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Youtube Thumbnail Assignment

The document instructs the reader to research characteristics of successful YouTube thumbnails, choose a fictional video topic, and design a thumbnail for that topic in Photoshop that incorporates title, images, and other elements. It asks the reader to then explain how their thumbnail will be successful by referring to their research on YouTube thumbnail best practices. The overall goal is to teach the reader how to create an eye-catching YouTube thumbnail.

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Youtube Thumbnail Assignment

The document instructs the reader to research characteristics of successful YouTube thumbnails, choose a fictional video topic, and design a thumbnail for that topic in Photoshop that incorporates title, images, and other elements. It asks the reader to then explain how their thumbnail will be successful by referring to their research on YouTube thumbnail best practices. The overall goal is to teach the reader how to create an eye-catching YouTube thumbnail.

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What does Mr. V expect?

Read this whole document before starting. This will guard you from doing to much
or too little.

1. Research!
Do some digging on google and find answers to the questions below. Fill in the
fields in this document with your findings.
2. Examples!
Who are your favorite Vloggers and what kind of thumbnails do they have? Make
screenshots and paste them in this file.
3. Development!
You will choose your own video topic (you don’t have to make a video, just the
Thumbnail). For this fictional video you will design a photoshop document with a
few obligatory elements featured below.
4. Accountability!
Now that you have made your thumbnail, explain why it is good by using the
points you found in your research, or other examples.
Objective:
You will learn how to create an eye-catching YouTube thumbnail using Adobe Photoshop.

Task:

Answer these questions:


Place 3 screenshots of thumbnails of your favorite Youtube creator(s):

What are some noticeable aspects of these thumbnails? What are some specific
differences?
Noticeable aspects:

Specific differences:

Use Google for research:


What are some characteristics of a successful Youtube thumbnail? Find at least three, but
more is better!
1.
2.
3.

State the subject of your (fictional) Youtube video:

1. Open Adobe Photoshop and create a new document with the dimensions of
1280x720 pixels.
2. Use the tools in Photoshop, such as the text tool and shape tool, to create a design
for your thumbnail about your (fictional) video subject. Be sure to include the title of
your video and/or any relevant information that viewers might need.
3. Add any additional elements, such as images or graphics, to make your thumbnail
stand out.
4. Use the color balance and brightness/contrast tools to adjust the colors and lighting
to make your thumbnail look more visually appealing.
5. Save your thumbnail as a JPG or PNG file.

Post your JPG down here:


Write a few sentences about why your thumbnail will be successful and which techniques
you used to achieve this result:

Now save this word document file to your drive!

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