Tools for making a good thumbnail?

ProductionPeople1

ProductionPeople1

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Hi I have always sucked at making thumbnails and I dont know if there if any free tools out there for making them. I have tried before, by cropping a picture with a lasso tool but I cant do it very well!
So if you know any tools please tell me!
*note I wasnt to sure if this should be in the graphics forum or not lol
 
As they said ^, GIMP is a pretty good program that's free.

You can make a pretty good looking thumbnail with just about anything, even Paint if you put your mind to it. If you want, do some research on basic design and color theory. It will help you understand how to make decent designs with your thumbnails.
 
ProductionPeople1 said:
Hi I have always sucked at making thumbnails and I dont know if there if any free tools out there for making them. I have tried before, by cropping a picture with a lasso tool but I cant do it very well!
So if you know any tools please tell me!
*note I wasnt to sure if this should be in the graphics forum or not lol
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I'm a gangster ninja at doing quick and easy thumbnails.

First I go through my video and find the best shot. I screen shot the frame.

Upload to quickmeme.com

Add words.

Screen shot the meme.

Upload as thumbnail.

close browser without saving the meme on their site.


good thumbnail in less than a minute.

If I want more complicated than that then I use gimp to layer images.
 
mattv2099 said:
I'm a gangster ninja at doing quick and easy thumbnails.

First I go through my video and find the best shot. I screen shot the frame.

Upload to quickmeme.com

Add words.

Screen shot the meme.

Upload as thumbnail.

close browser without saving the meme on their site.


good thumbnail in less than a minute.

If I want more complicated than that then I use gimp to layer images.
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G up son. G up from the feet up. Your thumbnails look very simple but pretty good. I like them.
 
Everyone above is correct. GIMP is a great bit of Free software and you can do loads with it. You can get a 30 day free trial of Photoshop but its not cheap if you want to keep it after that time.
 
Photoshop can make your thumbnails look more professional; I personally use photoshop, and I think it's worth getting it.
 
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