Have you ever wanted to make a YouYube thumbnail on your iPhone or Android device so you don't
have to be tethered to your computer? Stay tuned throughout this video while I show you
how to create an attractive thumbnail using a thumbnail app for YouTube called Canva.
The beauty of using the free Canva app is that it's available for both the iPhone and
Android device. It also includes many professional templates that can easily be modified to your
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are the steps to install the Canva app on your iPhone or Android device to create a
clickable thumbnail. Here's the iPhone home screen, tap the App Store icon, tap the search
bar, enter Canva. It's the Canva Graphic Design, tap the download icon. While the app's installing,
I just want to remind you that there's hundreds of templates within Canva that you can easily
modify. This enables you to quickly create a professional
thumbnail on the go. I can tap Open or I can go back to the home screen. Here's the Canva
app on my iPhone. Tap the app. I can sign up for an account if I don't have one or I
can log in. Since I already have an account on my desktop, I'm going to tap login. I can
log in with Facebook or Google or just put on my credentials. I'm going to just put in
my credentials. Tap the icon at the bottom right and you can see all the designs already
created on my desktop. You also have an option to start from scratch by using a blank template.
For the purpose of this video, I'm just going to select the template that I can easily modify.
Tap the search bar, enter YouTube Thumbnail, and here's a whole bunch of templates that
you can modify to your liking. Lots of beautiful templates here. These are all free. Let's
scroll down and look for a template. I'm going to select this one. Tap the picture, tap the
picture again. I can take a picture from my camera. You can also shoot a high-definition
photo with your camera and access it from your camera roll. If you're using your face
in your thumbnail, make sure you take a high-quality picture and saturate the colors. I can search
for an image from millions of images from Canva.
Tap Colors, I can select colors. I can move this slider, find different colors. I can
also slide the other slider to change the hexagonal code or I can even enter the code
in here to change the color. I can also tap Filters and change the filters for my image.
Tap Advanced and I can move the slider to change the brightness, change the contrast,
change the saturation, colorize, blur. If I move it to the right, it can blur, move
it to the left to get a sharper image. Add a vignette, cancel that. I'm going back to
Images. I'm going to select an image of a mountain. Some mountain images here, and select
this one. I'm going to tap Filters again, I'm going
to select this filter. Tap Advanced and I'm going to saturate the color a little bit,
slider up a bit, and move the slider to the left to sharpen a little bit. Tap Done. I'm
going to change the text. When using text in your thumbnail, just use a few words and
make sure it's bold so it stands out at a small size. Don't want to have that text so
I just tap it and then tap the trash icon. I'm going to move visual to the top so I just
tap it, I can move it. If I put two fingers on it, I can extend it, I can also rotate
it if I want. Alternatively, I can tap the numbers and I can move the slider.
Let's change the text. Tap the X here, and I'm going to type in thumbnail. I'm done.
Then, I tap the numbers again and reduce the size. I just made a mistake, so I'm going
to tap the undo icon to revert back to the previous design. I tap the text again, tap
the size, reduce the size so it fits in there, move it down a little bit. I'm going to change
the colors. Here's a tip, don't use more than two different
fonts for your thumbnails. Tap the color and tap the color wheel. Then, I just move this
dot down here to black. That looks good. Tap done. Then, I'm going to tap on content. I'm
going to trash that. I'm going to use the same font as I have the thumbnail.
I'm going to tap the duplicate icon at the top which clones the text. It's copied it,
move this down. I'm going to tap on it, X the text, put App in there. Tap Done, then
move it again. I'll make it a little bit bigger. I'll tap
Done and tap the font size and make it a little bigger than move it around. Tap Done. Also,
use two fingers to extend it, to rotate it. Tap Done. I want to make it a little bit bigger,
so I'll move it a bit with my finger so it lines up with the other text. Okay, that looks
good. I'm going to download it to my camera roll. Tap the download icon. It's preparing,
making the magic happen. Saved to camera roll. Let's have a look at the camera roll. Go to
Photos, and there it is, Thumbnail App. Now, all I have to do is upload the custom
thumbnail to my YouTube channel and assign it to the correct video. Keep in mind, the
thumbnails that you created can easily be accessed via your mobile or desktop devices
because are stored on Canva. Let me ask you a question, what mobile app do you use to
make YouTube thumbnails on your phone? Post your answer in the comments below. I'd love
to read them, and I'm sure others would like to know as well. If you want to know the best
practices for creating an attractive thumbnail for your YouTube videos, click the image below.
You'll get 10 tips for creating professional thumbnails. Thanks for watching, and we'll
see you in the next video.