- I'm gonna show you some of my favorite
background eraser apps and if you don't know what those are,
that's an app that allows you to load a photo inside of it
and delete or erase part of the image
that you don't want leaving only what you want.
For example, if you want to cut yourself out
so you can use it on top of a YouTube thumbnail
or maybe inside of your channel art.
These apps can help you do that.
And I have apps for both Android and iOS users
and I'm gonna let you know which app works on which platform
by adding a little icon when I mention an app
that's gonna look like this.
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So, the first app we're gonna talk about
is an app you've probably heard about
or maybe you already have it on your phone
and that's called PicsArt.
PicsArt is an all in one app.
You can do cutouts, you can make thumbnails,
you can crop, it has filters,
it has beauty features so you can take care of blemishes
and change your skin tone and all of that.
It is a powerhouse of an app.
I highly recommend trying this app out
if you're not already using another app
that can do all these things.
You can literally do everything start to finish,
channel art, thumbnails, cutouts, you name it.
You can do it on this app.
Now, before I move on to the next app,
I wanna hear what apps you're currently using to make
your YouTube thumbnails with or your YouTube channel art.
So, go down, leave a comment below.
You know I read every single question and comment
and I reply to as many of them as possible.
And when this video's over,
I'm gonna go down there and carry on the discussion.
Moving right along to an app called
Background Eraser or just Eraser.
This is a very powerful app.
It has an auto feature or you can manually do it.
That's all this app does.
Now, you do have to zoom in
and you do have to change the size of the brush
and that can be a little awkward at first
but it's super powerful once you get to do it.
It's a fantastic app and once you save the image,
it saves it out in a transparent PNG
the way all these other apps do and you can use
another app that they have called PhotoLayers
that allows you to use multiple layers
that you use in the other app and you can save them
and build them up in layers
and that is a really powerful features
if you wanna get a little creative with your cutouts.
Now, before I move on to the next app,
I do wanna mention something about these apps
in case you've never used them before.
They are a little bit clunky
and they're kind of awkward at first
but like anything else, the more you use it,
the more you practice with it, the better you will get.
So, your first couple of cutouts might not look that good
but I promise you if you keep at it,
they're gonna look awesome.
Next up is another all in one powerhouse app
and that's called Pixomatic.
Pixomatic can do everything including cut yourself out.
You can add text, you can crop, you can add filters.
You can make your YouTube thumbnails with this app by itself
So, this is a free app, it's an awesome app.
Download it, check it out, see if it works for you.
Next up is an app called Exacto.
Now, this is an unbelievable powerful app.
It does one thing and it does it incredibly well.
In my opinion, it does it better than all the rest
because with all the other apps,
you actually have to use a brush or some sort of a pin tool
and draw it around or use a brush and trace around it
but with this one, it works a little bit differently.
It actually adds precision points.
So, you zoom in and you add dots around your image
that you wanna cut out and those dots are movable.
So, when you add all the dots around the image,
then you can delete the rest of the picture
and it is a precision cutout.
In my opinion, this is hands down
the best background eraser out there.
It's more like a cutout tool than it is a background eraser
but this app is not free but if you want
the absolute best cutouts, this is the one you wanna get.
Now, there's something else that I wanna mention
to you when using these apps.
They export the image into a transparent PNG file.
That means that the graphic app or photo app
that you're currently using to make your designs with
they have to be able to import a transparent image
in order to see through the background that you erased.
Now, off the top of my head,
in addition to the two apps that we already talked
about today that are the all in one apps,
I know Pixelmator will do this as will InShot
but you're gonna have to import these
into your favorite app and see if it works for you.
If not, you might have to change apps
to get one that you can see through the background
that you delete in these apps.
Next up is a very simple and easy to use eraser
and it's called Magic Eraser.
It just does the one thing, it's easy to use,
the auto feature's actually really powerful
but you gotta play with it
to kind figure it out a little bit.
Now, be warned, it does have ads that pop up
so when you see an add for like booking.com come,
just look for the X somewhere on the top or the bottom.
You can tap on that and close the add.
So, be warned about that otherwise,
it's a really fun and powerful app to use.
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