hi there I hope you're doing well 9 months ago I created a tutorial where I show you how to
create this kind of thumbnail and this is a second part of that because a lot
of people are complaining that I didn't explain everything and they have a really misconception
about that and they cannot follow the fast way so in this video I'm going to show you all of
the process step by step in a slow way so if you're interested how to create this kind of
highly attractive and also click but YouTube thumbnails for YouTube videos this video is
going to help you out so watch the video Until the End and I'm also going to something in the
end of the video that going to be help you out now let's jump into our desktop and just create
the thumbnail and show you all the process now first we're going to start with by editing our
photos as like uh other things I'm going to use a simple method that's going to be help you for
first select that image and take the selection tool any kind of selection tool it will be okay
then go to select and mask after going here I'm going to press on select the subject it
will going to automatically select the subject but some area need to be refined so I'm going to
take some time and using the brush tool I'm going to adjust that hair area and make it perfect as
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possible after making adjustment with the hair and everything okay I'm going to press okay and
you can see it's make a selection now you can see there's some area need to be refined so
that's why we going to select the mask then go to the filter others and minimum and you can see
it's remove the Hallows or edges over edges that have a black purse is removed the next step is
to reetou our model image as like other image there's a lot of spots over there so we need
to be refine that and also return everything to just make it perfect so that's why we're going to
use our spot hitting tool which is a very easy to use we're going to select and just remove all the
spots after removing the spot we're going to ret some using our brush tool which
is a very simple method we're going to create a blank layer then take the brush
tool we're going to reduce our opacity around 5 to 6% then PR by pressing alt
if you're using Mac you need to press option and select a part or a color then apply that
color all over the face area and just make it perfect and make a skin more
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smoother
The Next Step we're going to create a snapshot to do that we're going to press shift Control
Alt plus e then just make a duplicate layer by pressing crl J and after that invert the image
to do that press control I or you can go image adjustment and then change the blending mode into
Vivid light after that go to the filter others High Pass apply the high pass according to your
needs and see which is perfect for you and I'm going to hit okay again go to the filter blur and
take this time gussian blur now you can see it's make our skin more smoother and it just remove all
the things all the unnecessary spots now we're going to apply our smoothness only to the face
area to do that we're going to create a negative layer mask we're going to press alt and if you're
using Mac you need to press option and then create the mask and you can see is apply a negative layer
mask which is a black layer mask now take the brush tool be sure the forground color is white
and also opacity around 80 to 80 to 70% now apply the smoothness only to the F skin area where it's
visible after that for finalizing our editing we need to create another snapshot by pressing
shift Control Alt e and if you're using Mac as always shift command option e after that
convert that layer into smart object after collaborating with the camera filter now
you can see we're good to go and then go to the filter and Camera [Music]
filter now next step is to create a blank document for that one we're going to create
a full HD document as always I like to go with the document after creating the document we're
going to apply our background to do that I am using D store image is perfectly okay for me
to go with then we're going to apply a solid color in the [Music] background then we're
going to apply colors in the background and then we're going to make adjustment with the
level and everything and just create a color for the background and make it with a perfect
blending [Music] then we're going to introduce our model into the thumbnail and this case you
can use your image as I'm using my image you can use your own [Music] image the next step is to
apply our details or title into the thumbnail this case I'm using using a simple [Music]
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title and after that we're going to introduce our Slayer style which is called H text effect
I personally tell that I create we're going to create our text effect to do
that just double click on the layer and then it going to open our lay style and after that
we're going to apply a gradient overlay you can adjust that overlay by grading clicking
here and choose any kind of color as you [Music] like then we're going to apply
stroke and then we're going to introduce our drop shadow
and for final for our text effect we're going to introduce uh babelon emboss which is going
to be create this kind of text effect which is kind of really cool for me to watch and
I personally use all the time that b emboss and adjust it according to my needes and also my text
so it's very different for your images and your things you need to be experiment with the opacity
softness size and depth for every time so so just do all kind of experiment and see which is you are
just you like most for me I'm happy with that I'm going to hit okay after applying the text effect
next we're going to use some kind of particles it's called firef Flame I personally use that for
uh FL Fair which is I really like to use on our thumbnail which is give a more kind of elements
into the thumbnail which is really attractive to me so I'm going to adjust that and just make it a
little bit bigger and uh adjust perfectly with our thumbnails after adjusting the firl uh we're going
to introduce a motion blur which is I personally call the radial blur and then it uh its quality
is good enough an amount which would be around 5% is okay for me and then I'm going to hit okay
and now you can see it's kind of giving a motion is coming from just behind to the top and it's
looking very good for me and for final of our text effect we're going to test make a copy of
the text and then we're going to introduce some other uh typography over the side and I'm going
to I'm happy with [Music] that and now next I'm going to I'm not going to be follow the
same kind of color of our YouTube we're going to change that color into white version and just see
which is go which is really look good and as you can see in the bbx we can do a lot of experiment
and see which is good for our thumb text effect and which is good for our text so you can do all
kind of experiment with the Bon BS and just create that uh what I call say Dynamic look of our text
effect and now you can see after applying the text effect into the design part you can just
easily copy that layer Style by go press right button Mouse and you can see there's a copy option
and after that just paste the same text effect into our other text and just you can see it's
applying the same so it's very simple and also you need to be some experiment to uh get enough
that kind of text effect now after applying our text effect and apply all the things in
our uh design next we're going to introduce our YouTube logos and this we're going to place in
a different way and different things I'm using that one you can find it is it's a very easy way
to find you can find it on Google I'm just using a free version of this kind of 3D logo now take
your time and apply all the 3D logos around the thumbnail and let me show you the [Music]
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after applying the three logos of YouTube are you all over the thumbnails Next Step we're going to
introduce our motion blur to do that just go to the filter blur you can see that there is
a motion blur now motion blur is one of the most important things and I really use that
one for dynamic range because it's give a really dynamic range of our thumbnails if even if any
kind of element I'm using in the background and it's going to be give a really high quality look
and a dynamic look into our thumbnail so that's why I really use it a lot on my thumbnails so
you can use it and just give a dynamic look of any kind of element you are using in the [Music]
background and after creating our text effect applying elements in the background
and everything okay our final step is to apply that glowing highly glowing effect to do that
first we're going to create a blank layer then we're going to fill it with black color then
create a clipping mask and then again create a blank layer and again go to the adjustment
layer this time and take the gradiant map now you can see the gradiant map is a little
bit uh creating a color so we're going to just create a it's also clipping mask then click on
the gradient and then take the first side slider which is a really different color we're going to
introduce it as a white color and click on the middle this time choose a color in the middle
like yellowish color which is our like a orange color that you is going to be create that kind
of Highly glowing effect now take the brush tool and choose a white color opacity around like 100%
is okay and then apply that glowing into the background next next we're going to apply that
same glowing uh in the foreground of our model to do that select all these three layers gradient
map blank layer and also the black layers then take it into the foreground and then delete that
middle layer that we have apply that white color and then create another blank layer between that
green map and the black layer now this time take the brush tool decrease the size of that brush a
little bit smaller way then also decrease the opacity around 70 to 80% which is I personally
like to use then apply a color in the bottom or side edges area after applying that color
just you can use the smudge tool which is a very handy tool and we going to use this one to just
create that kind of glowing edges and also uh spread that glowing effect into the others area
so check your time apply the brush tool and also smudge tool it takes some time because it's is
going to be a really timec consuming one so you're going to need be take the time and use it [Music]
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now you can see we almostly done to creating our thumbnails and you apply that highly
glowing effect which is looks so good and it's already same process for my other stals that
have a lot of complaint that I didn't show and explain everything that what I did now
I think it's okay now select the first layer then press shift Control Alt e to create a
snapshot and then convert that layer into smart object and after that select all the
layers and create a group to organize all the layers in one and which is very handy for our
your feuture work then select the layer go to the filter camera filter and again as I
always say camera filter is a very different and also it's a very experimental tools that
you can use to get a highly color grade for your thumbnails it depends on you how
much you like how much you want to use the color on your thumbnail so it depends only
for you so just take your time and adjust all of the color using the camera [Music]
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thumbnail now as you can see that I just show you all the process how to create the
background also so create that glowing effect and also the most important a lot of people are
complaining that how just to create this kind of text effect so I just want to show you all
the process that what I actually follow even if I create thumbnails for my clients that I'm working
with I follow the same things and I just show you all the things in my video so I hope that
you like this video and learn something L if you did please be sure to subscribe and give
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