lime stump
I’ve been struggling with both ctr and general impressions on my channel, I don’t know if it’s an issue of content or thumbnails so to start I’d love to hear what you think of my thumbnails I use a bit of a formulaic style for my videos and would like to hear your thoughts
Generally I am just looking for some branding advice
prisma saddle
Quick gut reaction is that the green border stuff on the thumbnail is making it wasted space and the channel logo needs some sort of black stroke maybe to make it pop out more so that's my instinctual feelings making the stuff that's in that weird border bigger so can see it better and making the logo more easy to see for your branding
lime stump
I see what your saying, at least with the logo, I need background since my logo has negative space included and generally the border is meant to make the thumbnails a bit uniform across my channel but maybe I can trim it back, maybe reduce it to one corner, keep the uniformity but make less space taken
prisma saddle
Yeah it looks like the logo you're using a white glow effect? Which makes it kinda fade away and less visible
lime stump
It’s designed to have a neon glow but I’m seeing that the current design kinda loses that effect
prisma saddle
Also with that green border using the glow effect too it basically makes it harder to see doubly
They blend together too
lime stump
I’m seeing what you’re saying
You think a layout like this would work better?
Quick sketch
prisma saddle
That's probably better if you put the logo maybe on the left corner instead so they're not on top of each other
Then you don't have them blending together like that
lime stump
The purpose of having the bricks in the first place to have it looking like a bar sign or movie poster so I’d like to keep them together
But maybe if I have the logo fully on the brick I can fix that
lime stump
prisma saddle
Yeah so then the glows aren't competing with each other and blending into each other and then you aren't wasting all that other space like your current thumbnails, can make the inside portion bigger so people can see the detail better
lime stump
Thanks man
prisma saddle
Hope it helps 👍
lime stump
Yeah, I just wanted people to instantly be able to recognize one of my videos as one of mine which is why I put the border to begin with but I’m seeing I overdid the design a bit now
My videos did get an boost in views a bit since I did that but I think that’s also just cause I’m putting more work into the thumbs
For a while my only thumbnails were the game splash art without edits
prisma saddle
Sounds like you're making progress, that's good. I did major in art in college and took a bunch of art/graphic design in high school so I try to look at it from an artists perspective
But also the thumbnails you have a small space to work with so you can't waste space need to maximize it best you can
lime stump
Yeah I think the new design will help with that
merry kelp
I’ve been struggling with both ctr and general impressions on my channel, I don’...
I mean you're posting unedited let's plays and your thumbnails are just a picture of the game with a border
Idrk what you're expecting lol
the let's play niche is basically impossible to get into and it's also not a niche that lends itself well for making good thumbnails
you also basically haven't developed any youtube skills at all
at least learn editing first
lime stump
Unfortunately other niches don’t hold much draw for me so this is what I’m doing
merry kelp
well, you kinda have to put in the effort to develop your skills first
it's not just the niche that's holding you back
you're still just at square one when it comes to your skills
lime stump
Ok do you have a recommendation on guides for YouTube editing using davanci?
That id be able to apply in realtime without slowing my content consistency?
merry kelp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMCq6Fd-Zas This one seems good, it says it's for beginners and it has chapters that you can go through so you can specifically find what you're looking to learn
lime stump
Thanks
merry kelp
That id be able to apply in realtime without slowing my content consistency?
I wouldn't worry about slowing down your consistency because rn the most important thing is for you to just develop those youtube skills of editing, scripting, voiceovers, thumbnails, titles, etc.
Like it doesn't matter how consistent you are or if you upload less because you're just never going to grow if you don't even have these basic skills yet
Like I want to emphasize that to be successful on youtube, it requires effort and dedication on your part to independently research, practice, and develop the skills necessary to make a youtube video
prisma saddle
@merry kelp that's a good video for sure I used that one and a few others when I first started
merry kelp
yknow what's funny
I don't think I ever actually followed any of these full beginner tutorials for davinci or any editor for that matter
I've always felt that it's better to learn hands on because you can't really develop proficiency with your software without actually using it a bunch
ofc that might not be true for everyone
but there is a reason why tutorial hell is a common occurence for beginners
prisma saddle
I spent like 16+ years using mostly premier pro, but in the very beginning probably like windows movie maker and whatever the apple video editing software was. Also used to do macro media flash in the beginning and Adobe flash too when they bought it so I have been familiar. I used the tutorial more so because davinci was kinda not what I was used to with premier pro
If you've never edited before definitely try to just play around and have fun with it, and reference the tutorial when you get lost or dunno what to do. I just think that tutorial was good for helping me get acquainted with davinci resolve
stark hound
Ok do you have a recommendation on guides for YouTube editing using davanci?
I learned the basics from this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDHnCFMZ9HA
You don't need to follow the whole tutorial. You can stop before the video gets into "Cut Page" (around 1 hour 13mins mark).
Once you have some sorts of basics this is a good next stepping stone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcGsaIV8QBY
after that just put anything you have a question about in the youtube search bar and you'll likely get results.
also learn about adjustment clips