In this YouTube Thumbnail Tutorial I stress the importance of having a clickable thumbnail for your videos. I'm joined by Owen Hemsath who also agrees with me. Every great YouTube Thumbnail should be eye-catching and send a positive signal to your potential viewer that the video is relevant to the search they just performed on YouTube.
Discover my process for making winning video thumbnails.
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8:00 Batch processing images using iPhone and Tripod http://ileanesmith.com/gear
Google Photos
15:37 How to remove the background with Clipping Magic
22:47 How to make a thumbnail in Photoshop
27:30 How to pick the right fonts
35:27 How Owen Hemsath adds the stroke to fonts on his thumbnails
36:29 How Nick Nimmin uses a Thumbnail Template
38:00 How to use contrasting colors on images
38:42 SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY OWEN HEMSATH
43:00 Owen's Snapchat Code
46:00 How to make the thumbnail in PicMonkey - including adding the stroke to your text on the free version
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