How a Pro YouTuber Actually Makes Thumbnails
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- In this video, Nolan and David Altizer discuss pro thumbnail design and strategies.
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⏰ Timecodes ⏰
00:00:00 - The Power of Thumbnail Design
00:02:46 - Enhancing Thumbnail Quality with AI Tools
00:05:57 - Collaborating with AI for Thumbnail Ideas
00:09:53 - What Makes a Good Thumbnail?
00:12:03 - The Importance of Truth Telling in Thumbnails
00:15:03 - Image Balance and Composition Techniques
00:18:55 - Thumbnail Focus and Text Usage
00:21:13 - Font and Branding in Thumbnails
00:22:42 - Tips for Creating Effective Thumbnails
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What was your biggest takeaway from these thumbnail strategies? Let us know below! ⬇
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There has to be a payoff 💭
Don’t mislead people with thumbnails. It’s has to immediately make sense.
@StephaniRoberts Yup, I hate clickbaits. But people are still doing it today.
We love Dave.
Helped cracked the code on our thumbnails, we won't be where we are without him.
Dave Maze. He used to be on EOSHD forum and I remember his post where he said he was going to start a channel. he was a magician if I remember correct. It never really hit off for him, he got robbed at one point, changed his name to this and then sold his channel. Then he pops up as a thumbnail guru lol. Respect man, this guy is an OG of youtube
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Very interesting 🤔😊
noDOUBT! I used to follow him doing camera reviews
This was super helpful-David really is the thumbnail guru! I just realized my thumbnails look like absolute trash, and now I know why my click-through rate has been suffering. Time to go back and fix them ASAP. Thanks for the inspiration!
You couldn't have a better guy for the topic. Loved it, David!
Thanks so much for having me!
This was Gold! Linking Title, Thumbnail, and first 5 seconds together seems easy but it makes you rethink the whole vid really. Damn time to remake thumbnails and retitle lol
David is the homie. He helped me kill it with my thumbnails and I couldn't recommend him more!
Do you edit your own videos or just do the thumbnails
More thumbnail content on RUclips's always a win.
what’s up Ike 🫡
Great video, I never knew that thumbnails can help so much with gaining popularity... but I guess you learn every day as a content creator. Nowadays though I believe that the best option, for going viral as soon as possible, is to start doing more Shorts. People don't have attention span for anything longer, so I try creating expressive and concise content (and after I post it, I use a lot of Famester to make it go viral and the content gets spread out literally everywhere. It works on other platforms as well).
I think that depends on your audience and your niche
That's not true though. There are podcast channels that are getting hundreds of thousands and millions of views within a week. And these channels are growing as fast as any other channel out there. "Jordan Peterson", "Chris Williams", "The Diary of a CEO". Even Mr. Beast has tons of viewers and his videos are way longer than shorts. Not to mention, people often buy books in which it is impossible to get through if you don't have an attention span beyond that of a short. In addition, people watch movies and tv shows on Netflix, Hulu, etc that are 30 minutes or longer. So you have to re-evaluate this false thinking
your watching a podcast thats 20 min wym 😆
Wow! That was one of the best videos regarding thumbnail design secrets I’ve ever seen! Thanks 🙏
Great stuff David !! Love your creativity and things you can see and put together!
Great video. Everyone should binge this over and over! It's certainly a masterclass.
thank you! working on a course soon!
I didn’t even know what a thumbnail was but kept hearing about how IMPORTANT it was. Ya, total newbie here. Thank you both for the great questions n great answer. Looking forward to more. New follower!
Man this channel is gold. Feels like I have learned so much in the last month or two since I started watching. Thank you!
I clicked this video because of the thumbnail. I chuckled a little before clicking it.
Thank you very much for your videos, which are always of the highest quality! You get straight to the point without wasting time on useless things, it's really nice! Keep it up, don't change a thing!
Great conversation! A lot of stuff I've learned before and a lot of new stuff too. Thanks David!
What a genuine guy. Thanks for such a great episode.
It's crazy to think how important thumbnails are and some people barely put any work into them...
Amazing insights! Thanks for the video!
best video ever for the youtube thumbnail creators
What a great video and thanks for sharing. I am still learning about thumbnail design and still atrocious at it. Anyhow, I compare my current thumbnails to how they were and I am very pleased with my progress.
Wow, I am so impressed with these tips! I going to start implementing some of them ASAP!
Great Video and you're right a true Master Class! Thank you!
Pivotal information for me as a new creator at the very beginning of my journey. I’m hoping to do stuff as right as possible in the beginning. This is definitely helpful.
This was much needed in my journey to better thumbnails.... back to the drawing board to fix my thumbnails!
I love this advice!
my take away from this is the first 5 seconds pay-off that should immediately display what the thumbnail shows before starting the actual video. also, how to position assets: if the creator is famous, to the left or dead center. if it's best to show the content first, the creator to the right. learned so much. thanks.
This is so much fun learning this thanks for your tips and help! Great video
Hmmm this was amazing. Ill be trying some high impression low ctr videos switched to a more first frame thumbnail. Excited to see what that will do.
So much great advice here! Thanks for putting it together.
I've learned soo much from this amazing video! Now I just need to learn how to apply this to what I do! Thanks a lot!
8:20 thumbnail conception creation walk through.
Talk with dalle-3 output the image then
Run it through magnify ai
Then tweak it with Photoshop.
Thank you! I love using Ai to help me create designs for my clients. Complete time saver. 😊
Incredible advice 🎉
Im getting an idea to improve my thumbnail, your videos are really helpful. Thank you❤
This was a great watch!
Do you have any videos related to titles?
Excellent video and conversation! Ready to try some new thumbnail styles!
Great information! Looking forward to implementing this material on my channel moving forward!
So helpful. Using this info on my Amazon Influencer Thumbnails . Thanks.
Maaaan this helped immeansly! I definitely need to revisit my own thumbnail designs 💀
Here to improve my thumbnails and get better too! 🔥
All hail the RUclips algorithm... I'm looking for ways to get better at this RUclips thing and this was quite insightful
This was just what I needed. Thanks for the video
Love your channel
This video was seeded. Thank you🎉
I grabbed some great advice from this, thank you
Dave is the boss
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Awesome video! Thanks guys, I’ve been needing help with my thumbnails!
2:06 What software is being used in this particular clip? I'm trying to figure out what's the best software for easily making thumbnails
photoshop
What happened to Kinotika?
Hey, Great video with awesome information. Thanks for putting this out! I'm interested in vidyo, I don't see the link in the description? Thanks!
Thank you!
Thank you
Thank youuuuu 👏
Thank You!
Hey think media 😊👋
Nice!!! 0:46 ❤
Great 👍
Lot of depth to these tips
Thanks
Where did you get the white mic stand?
When I use a picture to try that DALLE use it as a references, the Thumbnails that come out are not at all precise as the reference. Any help to use better the promp or any other tool/AI to make it happened?
Thanks in advance!
Can you change the freebie to a PDF file. I don't have photoshop.
I realize that you may have covered this in another video, but I am puzzled by something which should be simple. I created a still thumbnail in Canva, and wanted to upload it to my RUclips channel. The problem I encountered was that RUclips would not accept the still. It wanted a video. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
What photo editor do you use guys for your thumbnails?
Man what happened to Indy Mogul. He was like the host for 3 seconds of that channel. That was a good channel.
I miss it too!
RUclips Needs a lot of time
Do thumbnails for podcasts need to be different than other thumbnails?
You look like Ice Cube lol
I've been thinking of payoff as overall video. Going to the very first frame is awesome.
I'm here for the Thumbnail education 👏 Just hit 1k subs yay!!@
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Can you help explain why ProZD or Sam Sulek's thumbnails work? ProZD has said he just uses one of the three suggest thumbnail options from RUclips for all his videos, and Sam's are just a frame from his video, not from the intro for the instant payoff. Why do their thumbnails work and should I use the same thumbnail styles as them?
Maybe because they already has a loyal audience and face value. If he use only black solid background as thumbnail it would work too.
Why that technique of using a thumbnail similar or matching the intro on my niche, meditation music channel
Looking for a client to make thumbnails for
true
That lopsided headphone is making me anxious
I launched my first video last week. I can relate that I copied the title in my thumbnail which is wrong.
I will make sure to not do it again from the next video.😊
Anyone else think Dave looks a lot like Jason Slaughter from Not Just Bikes?
He works with Kurtis Conner & Cody Ko... he clearly has a (name) "Type." 🤣
Put a face on it, chase the algorithm. Got it.
No text works maybe but you had a celebrity in frame. Text would be been just distracting from the main draw.
I created a mock-up of how the thumbnail and title will look on RUclips for a client
Guys am New content creator🎉here to learn more as a first timer on RUclips
I was hoping to learn more than just "I use AI programs to make them nails"
This is oily thank you
In a game of Guess who, he’s got a hat, glasses with clear frames, and a well manicured beard 😅😅. Who wore it better ??😅😅
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Everyone's thumbnails suck except for mine 😒
Umm
He's literally talking to a machine as if it's a living human. We're doomed.
Hello
Looks like Jesse twin brother
kinda rude that nolan keeps typing and doing other things while a guest is talking that think media themselves invited like bruh show some respect. example: 24:39
still trying to find an audience who actually enjoys watching my shorts :(
Super unhelpful....my God, give us something that normal people can do.
OK, show us more composition samples and not just talk about it.
Study art? And then use AI?
You can apply these techniques in something like Canva. Take his theory and create in a simple tool you know how to use and you will get the result you want.
I Use AI
thats it.
Until I figured out how to edit thumbnails on my other channel (Christian based) in 2017, some RUclips employees used to take my preaching videos and find the one screenshot that made it look like I was sucking on a microphone or some stupid crap like that... just because my channel was Christian. They had a laugh out of it, I'm sure. But when I sent a letter to my lawyer about it, that crap stopped, almost. Then they started doing it on this channel because they figured out it is me... and I had to tell my lawyer about it again. This channel is based and originated in Mexico but my lawyers are in Los Angeles. I could give two crapd if RUclips ever works for me. But I don't need RUclips employees trolling me at every turn.
What!? This is unusual.
they use AI that's how they make a good thumbnail lol
i hate how focused the beginning is on AI. the development and training of those programs steals and disenfranchises real people working in art,photography, graphic design and other fields. I would much rather learn about processes that take real effort and skill instead of having a machine scrape someone elses work
Using AI is basically stealing other people*s art. Not cool at all
We can all steal then !
No, not really, if they allow it, but of course, just remember to write a disclaimer, saying the AI image belongs to the original developers. It will be nonsense if AI developers refuse to let users use their AI generated image. Is win-win for both users and developers.
Especially with how they were encouraging how to use it. They were saying use it to get ideas then make it yourself. @AudioStoryWick
It’s bad. And lame.
I've been an artist in Hollywood for about 5 years, I use AI and I feel that anyone that's not leveraging it is missing out and may even fall behind. You sound like the students at art school that refused to use photos in ur artwork because of pride. Is ai 100% replacing my art? No, I use it for certain processes like ideation or rigging or retopology.