Make YouTube Thumbnails & Get More Views (Photoshop +Online)

In this course you will learn all about the importance on the thumbnail on YouTube, how to research to find great thumbnail ideas that have proven to work; how to create these and design them and how they NEED to differentiate to be successful in different channel types.

All you will need for this course is a computer! You could you your phone, especially for the research and theory of the thumbnail sections, or also the PhotoShop App. But, a computer to follow along on the free site at the end is best. Let's learn about YouTube Thumbnails!

I offer feedback on all of my courses! You can simply comment below the video, host your work and send a link there or reach out to me directly on my site. I look forward to hearing from you all!

Understanding why the thumbnail is so important is crucial - or it'd hard to give it enough effort and though when making YouTube content.

Researching thumbnails is the most crucial part of learning what makes a great thumbnail. But, as you'll learn now all thumbnails work for all channel and content types. It's important to research correctly within your specific channel niche and understand your demographic to work out what makes a thumbnail get clicked. 

See how getting your thumbnail right the first time is so important so you don't miss the initial boom and clicks that will get your video maximum impressions from YouTube. I'll show you how making and simple change on my thumbnails made videos spike and start getting shared more.

Let's look at how to research successful thumbnails in your niche. remember, use these filters to make sure you are finding new channels with recent success to see what will work for a smaller, new channel now. What works for a bigger, established channel or for videos that had success years ago may not work today and for an emerging channel.

New channels often forget to check and understand their demographic. From customer psychology in marketing from the dawn of sales we know a 60 year-old man will react differently to an image/sales/advert than a 16 year-old female. Let's check our demographics and how this affects whether a thumbnail will be successful or not.

Understand using the filters how to research your niche using just YouTube to see what works for them and what you should be doing for your thumbnails.

Task: Check out other niches and see patterns for what works in specific niches; maybe there's something you can transition over or test on your thumbnails.

Let's understand the 3 main components on a thumbnail and the "viewer funnel" to get a click

What are BOGY colors and why do you NEED to use then for your thumbnails?

Should or shouldn't you use it and what should you be saying if you do?

Start with your vision based on research and make that happen.... not just use what you have last minute

The changing behavior of viewers and thumbnail clicks

Watch me take the picture for my thumbnail and how you can do this simply to (then see how effective this is when we create a thumbnail in the next section).

Introduction to Photoshop and also the free online version!

here's how to get your free trial of photoshop, sign up step by step and get discounts

Lets get the right size for out thumbnail and learn how to get your images uploaded

Can you use any image for a thumbnail? What are the YouTube fair use policies REALLY?

We know from research we need to think about color here, how do we choose and get it to be the overall color to get noticed on YouTube?

Learn how to cut out the image we took in a previous lecture of me, crop it, color match it, make skin flawless and more!

Learn how to add text, resize this, get the right color, shadows to make it pop and more

See how I do thinks like add objects on the thumbnail, manipulate it so it pops more, even make it look like i'm holding objects that were never there

See the free online software that's IDENTICAL to Photoshop!

Let's make sure you have the right dimensions for your thumbnail to fit YouTube perfectly

We know from research we need to think about color here, how do we choose and get it to be the overall color to get noticed on YouTube?

Learn how to cut out the image we took in a previous lecture of me, crop it, color match it, make skin flawless and more!

Learn how to add text, resize this, get the right color, shadows to make it pop and more

See how I do thinks like add objects on the thumbnail, manipulate it so it pops more, even make it look like i'm holding objects that were never there. let's compare the Photoshop version and the FREE 

Why do titles matter at different stages of your YouTube career and how should you use them?

How to get titles to rank when you are a new channel (and change these later)

How to make titles that intrigue and get clicks!

Use this 3 part structure for all titles to make sure you optimize them to the fullest!

Get involved - let's do this!