Been uploading Shorts for like a year and didn't know realize that you could change thumbnails later uploading by going into the UA-cam app (was going into the UA-cam Studio app and the feature wasn't available), just saw this trying to figure out how to change the thumbnail on my first over 60 second Short (just uploaded it a minutes ago lol), thanks for the tutorial it's much appreciated!
i genuinely want to thank you bro, most other people just dont know and sharing the ways to change the thumbnail when uploading and not after that, so yes THANKS ALOT!
Thank you so much I really appreciate this video you recorded. Also thank you for the added info about customising the thumbnail. Extremely helpful. Thank you :)
Thank you so much. I upload from my laptop, and this was an awesome video. UA-cam picked a terrible point of my video for the thumbnail and i was able to pick the best moment. Thank you so much
Thank you. I Managed to do this a few days ago, then promptly forgot by the time I went to change a thumbnail again tonight. Your video reminded me how to do it.
Thank you, thank, you, thank you! I have been searching everywhere online and you are the only one who came up with a solution. Your help is appreciated more than you can imagine!
You are very welcome. This is exactly why I made this video in the first place. To help people like you and myself too. I couldn't find anything helpful online either.
Awesome! Like you, I have spent hours going thru Google and YT videos trying to solve this! Thank you so much! you got my subscription for being helpful!
Thank you for making this video. I was trying to change it in UA-cam Studio on my phone and could not find it. I watched other videos and they didn't help. But you make it clear how to do it from the regular UA-cam app.
You'll also want to put the thumbnail frame at the END of your short. You could at the beginning, but you gotta get right to the point. Thank for this my friend. It's astonishing to me that: 1. You can't do this on desktop. 2. You can't upload a thumbnail proper. 3. You can't even use the UA-cam STUDIO app to do this on your phone. We all know that UA-cam's pushing shorts because of TikTok and Instagram's engagement due to the "doom-scrolling" effect of this content. In computers you can harvest more data when the subject is interacting with a lot of short-form content of differing topics/nature. Google/UA-cam have more developers and resources than any of their competition, and they've placed this feature out of reach of creators for a reason I cannot yet understand.
I really appreciate this video. It is the most in depth video on this subject. And although this technique didn't work for me, I'm sure it's just my old phone being dumb. Cause I did get as far as the "choosing the clip" step, but mine showed a blank screen. Like, I couldn't choose a specific frame, it was just a solid color. Has anyone else experienced that? I tried it like 5 times but it was always just a solid peach color. I'd choose a different frame, but it was always just a different shade of pink or peach. SUPER WEIRD!
That's really interesting. You are the only one who has voiced this specific issue. I would recommend waiting a little while after selecting a frame. Sometimes it takes awhile to load the preview. Longer than you'd think.
@@highpoweredhobby DUDE! Now it's doing it right! For some reason my phone was just being weird! We just had to be a little bit persistent!!! It might help to mention that you need the most updated version of the app! Mine was still being weird even tho I did that.
Haha. I did think about mentioning updating the app, but for most people, if their app wasn't up to date, it wouldn't even show the pencil icon, so I thought this was something different. I'm glad it's working now. Thanks for reaching out 👍
@highpoweredhobby Yes, before updating the app it didn't show the pencil. Then I updated the app and it was showing a blank pink or peach screen. Super weird. But now it works! Thanks for walking us through that! I appreciate you!
Unfortunately, when I do this I still don't get the little pencil on the thumbnail. But, I see you, and many others do so thanks for posting this. UPDATE: This works on my phone but not on my tablet.
Good video, your conclusion section is where it's at. You might want to consider keeping it simple and edit your video done to this section. 7:51 long video is a little run on. Just my thoughts, not a critic 👍
Haha, constructive criticism is always welcome. If I ever make a video like this again, I should probably script it or at least outline it. That would keep it more to the point. While I was recording, I would stop and go, "Oh, I forgot to mention that." It's funny to me that you call this a long video. Our channel is normally a magic gameplay channel, so this video is one of the shortest videos on the channel besides actual UA-cam shorts, of course. Haha, but I definitely hear you. Thanks for the support, much appreciated.
Thanks, the UA-cam one line comment could be a bit more helpful, to say use the "Player" app not the "Studio" app and also state that you can only choose a frame from those selected, not upload a new file.
I think why it worked is that you used a short that was uploaded as a video in the video section. You did not select a short from the short section - what about short in the short section?
It's the exact same. For whatever reason, my shorts show up in both the video section and the shorts section. 1) Open regular youtube app 2) Click on your account 3) Click your videos 4) Click shorts section 5) Find short you wish to edit 6) Click the 3 dots 7) Click edit 8) Click pencil icon on thumbnail 9) Select frame you want as a thumbnail 10) Click save Rinse and repeat 👍
Unfortunately, there is no way to upload a custom thumbnail after the fact. You have to select your thumbnail from a frame in your short. So if you want something specific, then you have to include it somewhere in your short.
I'm glad you got it to work. You are not the only one who has had a hard time on iPad or tablet. The app must be different somehow on them. But give updating the app a try. I think some one else said that worked for them.
I can't say for sure. A few others have had the same issue. Most of them apple users. Or trying on a tablet. For most of them, updating their app did the trick. If you're on an iPad, I'm definitely not sure.
Unfortunately, there is no way that I know of to upload a custom picture after the fact. The thumbnail you choose has to be included somewhere in your short. So all you would have to do is make a custom thumbnail and put it into your short during the editing process. I, and others, would recommend it at the end of your short, so it would be easy to select and doesn't get in the way of the content at the beginning. But it's completely up to you. I hope that helps.
Not really. For youtube shorts, I can kind of understand it. Shorts are very mobile focused, so they want you to use mobile apps to interact with them. It's just to be more like tiktok. But this is just a guess. I'm not an expert in these circles at all.
for some reason, the pencil icon does not appear on mine... I clicked on the video that I want to change the thumbnail> clicked edit> there is no pencil icon on my video to click on. Yes, I went on the YT app and all....any ideas why?
Oh, man. I'm not sure. If you followed my instructions, I don't know what it would be. Are you for sure using the regular youtube app and not youtube Studios? Maybe your app needs updating. It's hard to say without looking at it myself.
On my mobile app when I go to my shorts ....hit edit, I get the same screen you get ... EXCEPT THE PENCIL DOES NOT APPEAR OVER THE EXISTING THUMBNAIL.... did not work for me . Maybe the short has to have so many views to have this option? Others ...have you had the same result?
I would never call you an idiot. I am an android user, so maybe that could be a thing. Surely, someone else in this comment section is also an apple user. If it doesn't work on iPhone, I would be really surprised.
Been uploading Shorts for like a year and didn't know realize that you could change thumbnails later uploading by going into the UA-cam app (was going into the UA-cam Studio app and the feature wasn't available), just saw this trying to figure out how to change the thumbnail on my first over 60 second Short (just uploaded it a minutes ago lol), thanks for the tutorial it's much appreciated!
You're welcome. Just happy to help.
Oh my - thank you - I have spent hours trying to work out how to do this - no help anywhere - you are a god send !!! THANKS
Oh wow. That's high praise. Thank you so much. I'm just glad I could help.
Yes, me too.
Thank You sir for a very informative, clear and concise video. Well done.
You are welcome. And thank you for the kind words.
i genuinely want to thank you bro, most other people just dont know and sharing the ways to change the thumbnail when uploading and not after that, so yes THANKS ALOT!
You're very welcome! I appreciate the shout-out, thank you.
Big help my friend, you actually helped me out a lot with this, so basic, yet so complex. :) Appreciate it!
You're welcome. Yeah, they made it way harder than it needed to be.
This was a genuine help! You have all these top video making channels and no one tells you this. Thanks again.
You're welcome 😊 yeah I know it's bizarre. For some reason, no one knows about this.
Thank you so much I really appreciate this video you recorded. Also thank you for the added info about customising the thumbnail. Extremely helpful. Thank you :)
You are very welcome! I'm glad I could help.
Thank you so much. I upload from my laptop, and this was an awesome video. UA-cam picked a terrible point of my video for the thumbnail and i was able to pick the best moment. Thank you so much
You are very welcome. I'm glad I was able to help.
Thank you. I Managed to do this a few days ago, then promptly forgot by the time I went to change a thumbnail again tonight. Your video reminded me how to do it.
Yeah. UA-cam just had to put it in the most counter intuitive place possible. Glad I could help 👍
Thank you, thank, you, thank you! I have been searching everywhere online and you are the only one who came up with a solution. Your help is appreciated more than you can imagine!
You are very welcome. This is exactly why I made this video in the first place. To help people like you and myself too. I couldn't find anything helpful online either.
@@highpoweredhobby 😃
Awesome! Like you, I have spent hours going thru Google and YT videos trying to solve this! Thank you so much! you got my subscription for being helpful!
Thank you so much. That's very kind.
Thank you , your video was much help blessings 🙌🙏
You're welcome. Blessings to you as well 🙏
You are the best my friend. Ypu helped me a lot
You are welcome. And Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you so much! Everyone says it's impossible but you found the way. Tks so much
@SomeTimeintheGarden no problem. It truly is crazy how many videos out there that says you can't
Thank you for taking the time out of your day to make this very helpful video. Most would have figured it out and gone on with their day.
You are very welcome. And thank you for the acknowledgment. I was happy to do it.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO DO THIS!!
You're welcome. I'm glad I could help 😀
Thank you so much! This was very helpful! Much appreciated.
You are very welcome.
youre a life saver bro thank you so much 🙏🏿🙏🏿
You are very welcome
Thank you!
No problem!
the same happened to me, was very frustrated but today i learned this, thanks
You're welcome. Glad to be of service.
Wonderful! I finally changed it. Thanks!
You're welcome
Thank you for making this video! It was super helpful.
You're welcome. I'm glad it was useful :)
Thank you for making this video. I was trying to change it in UA-cam Studio on my phone and could not find it. I watched other videos and they didn't help. But you make it clear how to do it from the regular UA-cam app.
You are welcome.Trust me, I was in the exact same spot. That's what made me want to make the video. Happy creating 👍
Thank youu soo much !!!! I tried in different ways ...I gave up badly when I stopped looking for a solution I found this video 😂
You're welcome!
HUGE THANKS
You are very welcome.
You'll also want to put the thumbnail frame at the END of your short. You could at the beginning, but you gotta get right to the point.
Thank for this my friend.
It's astonishing to me that: 1. You can't do this on desktop. 2. You can't upload a thumbnail proper. 3. You can't even use the UA-cam STUDIO app to do this on your phone.
We all know that UA-cam's pushing shorts because of TikTok and Instagram's engagement due to the "doom-scrolling" effect of this content. In computers you can harvest more data when the subject is interacting with a lot of short-form content of differing topics/nature.
Google/UA-cam have more developers and resources than any of their competition, and they've placed this feature out of reach of creators for a reason I cannot yet understand.
I completely understand the frustration. That's what led me to making this video in the first place.
Bro YES, you're a freakin savage! THANK YOU FOR THE HELP!!!
Haha. Thanks man. And you're welcome 🤙
Thanks mate, best video for shorts to change thumbnails, others are nonsense
You're welcome. I'm glad I could help
you are just wonderful your video is of great help...Thank you
You are welcome! 😄
Thank you! I watched so many videos that said I was too late!
You're welcome. I was literally in the same spot before I figured this out.
This was a Big help been trying to figure this out for weeks. THANKS!!
Wow, weeks? I'm glad I could help.
I really appreciate this video. It is the most in depth video on this subject. And although this technique didn't work for me, I'm sure it's just my old phone being dumb. Cause I did get as far as the "choosing the clip" step, but mine showed a blank screen. Like, I couldn't choose a specific frame, it was just a solid color. Has anyone else experienced that? I tried it like 5 times but it was always just a solid peach color. I'd choose a different frame, but it was always just a different shade of pink or peach. SUPER WEIRD!
That's really interesting. You are the only one who has voiced this specific issue. I would recommend waiting a little while after selecting a frame. Sometimes it takes awhile to load the preview. Longer than you'd think.
@@highpoweredhobby DUDE! Now it's doing it right! For some reason my phone was just being weird! We just had to be a little bit persistent!!! It might help to mention that you need the most updated version of the app! Mine was still being weird even tho I did that.
Haha. I did think about mentioning updating the app, but for most people, if their app wasn't up to date, it wouldn't even show the pencil icon, so I thought this was something different. I'm glad it's working now. Thanks for reaching out 👍
@highpoweredhobby Yes, before updating the app it didn't show the pencil. Then I updated the app and it was showing a blank pink or peach screen. Super weird. But now it works! Thanks for walking us through that! I appreciate you!
Thanks for the wonderful video. It helped me.
You're welcome!
Very helpful, thanks!
You are welcome. Happy to help.
Unfortunately, when I do this I still don't get the little pencil on the thumbnail. But, I see you, and many others do so thanks for posting this.
UPDATE: This works on my phone but not on my tablet.
Awesome. Thanks for the update. That will help me help others. I see you too. I appreciate the support.
it was the same for me. you have to update your youtube app to the newest version
Did it work for your tablet after updating the app?
@@highpoweredhobby No, it didn't. The app was already updated on the tablet.
So much appreciated! Thank you 🙏
You are very welcome 😀
I was looking for the correct App to use also, thanks for explaining how to select the thumbnail. Thanks
You're welcome. Yeah, it's just the regular youtube app. It's really strange.
thank you so much for this information, it helped me alot
You are very welcome!
Thank you so much!!!! You saved my life!
Haha. I don't know about that, but thank you, and you're welcome 😊
@ UA-cam always managed to give me the worst thumbnail ever on my shorts but now I’ve went through every single one and changed it!
That's awesome
you're the man !!
Haha thank you. Glad I could help
Thx for this Video :) It certainly helped me
You're welcome. I'm glad I could help.
Good video, your conclusion section is where it's at. You might want to consider keeping it simple and edit your video done to this section. 7:51 long video is a little run on. Just my thoughts, not a critic 👍
Haha, constructive criticism is always welcome. If I ever make a video like this again, I should probably script it or at least outline it. That would keep it more to the point. While I was recording, I would stop and go, "Oh, I forgot to mention that."
It's funny to me that you call this a long video. Our channel is normally a magic gameplay channel, so this video is one of the shortest videos on the channel besides actual UA-cam shorts, of course. Haha, but I definitely hear you. Thanks for the support, much appreciated.
You Are The Best. Thank You!
I'm glad I could help
Super helpful! Thanks!
You are very welcome. I'm glad I could help.
I already knew this but I was hoping I could change my thumbnail that I’d made (not from my video) but great video for those who didn’t know 👍
Thanks, yeah, it would be cool to upload a custom thumbnail just like you can for regular videos, but as far as I know you cannot
Thank you for this! Subscribed.
You're welcome, and thanks so much for the support :)
Thank you!!
No problem. Happy to help 👍
OMG, it works! Thank you.
You're welcome
Subscribed! I wish I could give you more likes!!!
Thank you for the support. I really appreciate it 😃
Thanks so much. Thanks for sharing.
No problem. I'm glad I could help.
Appreciate that👍
No problem. Just here to help :)
Thank you sooo much ..I did it ..I was about to delete my whole video..
That's wonderful to hear. I'm glad I could help.
Thank you.. took me just as long.. until I found you.. 😅🌈🎨
I'm glad I was able to help 😀
thank you so much, bro!
You are very welcome
OMG you are the Man ! Thanks a mil
Haha. No problem :)
Thanks man!
Happy to help!
Thank you so much, it is going to be a game changer i think!
No problem. And I hope it is :)
Frustrating & Ridiculous, thank you man. Much love! 💪
You're welcome!
Thanks 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
You are very welcome
Thanks for sharing this! Funny, isn't it? How one word makes the difference? As in UA-cam APP, not STUDIO! Thanks again.
You're welcome. Yeah, it's funny for sure.
@@highpoweredhobby Thanks again. I was able to change all of my thumbnails on my four UA-cam Shorts. Much better presentation!
Thanks So Much!!
You are welcome. Happy creating 👍
Thanks, the UA-cam one line comment could be a bit more helpful, to say use the "Player" app not the "Studio" app and also state that you can only choose a frame from those selected, not upload a new file.
You're welcome. And that's a good observation. I totally agree.
You save me, thanks!
You're welcome!
I think why it worked is that you used a short that was uploaded as a video in the video section. You did not select a short from the short section - what about short in the short section?
It's the exact same. For whatever reason, my shorts show up in both the video section and the shorts section.
1) Open regular youtube app
2) Click on your account
3) Click your videos
4) Click shorts section
5) Find short you wish to edit
6) Click the 3 dots
7) Click edit
8) Click pencil icon on thumbnail
9) Select frame you want as a thumbnail
10) Click save
Rinse and repeat
👍
Thank you! Works on Android Galaxy s23
@OceanLlamaMedia you're welcome. My phone is kind of old it's an Android A32
merci beaucoup 🙏
Pas de quoi! 😀
Thank you
You're welcome
thanks mate!
You're welcome!
Thank you bro, I did a miracle!!!!!!!
Glad I could help
what if we don't want to choose from a frame?
Unfortunately, there is no way to upload a custom thumbnail after the fact. You have to select your thumbnail from a frame in your short. So if you want something specific, then you have to include it somewhere in your short.
dude, thank you!
liked and subbed just to say thanks again.
You are very welcome. And thank you so much for the support ❤️ 🙏
Thank you so much. I spent all the day to find how to do this 😂😂😂.
I feel your pain. I'm glad I could help :)
W tutorial!
Thanks
THANK YOU!!!!
YOU ARE WELCOME! 🤣
Thanks a lot.
You're welcam. Haha
@@highpoweredhobby sorry bro, typing mistake.
Haha, I figured. No need to apologize. It happens to us all. Have a happy Thanksgiving!
@@highpoweredhobby Thank you so much!
It works on my iPhone but not my ipad…but at least i got it to work…thank you
I'm glad you got it to work. You are not the only one who has had a hard time on iPad or tablet. The app must be different somehow on them. But give updating the app a try. I think some one else said that worked for them.
Thank you very much my good sir
You are of great help
You're welcome. I'm glad I could help.
I’m not seeing a pencil icon in the app so I can’t update my thumbnails. Any idea why?
I can't say for sure. A few others have had the same issue. Most of them apple users. Or trying on a tablet. For most of them, updating their app did the trick. If you're on an iPad, I'm definitely not sure.
@ app upgrade did the trick. Thanks!
@MIGolfLive awesome!
I don't get the pencil icon???
Are you using an iPhone or iPad? Some people are having a problem with that.
It happened to me too. Then, I tried updating my UA-cam app, and it actually worked! Thanks for this tutorial-I'm a new subscriber!
Awesome. Thank you for the support 🙏
@@highpoweredhobby You're welcome. Keep it up! Thanks
@@S-Channel28 Thank you
for me, the stencil is not getting displayed.. any help?
Make sure your youtube app is up to date and try again. That's worked for others
wtf this actually worked
Yeah, of all the places to put this. The regular youtube app. Really?
Hi, Thanks, but does not work for me. I live in Canada, maybe thats it! Google was not helpful either lol.
Try updating your youtube app. That's worked for others. Also, it only seems to work on phones, not tablets. But it should be good apple or android.
@@highpoweredhobby Thanx, I will give that a try! Cheers :)
thank u
You're welcome!
but how to upload a custom picture?
Unfortunately, there is no way that I know of to upload a custom picture after the fact. The thumbnail you choose has to be included somewhere in your short. So all you would have to do is make a custom thumbnail and put it into your short during the editing process. I, and others, would recommend it at the end of your short, so it would be easy to select and doesn't get in the way of the content at the beginning. But it's completely up to you.
I hope that helps.
@@highpoweredhobby ah got it. Any idea why Google pushes us to edit via apps only?
Not really. For youtube shorts, I can kind of understand it. Shorts are very mobile focused, so they want you to use mobile apps to interact with them. It's just to be more like tiktok. But this is just a guess. I'm not an expert in these circles at all.
for some reason, the pencil icon does not appear on mine...
I clicked on the video that I want to change the thumbnail> clicked edit> there is no pencil icon on my video to click on.
Yes, I went on the YT app and all....any ideas why?
Oh, man. I'm not sure. If you followed my instructions, I don't know what it would be. Are you for sure using the regular youtube app and not youtube Studios? Maybe your app needs updating.
It's hard to say without looking at it myself.
On my mobile app when I go to my shorts ....hit edit, I get the same screen you get ... EXCEPT THE PENCIL DOES NOT APPEAR OVER THE EXISTING THUMBNAIL.... did not work for me . Maybe the short has to have so many views to have this option? Others ...have you had the same result?
best ever
I know you are, but what am I?
LOL. Glad I could help.
OK, I must be an idiot because I have tried on my iPad and my iPhone. Is this only available for Androids? 😭
I would never call you an idiot. I am an android user, so maybe that could be a thing. Surely, someone else in this comment section is also an apple user. If it doesn't work on iPhone, I would be really surprised.
why my little pencil does not exist, please help
Updating your youtube app seems to be working for others.
Thank you
You're welcome :)