Hello, everyone. Welcome back to my channel, Jennifer Marie, where I teach you different
ways to make money online and how to become a work-from-home freelancer. So in today's tutorial,
I'm going to show you how you can create amazing thumbnails in minutes using Adobe's new Gen Fill
tool. I created this thumbnail using that, and I'm going to show you exactly how I did it. So, first
of all, I do have some related tutorials that might help you. Before you watch this tutorial,
I have a video on how to use Adobe Generative Fill if you don't already know how to use it. And I
just want to mention that you do have to have a Photoshop subscription in order to use the
Adobe AI tool. So if you're looking for a free alternative, you can use Canva Magic Edit, and
you can do that without a Canva Pro account. But you can still watch this tutorial to get an idea
of how we're going to create thumbnails using AI tools. But just follow these steps and use
Canva instead. And I also have a tutorial on how you can create a custom AI avatar. And I've linked
you to my tutorial on that in the description below as well. So we're going to create a few
different thumbnails in this video, and I'm going to show you how quickly we can do that using Adobe
Gen Fill. So the first thumbnail we're going to create together is we're going to turn this AI
avatar that I made for free. And I've linked you in the description below to where you can do that
yourself. And we've turned it into this thumbnail here, using Adobe Gen Fill to create all the
other elements in this thumbnail aside from the text. So you're going to open up Photoshop beta
that you should have installed on your computer. Then you're going to click New File, go to Film
and Video, and select this option here, which is 1280 pixels by 720. And that is the thumbnail size
for YouTube. Then under Background Contents, click on that and choose Transparent and then
click Create. So now you have the option to remove these guidelines. I don't really want them there,
so I'm going to click View. Then guidelines and then clear guides. So we have a blank slate to
start with. So now let's say you want to use a picture of yourself or an avatar for example.
So we want to embed an image, and we're going to go file, then place embedded and locate your
file on your computer that you want to use as your subject. So I've chosen this, and you can
click and drag to place it where you want on your thumbnail. I'm going to resize it a little bit by
clicking and dragging on the nodes and then place it where I would like it. Then just click on the
checkmark here. So now what we're going to do is click on the Rectangular Marquee tool and just
select the area above it or wherever you want to use the gen fill. So from here, I'm just going
to click Generative Fill and just click Generate, and it's going to give me some options to fill in
the space above the avatar's head. So you can see it's given a bit of extra volume to the hair at
the top, and it's filled out the background. And you can just click on these arrows here to see the
other options and choose the one you like. And if you don't like any of the options, you can click
Generate again until you like an option. So I'm just going to do this for all sides of the image.
And now, we're going to do the other side of the image, and I'm just going to let Adobe fill it
in with the background that it thinks would look good with the avatar. So you can see these awesome
patterns it's generating based on my avatar, these cool paint splashes. I'm going to click
Generate again and see what other options I like. And just keep flipping until you see an option
that you like. I really like this one. So now I'm going to click on the Lasso tool, and I want to
add an object. I want to add a paintbrush. So I'm going to click and drag where I would like to add
a paintbrush. Click on Generative fill again and type in paintbrush and then generate. And
it's going to give us some of these options for a cool paintbrush that will blend in with
our thumbnail. So just keep flipping through and click Generate again if you want to try something
different. I really like this one here, so I'm going to stick with that. And now all we have to
do is add text. So let's say I'm doing a video on AI art tools. I'm going to click on the Text tool,
click on the thumbnail, and just type in my text. So you can use the toolbar at the top
to change the font type and style and size, and color. And if you want to add some cool effects
to your text, just double-click on the title under the Layers tab over here. And that will
give you the option to add a bevel and emboss some texture, a border, shadows, inner shadows,
and just play around with this, a gradient overlay. And just like that, we have an awesome
unique thumbnail that we can use. Now let's try something else using an actual picture of myself.
So I have this picture of me here. And let's say I have a YouTube channel that's talking about latest
popular news, and everyone's talking about the new Barbie movie. So let's say I want to make
some really cool thumbnails about Barbie. Rather than having to do my hair and decorate my house
in pink, I can just use Adobe Gen Fill to create these awesome thumbnails. Let me show you how. So
once again, we're starting with our blank canvas. We're going to go file, place embedded, locate the
image of yourself, position it where you want on the canvas, and then click the checkmark.
Now there are many different ways to do this. I'm just going to click on the image and then click
Remove Background. So usually, it will do a really good job of removing the background. In my case,
it left some of the chair. That's okay. You can click here on Add to Mask and fill in anything
that it has erased. But we can also just change this later on with Adobe Gen Fill. You can also
click on Subtract from Mask and then choose your brush size. And I'm just going to brush away this
chair. This does not have to be perfect because we're going to be using Adobe's AI Tool. Now
we're going to go to the Lasso tool and I'm going to draw a selection around my t shirt because I
want to change the outfit into a Barbie-inspired outfit. So I'm going to click on Generative. Fill,
type in bright pink Barbie dress, click Generate. Here. We've got some options. You can
just flip through them. And remember, we can make changes on this later on. I'm going to stick with
this outfit here. Now I'm going to click on the Rectangular Marquee Tool, and I'm going to click
a selection around here and type in Barbie living room and click Generate. So that's given us a nice
pink living room we can flip through, and we can click Generate again if you want to try again.
All right, I like this one much more. Now. It doesn't look perfect. The pillow is a little
messed up, but that's okay. We're going to change that later. Now I'm just going to draw
a selection around the rest of the image. And I'm going to fill in long blonde hair because
I want to have big Barbie hair, and that's given me some awesome big Barbie hair. Now I'm going
to click on the Rectangular Marquee Tool again, and we're going to fix this couch. So I'm going
to select the part that's a little messed up, click Generative Fill, and type in pink couch. And
that's given me some options to choose from. This does not have to be perfect again, it's a YouTube
thumbnail. The last thing I want to do is remove this lamp and add a plant. So I'm going to create
a selection around that and ask it to create a plant for me and click Generate. And just like
that, we have an awesome Barbie-looking thumbnail. And all we need to do is add some text. So we'll
click on the Text tool, add our text, and any effects like I showed you earlier, and boom. We
have this awesome, really bright, vibrant, colorful thumbnail that we can use on YouTube.
Now, I want to do something completely from scratch using no photos of our own. We're
going to do it all within Photoshop beta. Let's say I have a YouTube channel about space and
mysteries. I'm going to take the Rectangular Marquee Tool, select the entire background,
click Generative Fill, going to type in outer space Generate. All right, we've got this image.
Here's another one. Here's another one. Oh, these are really cool. Let's stick with this one. Now
I'm going to take the Lasso tool. Let's say I want to put an astronaut here. Generate. Oh,
pretty cool. I'm going to go with the first one. And then let's say I'm going to put like a black
hole here or something. Lasso tool, Generative Fill black hole or wormhole or something. And
then you just have to add your text. And just like that, we have another awesome thumbnail
that just took a minute or two to make. You can have so much fun with this. Honestly,
the sky is the limit. I have been having so much fun with this tool. I really recommend
you guys check it out if you haven't already. And if you're looking for a free alternative to this,
you can check out Canva Magic Edit. There's another free alternative to this,
and I'm going to do a full tutorial on it on my Studio Jen channel,
where I talk about only AI stuff. So make sure to subscribe to that by clicking on the link in the
description below as well. Thanks for watching you guys. And I'll see you in my next tutorial.