get those done in 4 hours or less.
Extensive projects can take me up to 5 days off and on with editing to finish.
Gaming videos take me probably under 4 hours as well. :)
 
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