This will resize the image to fill the entire canvas and your thumbnail will not have any pesky white space around the edges. Once the image is added to the canvas, right-click it on the canvas and select Canvas > Fill Canvas from the dropdown menu. This tutorial will show a home remodeling series by using images of renovated rooms, but any type of series can be made in this way. Once the image is opened in the Graphic Designer, double click it from the images below, or right-click it and select Add as Layer. You should have a screenshot or plain thumbnail from your video saved to your computer to access here. Click the blue Computer button to access images saved to your computer. Navigate to the Image Manager tab on the left side of the Graphic Designer.

This will set up your canvas to be the perfect size for a YouTube thumbnail. From the Blank Canvas tab, click YouTube Thumbnail 1280x720px. To create a YouTube thumbnail template, open the Graphic Designer, where you'll be prompted to start a design.

But if you feel comfortable with our templates, why not make your own in our Graphic Designer? Step 1: Open a Blank Canvas If this is your first time making a custom YouTube Thumbnail, you can use the YouTube Thumbnail Maker to get used to building thumbnails on a properly sized canvas. How to Build a YouTube Thumbnail Template While YouTube has a playlist feature to group your series together, it can be hard for new viewers to know to start at the beginning if they are introduced to a video halfway through unless a clear, consistent video thumbnail shows them the way. A great way to incentivize viewers to watch your own content this way is by creating a series for your videos so that viewers can watch your journey much like they binge-watch hit tv series. YouTube algorithms love to promote content creators whose videos viewers will watch back to back to back.

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