Make Better Thumbnails for Your Youtube Videos

Making a great youtube thumbnail is a must if you want to get more clicks to your video. It doesn't matter how good your content is, if they don't click they'll never see it.

In this video I'm going to show you exactly how I create youtube thumbnails fast.

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== TIMESTAMPS ==
0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Why thumbnails are so important
1:54 - Speed up your workflow with LUT's
3:11 - Building a color grade from scratch
10:39 - Cropping your thumbnail
12:17 - Creating the text overlay
16:47 - Weaving the text overlay into the image
18:52 - Closing thoughts and advice