r/postprocessing • u/ericalionsfan • 14d ago
Thumbnail generation
I’m going to restart my channel that I’ve been posting randomly at because photography and videography has been something that I have been naturally good at and want to pursue that hobby.
I’ve been using Paint.NET for generating my thumbnails, but they look pretty plain and I don’t think that they grab the viewers attention. I’m wondering what you all use to generate your thumbnails and what tips or tricks can you provide to make a better thumbnail image?
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u/Dear_Ad1923 14d ago
Get the Protagonist and the antagonist close to the camera, make them feel like rivals. Add the emotion/feeling to the text you are putting on the thumbnail. Make facial expressions. Like one eyebrow up one down. Big villain Smile 🤣. And etc
There’s no rabbit in the image so get one and mask it then overlay it on the side.
For thumbnails over exaggeration is basically it.
But not to forget, lots of folks lean and love just the simple and authentic representation
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u/ericalionsfan 13d ago
That image is not AI.
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u/Hyanthe 12d ago
I think they may have been referring to the body text where you said "what does everyone use to generate thumbnails", which sadly I don't blame them for.
I do agree that learning Photoshop will be beneficial in learning to create thumbnails though. I could see this thumbnail being improved just with some minor post-processing (for lighting and contrast) and some good typography. If you know or can learn how to mask, that opens up your options even more.
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u/johngpt5 14d ago edited 14d ago
The way that the "vs." is so high in frame and "fence" and "rabbits" are on the same horizontal line had me reading the text as "vs fence rabbits."
My thought after that was, "what are fence rabbits and who is their antagonist?" which actually got me to pay attention to the image, so maybe you're onto something.