#Thumbnail help

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serene stone
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ignore the white big on the left its from me taking a screenshot

weak mango
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The text greendale is very hard to read

serene stone
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its a lil low quailty bc its a ss

weak mango
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Improvement but still not great

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Maybe something like this where the text is more shaped like a rainbow so it doesn't go over his hands

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Line is to demonstrate the shape

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Also I'd make the text a little bit bolder if you can as well

serene stone
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ok ill get back ty

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weak mango
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weak mango
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I would recommend using photopea if you want a free Photoshop alternative and davinci resolve as a free premier pro alternative

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If you're used to premiere pro you'll need to adjust a bit to davinci resolve but photopea I found not very different from Photoshop

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But if you're just learning your first software it should be a no brainer to do those free software as they're very good. Davinci resolve is professional grade at no cost

serene stone
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ah ok thank u

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i moved the text down

weak mango
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That's worse

serene stone
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what do u think of thse one

weak mango
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The question mark now obstructs his hand

serene stone
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i sent wrong oen

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i moved it up

weak mango
# serene stone

What you could do maybe is try do an a/b test with this thumbnail and the greendale thumbnail idea from above since they're two very different concepts that's a good way to see what the people respond to

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I think moving it up though was the right idea

serene stone
weak mango
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A/b test is a feature YouTube has that allows you to upload two different thumbnail for your YouTube video then it will suggest the video to people with either the a or b variation and figure out if viewers click to watch more on one vs the other. Then after it's done testing it will stick with the one that is more successful in getting a higher CTR (click through rate)

serene stone
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ah ty

weak mango
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What's the idea for the video title? That's also pretty important when it comes to the thumbnail idea

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Because they should kinda play off each other a bit and you don't wanna repeat yourself as they should both have unique information that informs the potential viewer the maximum amount

serene stone
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Abed Nadir: The God of (Greendale or Community)

weak mango
# serene stone Abed Nadir: The God of (Greendale or Community)

Tbh I think "Abed Nadir: The God of Community" works better with the greendale thumbnail and "Abed Nadir: The God of Greendale" works better with the community thumbnail. That way in both cases you have both greendale and community covered. Though it would be kinda hard to do a/b testing that way since it's two different titles you can't a/b test the titles too

serene stone
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i made a new one i moved the text a lil and added a shadow

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i feel like something is missing at the bottem left

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let me download it its too low res

weak mango
serene stone
weak mango
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Now his right hand is all cut off but I see what you're going for with the shadow

weak mango
# serene stone

Can you add shadow to this configuration? I think the text placement is better like that

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Cuz like I said the bottom left doesn't necessarily need to be occupied

serene stone
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yes give me a sec

weak mango
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That's probably the best one yet

serene stone
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exact same thing just the text is same angel

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sorry idk why i replied to a msg

weak mango
# serene stone

Well it's not the same now the yellow effect is much bigger it looks different. Also I think making at an angle like that doesn't make it better

weak mango
serene stone
weak mango
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The rule of thirds shows you have a pretty good composition here. You want the main stuff to be on those 4 intersections

serene stone
weak mango
serene stone
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ty so much for this

weak mango
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You can still try the a/b testing with that other thumbnail from before

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The greendale one

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But I think the text needs to be modified like I was saying so it isn't overlaying his hands in that layout