How to Make a Thumbnail for YouTube Videos - [Free Template Included]
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Are you an aspiring Youtuber who wanted to create an eye catching and presentable thumbnails for your content? Worry less because we have a solution for that! Here is the quick and easy tutorial on how to make Youtube thumbnails.
- First thing you need to do is to record poses that would fit for your thumbnail such as:
- If you’re on Windows, you can use the Snipping Tool to take a snapchat off that frame.

- And to edit it to make it more interesting you can use CANVA, all you need to do is open up Canva.com

- Click on that “Youtube Thumbnail”.

- In order to import your picture, just click on “Upload” and “Upload Files”.

- After importing, drag and drop the image to the timeline.

- For cropping the image, click “Crop” located at the top.

- To add another color to your thumbnail to make it more appealing, just click “Background” and choose color.
- Click “Text” to add text to your thumbnail.
- Make sure your text is readable by clicking “Text color” at the top and choose the color.

- To edit your image, just click the image itself and select “Edit Image”.

- For you to download your new thumbnail, go to “Share” and click “Download”.

And voila! Now you got yourself a fantastic and very eye catching thumbnail for your video. Don’t forget to watch the full tutorial on making YouTube thumbnails easy and free from bluefx.net.
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