Fixing My Viewers YouTube Thumbnails in 15 Minutes!

[@StreamScheme]

Hey Gang! I hope seeing my thought process while time restricted was helpful! The takeaway really should be: Idea is everything. How can you make a simple, relatable, but most importantly interesting thumbnail for your viewers? If I had more time or was doing this for my own channel, I'd likely have spent about 2-3 hours on each thumbnail but figured this was a better format. Have a great day! 🕘Timestamps: 0:00 What Stops New KZbinrs Getting Views 0:36 Fixing My Viewers Battle Royal KZbin Thumbnail 1:39 How To Make An Unknown Niche Topic Clickable For Views 4:00 Final Results For Thumbnail One 4:42 Fixing My Viewers Podcast KZbin Thumbnail 5:55 Why You Should NEVER Include Episode Numbers In Thumbnails 6:30 How To Simplify Your Thumbnails To Get Views 8:23 Final Results For Thumbnail Two 9:05 Why Your Ideas Are Holding You Back 10:13 Fixing My Viewers Pokemon KZbin Thumbnail 10:30 How To Make An Idea That's Been Done Before Clickable 12:35 Final Results For Thumbnail Three 13:14 Fixing My Viewers Speedrunning KZbin Thumbnail 13:34 How To Steal Thumbnail Ideas To Grow 14:47 Fixing My Viewers KZbin Shorts Thumbnail 15:24 Why Overcomplicated Your Thumbnails Is Awful 15:57 How To Tell A Story With A KZbin Thumbnail

[@TakoyakiBoys]

You make it sound so easy bro it's so insane I'm just gonna sit in a corner and make the most simple thumbnails known to man

[@FalseSavior]

Love all of your educational work. They always remind me to keep working on my work even when I think they're finished. I'll be crafting titles and thumbnail concepts from now on because of this. Thank you Eljay

[@HereBeCush]

"Now I'm really struggling to draw the viewer's eye to the mouse inside the butt"... not something you hear every day, eh? Solid explanation of the thought process and some great take-away tips to remember! o7

[@StreamScheme]

Hope it helped, Cush :)

[@MedievalMarty]

Sorry if I missed it in the video, but what are you using to cut out your images. so you find an image of chimchar online, then its cut out perfect in the editor. Is this a program, or are you trimming them manually?

[@AmandaErrrrr]

Thank you for your insights and helping us be better creators!

[@Niklaus30]

I set up my twitch alerts and tested it on OBS it worked but when I stream and someone follows it doesn't show how do I fix this

[@CpawsMusic]

the pain 13:15 🤣🤣

[@Collinw3831]

Bitiq is not allowed in America

[@StreamScheme]

VidIQ works in America?

[@jtyfghfgdcfhdf]

first

[@christopherloft]

The quality of content you produce is next level Eljay and it has massively helped my content change and grow, not to mention the free overlays! Thanks as always mate!

[@Jedwerd]

not the direction I would have gone for a lot of these thumbnails, but good vid

[@StreamScheme]

Looking back a lot of these I have big changes but that’s the point of the time limit, to force creative solutions quickly for practice

[@DezzNytes]

11:25 Sorry for making you rage quit the Thumb 8 times xD. But tbh I've done the exact same with this thumb. Definitely got some good ideas from all of these fixes!

[@Tropix_02]

This video was really fun to watch, you should milk this video idea some more ngl.

[@hannas5439]

What FREE program can I use to do this?

[@DBGd]

do you recommend the blue yeti mic?

[@StreamScheme]

God no, watch my videos on gear

[@DBGd]

yea I already did, and tbh I didn't know it was a condenser mic which is extremely bad for my condition rn. but I decided to go with the razer v2 pro or the samson you recommended, I still have time tho so I will decide later@@StreamScheme

[@DBGd]

so I chose Q2U and now testing it Out, since it just arrived.@@StreamScheme

[@Heat-Shark]

Are you able to share your shure MB7 sitting on steam lab

[@Shut1nneet]

Amazing video! Really liked the first thumbnail, imma try to recreate that somehow, I have a plan

[@kingjaries]

Since starting uploading again I wonder if these changes are something I'm also missing. Ill give it a try thanks!

[@TyphoonMC]

The best use of 1/60th of my waking day today.

[@Pococat]

I was watching all your videos about Twitch and I was having trouble choosing what to highlight on twitch. I'm not sure where to start. I stream 3 times a week 4hours each time and it would be super difficult to actually watch the entire VOD. Do you end up just skimming through it or do you have a way to flag what you care about while streaming?

[@chrusher1988]

Hey! Thank you for this crash course on Thumbnails. I was just starting again to "create" content and looking back at what i made... it is terrbile. Thank you very much for the advise. Btw: isnt 17 min a bit long for a sales pitch on your shorts video? ;)

[@T4k3nByRum]

I Hope I can get an answer - What software did you use to make the first thumbnail?

[@StreamScheme]

Photoshop, all photoshop

[@T4k3nByRum]

@@StreamScheme Do you perhaps have a Link I can use?

[@KnotSoProGamer]

I appreciate you doing this for your viewers. I am gonna try to use some of these tops when i get my first long form video up

[@XenasChaos]

i literally love this channel

[@Garmadork]

Just out of curiosity, what thumbnail program do you use?

[@Garmadork]

Not sure if I missed it or not

[@Chachachevix]

Do you have any tips or maybe a video coming up sooner or later about thumbnails for livestreams? I've noticed when I put some effort into the thumbnail for my livestreams I get some clicks but I'm not sure if the game tips apply or if there are some different strategies to get peoples attention.

[@StreamScheme]

Same concept as this video mate :)

[@justsomeguy2142]

Correct me if im wrong or its that i work different but isnt this teaching others the bad way to clickbait? I get attracting viewers and clicks but lets take the podcast example, if im attracted to the edited thumbnail and listen to the podcast, im going to feel like i wasted my time when there isnt this crazy story on how a rat was found on a patient or them etc etc when the thumbnail kind of gave me that expectation. This style of making thumbnail are for the big channels that make hella clickbaity thumbnails but ultinately doesnt matter because their sub count and overall channel size will do all of the pulling....but for smaller creators its an easy way of shriking your audience when they know youre all clickbait and 0 entertainment and content

[@StreamScheme]

Clickbait is only bad if you don’t deliver. If they actually tell stories that match the package it isn’t bad. My example is only an example, I’m never saying to lie about the content, just that you need to find the actual valuable interesting part and put that front and centre. The issue, as I explain in the video, is almost none of the videos in this have actual reasons to click, I’m having to invent them for the purpose of making the video clickable. But again, I don’t think I ever say to lie or mislead, just to actually focus on the contents actual value and reason to click.

[@GladHeAteHer_]

no way im early