I’ve designed over 500 YouTube thumbnails

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• Author: Thomas Frank
• Full Title: I’ve designed over 500 YouTube thumbnails
• URL: https://twitter.com/TomFrankly/status/1674153447090954247

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Here’s the main hack right up front: I have a gallery with tons of poses I took over a single session. Nearly any emotion or reaction I’d want to use in a thumbnail is in it. (View Highlight)

Here’s how to make your own: (View Highlight)

Bring your footage into your editing program and start going through it. When you find a pose you like, add a marker. (This is where you’ll discover why 60 FPS is important. Your frames will be way more crisp. 24fps frames will have motion blur.) (View Highlight)

My videos on Thomas Frank Explains all use the same background, so I created a template file in Photoshop that includes it. (View Highlight)