#Is this thumbnail good for my newest YouTube video?

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frosty mantle
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it feels a little busy, but tier list thumbnails are difficult to do

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first impression? it feels busy and the logo is just small enough to be more clutter rather than information. what are you thinking of titling the video?

frosty mantle
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Called "Plants Vs. Bloons TIER LIST - Ranking Every Plant From Worst to Best!"

grave widget
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when making a thumbnail i can be a good practice to make it with the title so you can be sure there isnt redundant info in both

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maybe simplify the thumbnail a little bit because the info is already in your title?

frosty mantle
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I made some decent edits for the video

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And it's a long-term video

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Like 25 minutes plus

swift nymph
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Thanks for sharing it in the right channel 🙂

Personally, I'd blur out the entries, because someone can just look at the thumbnail and get the gist of the video, and you want that mystery allure to get them into the video. Similarly to what Lopi said, it is more than a bit busy. I would remove the assets on the left entirely and many just have the on-screen text read, "TIER LIST".

frosty mantle
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Explaining about the current meta

dusty rain
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One way to simplify the thumbnail may be to keep the sideways tier list as the background (but blur it), then have the machine gun plant on the right side of the screen (possibly with a white outline/stroke around it). Text on the left side could say "S Tier?". If you really want the logo too it may fit in the top left corner as well

frosty mantle
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But I might have to rework it

swift nymph
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How's this?

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Is it better than before?

grave widget
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maybe add a gaussian blur to the background

frosty mantle
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what after you using to make the thumbnail?

frosty mantle
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Convert an image to it?

grave widget
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what software are you using?

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the app name?

frosty mantle
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ah, alright. so you can add a blur from your effects menu

frosty mantle
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I don't use effects that much

grave widget
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thats alright, one sec

frosty mantle
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I recorded a lot of clips in order to make my video with some decent editing skill

frosty mantle
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yes we aren't talking about the actual video rn though. its good that you put a lot of time into it though!

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I think if you blur the background, remove the A, B, and E sections and make a bigger focus on "is this S tier" you can get more intrigue

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the logo adds a lot of clutter so its hard to arrange stuff like that, I'd recommend looking up how other tier lists have compiled their thumbnails to make something simple and eyecatching

dusty rain
# frosty mantle

This is obviously very rough and doesn't have a proper stroke or the game logo, but this is sort of what I was trying to explain to you to help simplify. Lopi might have their own ideas that you could follow as well if you don't like this format

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grave widget
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Sir thats amazing tyty

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i dont hvae my photo editing software and couldnt do an example lol

frosty mantle
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I used gauss blur

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And turns out the thumbnail's images are rigged

frosty mantle
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Sadly I failed

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My thumbnail editing skills suck

dusty rain
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If software is the issue, I used a free online program called Befunky to make that mockup

frosty mantle
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Also the "Logo here" text should be replaced

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By the one that I use

grave widget
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I think they are suggesting that you can use the software to create your thumbnail

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so its your choice on what is replaced or what goes where, in the end this is your channel and you have the final say and creative control

frosty mantle
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Ok

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I can't remove a photo from there

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No "delete" button

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Welp guess I have to use my crappy thumbnail then

forest cedar
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SirDeath's is probably the best one of the options, but if you're going to keep your style I might actually ditch the logo entirely and use the title for the "Plants vs Bloons" part

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I don't need to see "Tier List" in your thumbnail. I can see it's a tier list.

frosty mantle
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I have to remake the thumb which will take me like 2 hours to waste for one thing

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And it's not worth for me wasting over 2hrs on one thing

forest cedar
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so a) your thumbnail is more important than your video

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b) I can make something like it in about 2 minutes

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If you don't care to take people's advice, I get it, but there's not much reason asking for feedback you don't want to take 🤣

frosty mantle
forest cedar
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Ok

frosty mantle
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So what should I do? Use my old thumbnail or just others

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I think I made it slightly more better

grave widget
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we've given you the feedback we can, if you dont want to take it then there isn't much else to ask about

latent nimbus
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you need to make your thumbnails easy on the eye and simplistic - since our brains process information very quickly and viewers decide in about a couple milliseconds if they are interested or not - too much information visually will not engage with them well and can confuse them instead

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theres an interesting article about netflix when they ran some tests on this process for their own service and they came to these findings as well

latent nimbus
dusty rain
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The font that I used is actually Impact, the same font that was used on classic memes

latent nimbus
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ah thank you, I'm not too familiar with fonts to be honest I find it pretty daunting JUST how many there are lol

primal tulip
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# latent nimbus theres an interesting article about netflix when they ran some tests on this pro...

https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1445768087832182796?s=20&t=0m5Zol72wtYOo4PWU2IFyg and the thread about netflix thumbnails, to keep banging on the "thumbnail is more important than the video" wall

A Netflix user will browse the app for 90 seconds and leave if they find nothing.

Thumbnail artwork is actually NFLX's most effective lever to influence a viewer's choice. A user will look at one for only 1.8 seconds, so NFLX spends huge to optimize them.

latent nimbus
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Ah thank you! I couldn't remember what it was

primal tulip
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Yeah the actual sources are at the end of the twitter thead actually 🙂 but I've bookmarked this one for easy access

steep chasm
latent nimbus
# frosty mantle I have to remake the thumb which will take me like 2 hours to waste for one thin...

its going to take that long when you are starting out as you have to get used to the software you are using, as well as the actual process of making a thumbnail. Its important to take time in thumbnails as the thumbnail is surprisingly more important than the video itself (that may sound stupid - but it is true). You gotta just keep practicing and trying things out to see what sticks and what doesn't but you'll work it out I am sure