Are These any Better?

[harsh plinth]

Looks good to me what's the title?

This is a very subjective thing but I'm not a fan of the font. I prefer a capitalised bold font but again, very subjective

[exotic sand]

Good to know. I’ll experiment more with it and by the way I made a mistake in the first one by putting day 2 instead of day 7. Just wanted to clarify I accidentally made a mistake there so no one is confused lol😂

I’ll obviously fix it😂

[harsh plinth]

It's a tonne better than your pull-ups thumbnail

[exotic sand]

Thanks bro trying to get better every video. And which one out of these 2 do you prefer. I personally like the first one

[harsh plinth]

Hmmm honestly hard to pick

Btw you probably already know this, but don't forget to add shadows when you're happy with the thumbnail layout

Looks fat atm

Fake**

Idk even though it looks more fake, I'm liking the colors of the right one more

[exotic sand]

Oh you mean drop shadows on me? Because yes I did forget to do that

@harsh plinth

[exotic sand]

And yes I do agree with the colors being better on that one, but it being more visibly fake was my concern, but then again isn’t every YouTube thumbnail obviously fake and photoshop?

[harsh plinth]

Not so much the drop shadows ON you but the drop shadows FROM you

Like this

[exotic sand]

How would I do that in photoshop

By boosting the shadows?

[harsh plinth]

nah you can't just boost the shadows because you've photoshopped yourself onto the grass (or so it seems?). So there wont be any shadows in the first place. You can just add a layer between yourself and the grass and manually draw on shadows with a soft black brush. Turn down the opacity of the layer and set the blend mode to multiply. Then based on where the sun is, draw in where you think the shadows will be. Since the left image has such diffuse lighting, the shadows won't be strong, so use a feathered brush

did a couple of small tweaks

but honestly the text is very subjective, if you like the yellow and font, go with it

but yeah you can see the very faint shadow i drew in here

i still slightly prefer the right side pic you posted. If the stadium didn't look so cartoonish, it'd be good

[exotic sand]

Ok and is there a YouTube video to follow along to do this. I’m a better visual learner. Thanks

[harsh plinth]

hmm i had a look on youtube and couldn't find anythign that describes my exact method for creating shadows for soft lighting - they all show how to create hard shadows at an angle

[exotic sand]

thats ok, thanks for looking. Ill just try and do it myself as best as i can using what you have already told me. and I have been trying to get the ai to make the stadium look less cartoony, but literally every variation sucks, and this was just the best option it gave me

[balmy mason]

Make the font bold

oh you did nvm

[exotic sand]

Actually that was Kermit showing me an example but yes I’m going to😂😂

[exotic sand]

So you think this is much better than the last one?

[balmy mason]

Well it looks more authentic

[exotic sand]

Ok. So what could I do to possible make it better??

I’m making all the minor changes like adding shadows, different font and stuff like that, but over idk how else to make it any better

[balmy mason]

I say its good now if I can point out details I'll lyk

[exotic sand]

Ok

[exotic sand]

@harsh plinth what font did you use ?

[exotic sand]

@harsh plinth @balmy mason I tried adding some shadows and blurring the background a bit. Is this any better?

[balmy mason]

Yes for the 2nd one

[exotic sand]

and i feel like the blurring helps make the cartoony looking stadium not as noticable

[balmy mason]

But I don't like the 1st background it's too fake compared to the 2nd

[exotic sand]

What could i change it to

@balmy mason

[balmy mason]

They don't look like they're the same style

[exotic sand]

I have the grass background i just feel like its to green

[balmy mason]

And I mean it looks a bit weird that when you struggle you're in a cool stadium then after, you're on a track

[exotic sand]

hmmm so maybe swap

[balmy mason]

or it could be more relatable

like maybe outside in a street

[exotic sand]

Maybe

IDK i mean do people really care if its fake as long as i deliver on the video... I mean Mr beast does it all the time

[balmy mason]

Maybe it could even be sadder like raining or idk

[exotic sand]

I mean I just feel like this thumbnail popls a lot. at least from waht I can tell on thumbup

[balmy mason]

A contrast to the 2nd pic where you're doing it and its a beautiful day

[exotic sand]

limme try this and ill get back to you

[balmy mason]

👍

[balmy mason]

It does have high colors but it could be more real and relatable imo

[exotic sand]

True

[balmy mason]

update me I'll stay around

[exotic sand]

ok

[exotic sand]

@balmy mason I was going to to a street background then I realized I have cleats on so wearing them in a street would not make since. Now I’m stuck again. Do you think just changing the stadium out and keep the turf field would be good

[balmy mason]

cleats?

[exotic sand]

Cleats are shoes you were for sports like football, or soccer. There used for having traction in environments like turf or grass. I used them in the video because again they help you run faster in grass by giving you more grip. You do not wear them in places like concrete or a street because it messes them up.

You understand @balmy mason ?

Whenever I put myself on a street background I realized the cleats don’t look right on there because there not meant for running on concrete

Or pavement

[balmy mason]

oh yeah I get what they are I didn't know the term

[exotic sand]

Ya sorry

[exotic sand]

You think I could just keep the field background and just remove the Stadium?

[balmy mason]

Wait what was your video title again?

[exotic sand]

This is not final, but I was thinking, “I Improved My 40 Yard Dash Time In Just ONE Week!”

[balmy mason]

Yeah I think you could

[exotic sand]

Ok

Because I mean the stadium is the only thing that looks really fake IMO

I just thought it looked cool😂

[balmy mason]

But I just realized what I couldnt say, I think that the white line in the grass is not good
It goes against the leading lines in the other pic

[exotic sand]

There supposed to be yard markings on a field

Markings every 5 yards

I run 40 yards. Hence I put a line representing the last yard line I run through h

[balmy mason]

That's what makes it messy

[exotic sand]

I mean I easily could remove that but again in a 40 yard dash you run through a line

Idk I could change it to a cone

[balmy mason]

I know they're field marking but it goes against the other lines so pick one of the 2

You should read about leading lines in thumbnails, it helps to guide the viewer and you can't put 2 leading lines that go against each others or else it becomes random

[exotic sand]

Ok I’ll remove one of them

[balmy mason]

This

[exotic sand]

So if I remove the white line at my feet and the stadium you think I should be good?

[balmy mason]

yes

[exotic sand]

Ok thanks man.

[balmy mason]

It's a really interesting theory and useful

[exotic sand]

I’ll check it out

[balmy mason]

👍

Show me after you made that change I'm sure it'll be way cleaner and will still stand out as much

[exotic sand]

Ok

[exotic sand]

@balmy mason ?

@harsh plinth ?

sorry it took so long to get back with you, I had some school work 😂

[balmy mason]

It's better man!

One small thing I would do tho is to either put the text in the middle or at opposite ends

or

[exotic sand]

Ya I was having trouble deciding where to put the text... I dont want it to be htting me but I also dont want to make it so small to where its not visibile easily

[balmy mason]

Not as har to see but like this

you can try both, it's a small change thatll look easier to read the image I think

[exotic sand]

ok let me do some tweaking

heres one with it in middle

@balmy mason

[balmy mason]

Hmm this ones better than that one but I;ll wait and see hte 2nd one

[exotic sand]

heres the on on the sides on either end

[balmy mason]

Use the one with text in the middle

[exotic sand]

ok

[balmy mason]

I would maybe make it so we see the full 1 tho maybe that's just me being too perfectionist but I think it'd be cleaner

[exotic sand]

ya thats waht i was thinking, ill decerease it a bit

[balmy mason]

maybe you could put yourself a tiny bit lower or yeah could also do that

[exotic sand]

true

[balmy mason]

I think after that it'll be good 👍

[balmy mason]

Yeah this is great man

[exotic sand]

ok thanks for all of your help. and do you think like adding a low energy bar for the left pic and a high enery bar png on the right pic would be good? Or is that too much

[balmy mason]

Hmm it depends do you have an example? because you don't wanna make it busy

[exotic sand]

ok

[balmy mason]

I probably wouldn't add the bars to be honest

[exotic sand]

ok

[balmy mason]

And ofc I'm always here to help!

[exotic sand]

Ok thanks

[balmy mason]

I spend my days in this server giving feedback 😂

[exotic sand]

Would it also be smart to make another post and put every variation I’ve made and let some more people give feedback?

[exotic sand]

😂😂😂

[balmy mason]

Yeah you could do that, put them and ask for A - B - C - D - E and get quick votes

[exotic sand]

Good idea