How to create YOUTUBE THUMBNAILS in Davinci Resolve for FREE!

[@BrianWhitmerMusic]

There are a lot of KZbinrs making great tutorials for DaVinci Resolve these days, Alex, but yours are the very best.

[@MrAlexTech]

Thank you Brian! There are lots of awesome creators these days so that's very nice to hear :)

[@fichalsalifou6416]

I agree so simple

[@journalworthyjourney]

Exactly how we make our thumbnails. But I actually size things down to be one single frame. Then I can copy the entire track stack for that frame and try changes. Rinse and repeat and then you have a bunch of variants to compare. You can then just left/right arrow to quickly flip between your variants and see what you like the most.

[@HumberTimelapse]

Great idea @Journal Worthy Journey, thank you!! 🙂

[@timsyoutubechannel9798]

Great tip. Works a treat. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheOriginalMeek]

Creators helping creators!! Love to see this. Thanks a bunch @MrAlexTech

[@AM23.]

The fact that you can do all this from the edit page is amazing And the fact that you could put a drop shadow on a PNG kind of blows my mind

[@MrAlexTech]

I know it's clever huh. It's actually a pretty great way to make thumbnails 🙂👍

[@M0HAK0]

THANK YOU SO MUCH ( caps intended). I tried reading the 4000 page manual, but I didn't see what I was looking for to create KZbin thumbnail step by step! Much appreciated! subbed since you ACTUALLY explain things in full detail.

[@PorkBone8016]

You have one of (if not the best) tutorial video styles on this software than anyone I’ve came across on this platform. Clear, concise, and entertaining. They have helped me immensely! THANK YOU!

[@TailoredTechnique]

bro, your workflow speed is incredible. I see a new video each time I get on for edit breaks. Love em all!

[@MrAlexTech]

Yes this thumbnail was made in Resolve! Oh and, all the KZbin Documentation states Thumbnails should be 1,280 x 720 (720p) resolution. That's what I've always used and they've always looked great! support.google.com/youtube/answer/72431?hl=en-GB#zippy=%2Cimage-size-and-resolution Others have stated you can get away with 1080p if you really want it! If you do, simply set the timeline res as 1080p instead 🙂👍

[@johnosborn8881]

Best advice.... Don't skip through videos like this if you have the time. You don't know what you don't know and everytime I watch through tips and tricks I think I already know I find new nuggets because everyone thinks about these things differently, so you always see a new way to do things. Very cool. Great video as always Alex! Thanks homie! 👊😁

[@t3chrs]

Amazing video Alex! Perfect for people already working in Davinci that don't want another app just to make their thumbnails.

[@LivingImage]

True

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Great video! Some killer tips in here... going to try this out!

[@1936DodgeBrothers]

I love the simplicity of your tutorial! You now have a new subscriber. Thank you.

[@deviantdelineation]

I have just started with davinci and really appreciate your nice way of explaining. 😊

[@qBedwars]

Yo you are almost at 100k! Hope youll hit it soon!

[@MrAlexTech]

Yeah thank you, im so close!!!! 😬😬

[@TGFGamesta]

I have been using gimp for my Thumbnails. It never even occurred to me that I could do it in DR. Thank you, your videos always help me to improve my edits

[@TGFGamesta]

Okaaay!! I didn't know I was even in the running lol

[@enregistreur]

I was using the free Adobe cloud thing, but this is so better! Why didn’t I think of it before?! :D Great video as always, thank you!

[@mightking]

dude, where have you been all my life, you just saved me so much time learning how to to use photoshop LMAO, this is so much easier

[@PKSullivan]

Wow. I'm still learning Resolve but it never occurred to me to do this all in there. I've got Affinity Photo (and it works great) but why have two tools when you only need to master one?

[@Denden-mx9gl]

9:34 WHAT?! I've been doing that on fusion because I've been doing it with text+. Holy crap knowing that you can do this for just "text" is a huge time saver for me since I edit a lot of micro contents. Thank you! PS. I love watching your video even though I don't need it based on your title because I always learn something when your explaining things just like what happened now.

[@NorthernMapleOutdoors]

That’s Genius! It seems obvious now that you’ve said it out loud. Especially if you’ve already done masking and colour grading to the video.

[@kathuta8117]

this man is the best youtuber, his videos are consumable any time of the day, thank you

[@WorchihanZingkhai]

As always, very helpful. Thank you Alex!

[@qBedwars]

Never seen anyone use this transition: 0:15 you really can use every transition and make it look good! Good job

[@MrAlexTech]

Ha I love that burn away transition. Honestly, the secret to making it look good... Sound effect! Get a good burning/fireball SFX and it's way better.

[@qBedwars]

@@MrAlexTech ty for the tip!

[@funthingshappen4026]

I used it a lot while making trailer for my game :D

[@paulcain548]

Fantastic. Best thumbnail video I’ve watched and great that it can be done in Davinci Resolve. Defo trying this out for my next video. Cheers Alex 👍🏻

[@morriganscreations]

I know im a year late but thanks for the information. I downloaded Davinci yesterday to edit my videos and was trying to find software to edit thumbnails, this makes it a whole lot easier. No need to download any new software! Great job buddy

[@blackshuck9799]

Of all the tutorials I've seen over the years, this one gave me exactly what I wanted and it seriously helped :)

[@bussycharmz]

Words cannot express how much I am thankful for this video

[@PrudhvisLifestyle]

Thank you for this amazing tutorial. It helped me a lot. But I an issue/ doubt regarding how to zoom and move on the picture on colour tab using Mac trackpad?

[@WaddleAero]

As always, great stuff! I always learn something from your videos. Today I learned how to change the font on part of a title! Much faster than making multiple titles to get different sizes

[@T4nkcommander]

I was just about to hop ahead on this part and then I saw your comment... super handy, so thanks to both of you!

[@WaddleAero]

@@T4nkcommander There are very few KZbin channels that fall into the “watch as soon as they post” category. Mr. Alex is near the top of that list!

[@bendesignsmedia]

Nice work Alex. All the people who switched from Premiere to DaVinci Resolve but still kept Photoshop for thumbnails are now canceling their CC subscriptions.

[@voyageadventurevans]

Amazingly simple explanation. I love your videos as I am trying to use resolve and am willing to admit I am way out of my comfort zone🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Prepping a you tube video usually has 2 screens....1 with Resolve on....you on the other. Thanks for making videos easy to watch and listen to.😊😊

[@ModernOffGridDIY]

Thanks for all your videos I recently switched to davinci resolve 18 and I'm learning alot from you. Keep it up. Thanks again

[@Richard-kl9bb]

Nice one Alex YUURRRRR the MAN. Great content, best DaVinci tutorials on YT for sure.

[@GaryCunninghamyouareenough]

Wow - I literally had no idea you could do this. This will save, SO MUCH TIME 😁. Sir, you are a legend - thanks so much (as always) man. Great video 🙏.

[@EarlyRiserWorkshop]

I'm motivated to try new things after watching you lead the way. It's so exciting to see what can be done, and then being led in a way I can understand and follow with success. Thank you, thank you!

[@Graham_Rule]

That's great. Thanks. I've been exporting a png from powerpoint to make my (rather dull) thumbnails but will definitely try this technique. I've also been making them all 1080p because I hadn't read the documentation. It seems that KZbin just resizes them.

[@matoflynn]

Such a cool font highlighting tip to add different styles!

[@MagicalFireplaceFlames]

You are amazing. Please don't stop educating us! We appreciate you so much!!!

[@MrAlexTech]

Hey thank you, very kind of you :)

[@RVKevin]

Really really helpful tips. So awesome that you share these simple yet practical tips with us Alex.

[@youngman44]

So great, Alex! Love your work. Thanks again.

[@RustyRoads]

This video helped us step our thumbnails up for sure! Just made our first one using this tutorial as a starting point and the results are pretty great! Thanks Alex! Love your channel, you explain things in ways a 3rd grader would understand, which is great for me 😂 Cheers

[@NerdyGamerGal]

This has completely changed the game for me! I just exported my first dvr18 thumbnail and I'm stoked! I just found your channel and it's helped me so much so... thank you!

[@RickTheSpud]

Excellent, learnt a lot there. Altho you don't need to go through the whole freeze frame thing, when I've got the frame I want to use I just Ctrl B and put a cut there. Then line everything else up with that. And make sure your play head is on the cut when you grab a still.

[@luciano.armani]

i always learn a new tip or two from your videos thank you man

[@orki]

We love MrAlexTech!

[@TheMapleTable]

I have been looking for tutorials on how to do exactly this. I have been using Canva which is good ... but also limited. Beauty thank you.

[@HonestWatchReviewsHWR]

I had no idea that you could make thumbnails in Resolve. I currently use Canva, but I might to try this for my next video. Great video as always.

[@waveland]

I did not realize until now that snapshots have an export option. Thanks so much for the tip!

[@KAKUN_DESU]

Great video! I always use the website canva cause it's quick, free and easy to use. But I will give this method a chance! Btw, any chance you gonna make a subtitle guide? I'm having trouble creating them especially if I want to sub multiple characters and they are all supposed to have their own text color. e.g. one character has blue text, another one orange etc. I know you can do all of this stuff in aegis subs but this requires re-rendering and I would love to do it within davinci.

[@chotonhalder1486]

Dude u r showing the most easer way to make this .............. nice.

[@smart_erklaert]

Very nice and useful Tips. Thank you!!

[@MyViewsOfTheWorld]

You are the best! I didn't use these tips for thumbnails but I did learn a lot and I might start generating thumbnails using Davinci Resolve. I love your videos, they are really fun. You are a good teacher.

[@H76Pro]

Thank you for showing us creative ways to create thumbnails in Davinci Resolve! I do create thumbnails using it but I lack the artistic creative touches you have shown us!

[@RishiCoding]

Thank you so much Sir, It helped me a lot

[@ARNABOSS]

amazing composition skill, this will help save a ton of time in fact i can use the same trick to make a poster for shot films

[@thepolticalone961]

That's pretty cool. Congrats on nearing 100k

[@MrAlexTech]

Thanks ☺️👍

[@thepolticalone961]

@@MrAlexTech I might try for something like this for when my main channel hits 5k

[@JB_inks]

Great video, no waffling, just straight to the point. What camera are you using to record with? The image quality looks great!

[@MrAlexTech]

Hey!! Thanks JB! Its a Lumix S5 but actually recording via OBS. S5 is running hdmi out to an Elgato 4k 60 capture card.

[@JB_inks]

@@MrAlexTech awesome, thanks :) (* hits the subscribe button)

[@UnboundedArtandCrafts]

This is so helpful as it will safe me so much back and forth between my laptop and phone 😃❤️

[@ienpassi]

You make it look so easy to do Thanks Alex

[@WOLVES_117]

Thank you!!! I'm new to the KZbin space and this has helped so much to make my costume thumbnails, profile pics, and banners!

[@keithr3771]

Man, I wish I could like this more than once. Super helpful, Alex.

[@Devoflex]

Mate this tutorial is exceptional. Just starting out on youtube and davinci and this has been a great help. thank you

[@WheelArmstrong]

Really appreciate this video. I was trying to figure out how to do it on affinity photo but this was SO much easier 😌

[@gabuchancreates9813]

This was an awesome tutorial, found your page from Casey Faris, now I've got a lot more videos to watch. My experience level is beginner in Resolve with a little more community college experience in Premiere but you guys are all next level. Just watched last years Resovlecon, can't wait for next one, hope you are there. tyvm.

[@xyzconceptsYT]

Spot on, I don't actually need GIMP after all. Excellent vid Alex!

[@EruditeMagic]

Wow, this is amazing! I've struggled with my thumbnails, but this is going to help out tremendously. I've learn (and implemented) so much from your videos - thanks for sharing!!

[@Glitch-Coder]

Hey man, I just giving you one suggestion use canvas to edit thumbnails, you can do it in 5 min, no need to go through this much effort

[@theboomerangbiker1966]

You nailed it Alex, this will be a game changer for me!

[@theboomerangbiker1966]

Hi Alex, when I try to Grab Still and Export I get this error message - any ideas? Failed to export still: Failed to retrieve still image from disk, export failed for still 4386add2-b8d2-461c-91df-af274d0c228a

[@ArtDigitalMediaTV]

Interesting. Although I make all my thumbnails in Photoshop. But it’s fun to see how it can be done in Resolve. Thank you!

[@mech-gg4835]

Thanks for the tips alex!

[@hedgehogenglish]

That is amazing! I've been using GIMP. You have just blown my mind.

[@apalaciosp23]

Super!!! 👌 A Masterclass in less than 17 minutes! There are a lot of very valuable tips!!! 🤓 Many, really many Thanks!!! 👏👍

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Awesome. Thanks so much. Funny, I knew about selecting the text in the Inspector to change the color, but, it didn't cross my mind to change the font as well. Learn something new every day. Talk about "hidden gems", I think MrAlexTech is a hidden gem.

[@dellsdiy]

dang...this is gold right here! learned some new stuff for my videos in addition to the thumbnail

[@JackstaBlazer]

fantastic tutorial as usual! adding a comment because this entire video is new knowledge to me, keep up the content!

[@frankinblackpool]

It never crossed my mind to do KZbin Thumbs in Resolve. My rudimentary way was exporting a still and then creating a Thumb in Microsoft Publisher. Life would be a lot simpler in Resolve 😀 Some excellent transferable skills from editing in the colour page. Out of curiosity do you have a technique to get rid of black edges from a clip which you may not have noticed, for example rotating the clip to straighten up the horizon? Or even resizing or importing something that is not the same resolution but creates unintentional little black bars that you don't notice until you spent ages rendering?

[@takedowngaming9958]

Microsoft Publisher still exists?

[@Chris7Lawrence]

Absolutely brilliant tutorial. Created my first thumbnail from this. Looks really professional using your tips. Thank you.

[@mikevanvessem4443]

You are really the best. Thanks for this one.

[@GrownandHealthy]

Thank you! You saved me a ton of guess work.

[@IcelandAdventures]

Just wow! Loving DR so far and it is a firehose of learning 😂

[@AttentionDeficitHobbyDisorder]

Wow... I was upset that I no longer have access to Photoshop, and couldn't readily make a decent thumbnail, but I never even thought about using Resolve to do it! Great tutorial!

[@abyshines]

Absolutely a delight to follow your videos,created one thumnail using your tutorial and it was a breeze.I am glad i switched to da vinci from premier pro. Its miles ahead from it. and so are your tutorial videos, no nonsense and highly recommended. One question i need to ask though ,its been quite sometime that i am using resolve and now wish to buy studio version, i am planning to buy speed editor over editor's keyboard! is that a good decision since either way i will be getting the studio version free. Just confused whether to buy speed editor or editor's keyboard?

[@georgesmirnov9883]

Spot on Alex!

[@CovertDonut]

Keep coming back to this video for tips - thanks man, quality vid.

[@PhantasusRex]

Thank you so so much Alex!

[@davidshowto]

Absolute game changer. Was wondering how to replace my ancient copy of PhotoShop Elements that Abode decided I couldn't use any more. Turns out, I don't have to, you can do all the Thumbnail edits in Resolve. It's an even better product than I thought before.

[@ypngus]

I love Davinci Resolve :D I recommended on my youtube video for youtube reactors.

[@DucknDiveAirsoft]

Lots of good tips here. Thanks! 😀

great, amazing advice... thanks a lot... good job

[@ABIEZHANELADYZHANE]

best tutorial for thumbnail using resolve.....thanks

[@headspacehiker]

I have to re-watch your video every new video I upload as I can't remember the steps. But you make it very easy to follow along, do-able and with good results. Cheers!

[@Film4Sports]

Liked and subscribed! Enjoying all your videos so far thanks so much! Quick question, where did you find that burning paper transition at 15s? Looks neat

[@RonArmes]

Excellent video, very helpful. Thank you

[@bdragon1445]

Wow, thank you for this video. You just saved me so much time, and I don't have to use a bunch of other programs to make my thumbnails.

[@amateurway]

Thank you Alex! This video is GOLDEN! Thorough, well explained and clear.

[@7cSlayer]

Excellent video, just used this to create my first thumbnail and very pleased with how it looks!

[@Skapo]

Why 720p? I mean I don't ever do less than 1080p if possible. Makes a big difference for desktop & tablet users. The file sizes are so small either way, why handicap yourself like that?

[@doctordoodledad9430]

These videos are amazing. Thanks so much for being so concise and simple. Really love your work. It's helping me a lot as I venture into the realms of content creation on KZbin. Cheers.

[@crackhead1001]

This Video Is a Banger.

[@ygreq]

OMG! Wonderful tutorial!!!

[@lifeandlandscapesinecuador]

I have been using Photoshop up till now, which by the way, I pay for every month, for my thumbnails. It is for me, at least, very complicated and not very intuitive although I have mastered the basics. I am thinking that by using DR for my thumbnails, I will also be practicing some techniques that may be useful for my videos as well. Thanks for the info!

[@TheRealLawnFather]

Thanks! I’m definitely going to try this! I’m REALLY bad at thumbnails.

[@MrAlexTech]

Oh wow thank you, appreciate it :)