Hey Gang! I hope seeing my thought process while time restricted was helpful! The takeaway really should be: Idea is everything. How can you make a simple, relatable, but most importantly interesting thumbnail for your viewers? If I had more time or was doing this for my own channel, I'd likely have spent about 2-3 hours on each thumbnail but figured this was a better format. Have a great day! 🕘Timestamps: 0:00 What Stops New RUclipsrs Getting Views 0:36 Fixing My Viewers Battle Royal RUclips Thumbnail 1:39 How To Make An Unknown Niche Topic Clickable For Views 4:00 Final Results For Thumbnail One 4:42 Fixing My Viewers Podcast RUclips Thumbnail 5:55 Why You Should NEVER Include Episode Numbers In Thumbnails 6:30 How To Simplify Your Thumbnails To Get Views 8:23 Final Results For Thumbnail Two 9:05 Why Your Ideas Are Holding You Back 10:13 Fixing My Viewers Pokemon RUclips Thumbnail 10:30 How To Make An Idea That's Been Done Before Clickable 12:35 Final Results For Thumbnail Three 13:14 Fixing My Viewers Speedrunning RUclips Thumbnail 13:34 How To Steal Thumbnail Ideas To Grow 14:47 Fixing My Viewers RUclips Shorts Thumbnail 15:24 Why Overcomplicated Your Thumbnails Is Awful 15:57 How To Tell A Story With A RUclips Thumbnail
The quality of content you produce is next level Eljay and it has massively helped my content change and grow, not to mention the free overlays! Thanks as always mate!
Love all of your educational work. They always remind me to keep working on my work even when I think they're finished. I'll be crafting titles and thumbnail concepts from now on because of this. Thank you Eljay
I was watching all your videos about Twitch and I was having trouble choosing what to highlight on twitch. I'm not sure where to start. I stream 3 times a week 4hours each time and it would be super difficult to actually watch the entire VOD. Do you end up just skimming through it or do you have a way to flag what you care about while streaming?
Hey! Thank you for this crash course on Thumbnails. I was just starting again to "create" content and looking back at what i made... it is terrbile. Thank you very much for the advise. Btw: isnt 17 min a bit long for a sales pitch on your shorts video? ;)
Sorry if I missed it in the video, but what are you using to cut out your images. so you find an image of chimchar online, then its cut out perfect in the editor. Is this a program, or are you trimming them manually?
11:25 Sorry for making you rage quit the Thumb 8 times xD. But tbh I've done the exact same with this thumb. Definitely got some good ideas from all of these fixes!
Do you have any tips or maybe a video coming up sooner or later about thumbnails for livestreams? I've noticed when I put some effort into the thumbnail for my livestreams I get some clicks but I'm not sure if the game tips apply or if there are some different strategies to get peoples attention.
yea I already did, and tbh I didn't know it was a condenser mic which is extremely bad for my condition rn. but I decided to go with the razer v2 pro or the samson you recommended, I still have time tho so I will decide later@@StreamScheme
"Now I'm really struggling to draw the viewer's eye to the mouse inside the butt"... not something you hear every day, eh? Solid explanation of the thought process and some great take-away tips to remember! o7
Hey Gang! I hope seeing my thought process while time restricted was helpful! The takeaway really should be: Idea is everything. How can you make a simple, relatable, but most importantly interesting thumbnail for your viewers? If I had more time or was doing this for my own channel, I'd likely have spent about 2-3 hours on each thumbnail but figured this was a better format. Have a great day!
🕘Timestamps:
0:00 What Stops New RUclipsrs Getting Views
0:36 Fixing My Viewers Battle Royal RUclips Thumbnail
1:39 How To Make An Unknown Niche Topic Clickable For Views
4:00 Final Results For Thumbnail One
4:42 Fixing My Viewers Podcast RUclips Thumbnail
5:55 Why You Should NEVER Include Episode Numbers In Thumbnails
6:30 How To Simplify Your Thumbnails To Get Views
8:23 Final Results For Thumbnail Two
9:05 Why Your Ideas Are Holding You Back
10:13 Fixing My Viewers Pokemon RUclips Thumbnail
10:30 How To Make An Idea That's Been Done Before Clickable
12:35 Final Results For Thumbnail Three
13:14 Fixing My Viewers Speedrunning RUclips Thumbnail
13:34 How To Steal Thumbnail Ideas To Grow
14:47 Fixing My Viewers RUclips Shorts Thumbnail
15:24 Why Overcomplicated Your Thumbnails Is Awful
15:57 How To Tell A Story With A RUclips Thumbnail
You make it sound so easy bro it's so insane I'm just gonna sit in a corner and make the most simple thumbnails known to man
The quality of content you produce is next level Eljay and it has massively helped my content change and grow, not to mention the free overlays! Thanks as always mate!
Love all of your educational work. They always remind me to keep working on my work even when I think they're finished. I'll be crafting titles and thumbnail concepts from now on because of this. Thank you Eljay
I appreciate you doing this for your viewers. I am gonna try to use some of these tops when i get my first long form video up
I was watching all your videos about Twitch and I was having trouble choosing what to highlight on twitch. I'm not sure where to start. I stream 3 times a week 4hours each time and it would be super difficult to actually watch the entire VOD. Do you end up just skimming through it or do you have a way to flag what you care about while streaming?
not the direction I would have gone for a lot of these thumbnails, but good vid
Looking back a lot of these I have big changes but that’s the point of the time limit, to force creative solutions quickly for practice
Hey!
Thank you for this crash course on Thumbnails. I was just starting again to "create" content and looking back at what i made... it is terrbile. Thank you very much for the advise.
Btw: isnt 17 min a bit long for a sales pitch on your shorts video? ;)
Sorry if I missed it in the video, but what are you using to cut out your images. so you find an image of chimchar online, then its cut out perfect in the editor. Is this a program, or are you trimming them manually?
11:25 Sorry for making you rage quit the Thumb 8 times xD. But tbh I've done the exact same with this thumb. Definitely got some good ideas from all of these fixes!
Thank you for your insights and helping us be better creators!
i literally love this channel
Amazing video! Really liked the first thumbnail, imma try to recreate that somehow, I have a plan
Do you have any tips or maybe a video coming up sooner or later about thumbnails for livestreams? I've noticed when I put some effort into the thumbnail for my livestreams I get some clicks but I'm not sure if the game tips apply or if there are some different strategies to get peoples attention.
Same concept as this video mate :)
Are you able to share your shure MB7 sitting on steam lab
do you recommend the blue yeti mic?
God no, watch my videos on gear
yea I already did, and tbh I didn't know it was a condenser mic which is extremely bad for my condition rn.
but I decided to go with the razer v2 pro or the samson you recommended, I still have time tho so I will decide later@@StreamScheme
so I chose Q2U and now testing it Out, since it just arrived.@@StreamScheme
I Hope I can get an answer - What software did you use to make the first thumbnail?
Photoshop, all photoshop
@@StreamScheme Do you perhaps have a Link I can use?
Since starting uploading again I wonder if these changes are something I'm also missing. Ill give it a try thanks!
I set up my twitch alerts and tested it on OBS it worked but when I stream and someone follows it doesn't show how do I fix this
"Now I'm really struggling to draw the viewer's eye to the mouse inside the butt"... not something you hear every day, eh? Solid explanation of the thought process and some great take-away tips to remember! o7
Hope it helped, Cush :)
This video was really fun to watch, you should milk this video idea some more ngl.
What FREE program can I use to do this?
Just out of curiosity, what thumbnail program do you use?
Not sure if I missed it or not
the pain 13:15 🤣🤣
The best use of 1/60th of my waking day today.
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Bitiq is not allowed in America
VidIQ works in America?