Thumbnail Creation

[springo9]

So I really want to get more creative with my thumbnails but I have know idea what software to use to make it. Does any one know of maybe a one payment software instead of the monthly payments to photoshop. Any advice appreciated and welcomed.

 

[Brickpro]

You could use paint or gimp.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Photoshop Elements is one-time payment.

 

[HoraryHellfire]

Well, you don't need anything special. You just need some sort of creativity. Blurs, contrasts, color correction, masking (feathering with it perhaps), and other tiny miscellaneous effects are all you need. What I do (for my branding style) is I use Sony Vegas Pro 11 and that is it. I just take a pleasant screenshot, mask an entity or object relative to the video, mask a solid color the same exact way as the entity/object, feather it a little bit, at a slight gaussian blur to make it look like it is glowing, and blur the background a certain way to make it look like the masked entity is in focus and the background is not. If you have some tools, just combine them with your creativity.

 

[Juzey]

Paint.net is what I use, and it's completely free. I've never used photoshop so I can't compare it with that, but it can do a lot of things and it's very simple to use.