Tips for creating attractive custom Thumbnail for YouTube Videos

Thumbnails are just like book cover for your videos, if the cover is not perfect and attractive then nobody is going to buy a book, Similarly if your video thumbnail is not good enough then no one is going to click on your video to watch it. In this world on of competition between content creators on YouTube you have to come up with an engaging and attractive thumbnail if you want a place between other top creators and want to grow your channel.

The very common mistake that most of the creators do is they do not give proper attention to the custom thumbnails, and they think creating good content is enough to be succeed on YouTube, But do you know that if you spent little bit more time to make a custom thumbnail then can increase your video views from 40 to 50%.
Do you know that many top YouTubers give so much attention to thumbnails that they even create it before shooting their video. Tech Geek a famous technology Youtuber says that

I make thumbnail before I start making my video, because it helps me to be clear about what I am going to do in my video. Also if I make thumbnails after I finish shooting my video then I might not give enough time to them because I will be busy in video editing and finishing it. 

Tips for creating attractive custom Thumbnail for your YouTube Videos:

There are few things you should keep in your mind when you are designing custom thumbnail for your videos. Try to be as much creative as you can while designing thumbnail and give proper time and attention to it as you have given to your video. here are some best practices that most of popular YouTube channel do to attract more people to watch their video.

1. Dimension of thumbnail Image:

Size or dimension of your thumbnail image is the most important thing, because if you don't set the proper size for your image, then there are chances that you might find parts of you designed thumbnail image missing, so first thing is first set the proper image size for thumbnail which is 1280x720.

2. Do something amazing and eye catching:

You need to think out of the box and try to come up with something amazing that make people to start thinking about what actually your video contains. Create an element of suspense and add different type of art work and images related to your video. Tech Therapy a technology YouTuber is an example for you who makes his thumbnails look amazing with art work and image combinations.

Tech Therapy YouTube Channel

3. Adding text and Titles to your Thumbnails:

A little description or a pick up line about your video in thumbnails can make people to click on your video more often. When adding text or title on thumbnails you should keep following things in your mind.

• The text should not be too long, and no complex words can be used in it.
• Color of the text is the most important thing. You text color should match with the background of the thumbnail image.
• You should try to choose eye teasing colors like standard red, yellow and pink, because there are more chances your video will get attention of the people.
• Use online color matching apps like ColorSuply.
• Select unusual fonts for the title of thumbnail.

4. Adding Your own photo consistently in your Thumbnails:

Your own photo should have been part of your every thumbnail, because it makes your videos to stand up between others. And your loyal viewers will suddenly click on you video whenever they notice you pitcture.
Many popular YouTubers add their own photos consistently to their thumbnails to attract more people after they watch your one video.

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 5.  Do not make false or misleading thumbnails:

I have seen many people who make false headlines to mislead people. They might get views, but these views are useless. After clicking on your video if the viewer did not find the content he or she has seen on the thumbnail will suddenly close your video which means that you are loosing your channel ranking because YouTube ranks your channel on the basis of watch time not views.  

6. Use pictures that are interesting:

You can also use other amazing pictures if you do not want to use your own photos is your thumbnails. There are many places from where you can find tons of free interesting photos- websites like Pixabay have many eye catching pictures and vector graphics which are free of cost.

7. Use smartphone apps or online thumbnail creating services to design them quickly:

We have seen some rapid growth in the popularity of YouTube which led to the many online services to make using YouTube easy for both creators and viewers. Many online services are available to make thumbnails more quickly and easily.

Smartphone apps to make thumbnail for your YouTube videos:

Canva- is one of the most popular smartphone app which lets you to create stunning graphics without doing much work. This app have many preset design templates for YouTube Thumbnails, all you have to do is to change the text and your thumbnail is ready with awesome design. You do not need to be worried about the height and width of the image because everything is preset.

PixelLab- is another amazing app that can be used to make thumbnails more effectively. Unlike Canva app, this app gives you more control over creating your own design. And also this app has preset size values for YouTube Thumbnail.

Other Online Thumbnail creation Service Websites:

Adobe Spark- This is one of the most used online service for creating attractive and engaging thumbnails. All you have to do is to choose a theme, add eye-catching text, and image, and its done! Download it and use it on your YouTube video.

Snappa- is another amazing website which contains many thumbnail templates to use. All you have to do is to choose template, make some changes in the text and the thumbnail is ready to be use.

Conclusion:

So these were some most important tips for making custom thumbnails for your YouTube videos. You have to be creative and give some extra time to the designing. You will see a huge difference in your channel progress.