Pro Thumbnail Design with Free Software GIMP
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Use GIMP to easily create trendy thumbnails for your UA-cam videos. Your subject will have a white outline and a glowing effect behind it. I see this sort of style being utilized quite often, and by really large UA-camrs. With this tutorial, you'll be able to use it as well, and without having to spend money on Adobe Photoshop.
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This tutorial is for GIMP version 2.8 and is intended to teach beginners how to use the software. GIMP is a great free alternative to Adobe Photoshop.
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in 15 minute ive learned more then five hours of gimp toturials
thanks man!!
bruh i see you commented on two different videos and I just noticed!
I've watched this video over 100 times. I've watched it until I memorized it. This is an absolute gem, and the value it creates, honestly I don't think is outdone anywhere on UA-cam.
Haha same. I think I've finally memorised it after many, many views 😃
I just want to say this. I watched this video at least 20 times every time I made a thumbnail for each of my youtube videos. Until I finally had it retained into my brain. Thank you for putting out such a clear and concise tutorial on how to make thumbnails. Now that I have these basics I would like to get into some more advanced things techniques. If you have a more advanced technique video LMK. Thanks again Nick!
Glad to hear that. There's hundreds of other GIMP tutorials on the channel if you want to check them out.
I’m editing my thumbnail while I’m watching this, you are the best! I am saving this video for future reference. Thank you 😊
Is it offline to use plz Answer
Its offline to use. @Awesome Days Gaming
One of the best Gimp tutorials I've seen, you really managed to portray it in a simple yet comprehensive way. Thanks man 👍
2 years later and you're still saving lives with this video!
This is GREAT! I'm just getting started with thumbnail design as well as with GIMP and you really break it down in an understandable fashion.
5 years later and this video still helps me out every time, thank you for creating such a helpful step by step video. I've used it tons of times!
I was struggling and getting so frustrated with trying to make thumbnails and blending images etc, thank you so so so much for this I made my first good looking thumbnail today. You are the best. Thank you Nick!
I cant stress enough how much you helped me with this.
Thanks a thousand times! :)
I was ready to pay someone to make thumbnails for me. So happy I found this!
BRO! YOU'RE LEGENDARY! I thought I knew all of the tips and tricks for gimp, but you just helped me SO MUCH. THANK YOU! Couldn't help, but subscribe. I know this video is old, but keep up the good work mate
LITERALLY ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS out there for editing thumbnails. God bless you, and thank you so much!
Trueeeeeeee
This video is an absolute god send, followed along the first time and then re-watched while creating my own thumbnail
Sometimes i do forget what I'm doing but I always come back here for help. Thank you so much for the guide
Thanks man!!! I have Been watching this video for a year now. I downloaded it on my device when youtube had 720p download option. It really helps me a lot and I like your accent very much its so audible and understandable.
Please make more tutorials on GIMP
Recently I had to download Gimp to make future thumbnails, and this video was very helpful in teaching me some of these techniques I needed to know. Thank you sir!
This is the best thumbnail tutorial I've come across. Even tho I'm hiring a VA to do these for me, I still want to learn a few techniques to do it myself. Thank you for sharing Nick. Great vid
This video is just gold. Thank you very much, I think it is one of the best introductions to Gimp 😊
I know this is an old video but i would just like to say thank you. You make me look like i know what i'm doing.
2 years later and the information is still super helpful on the current version! Thank you so much! I feel like this alone has amped up my thumbnail game. I am super excited to post my next video with my new and improved thumbnails! I am going to shout out your channel in my next video as well as a thank you even though my channel is tiny. Thank you thank you thank you!!!
It's 1am.... and I'm up learning from the master. Nick I can't thank you enough man. You should have ten million subs!!
This is awesome. Thanks for the no nonsense approach to thumbnails and GIMP. cheers dude!
Thanks Nick! Finally ditched Canvas for Gimp and found this vid instantly helpful.
me too
Nick, i know you already have a job, but i think people won't mind if you put an ad or two in your videos. You're my new hero and i'll watch those ads just so i can support you :)
Great tutorial man, i learned a lot about GIMP already.
I learned some GIMP basics using one of your other videos, but this one taught me A LOT more. I already subscribe to you, but this particular vid has been bookmarked so I can go back to it. Now it's time to go back and UPDATE my 50something thumbnails to make them POP a little better. This may take a little time! Hopefully better thumbnails will help with my click-through analytics. Thank you for this tutorial.
Just wanted to stop by and say thank you. I suck at design and this tutorial was really easy to follow and understand. Thank you very much!!
OMG!!!!! I use gimp 4 designing my programs and making the textures then program it in eclipes BUT using it 4 thumbnails never thought of that 😲😲😲😲
Really useful, in-depth tutorial!
I have a suggestion for a video: how to make a gif animated logo :D
you can use an editing software for this
@@AayushMishra14 ok but what software and how. Ofc it’s a software
Just downloaded Gimp and your tutorial is the first one i've watched. Great video, picked up some of the basics of Gimp and in a position to use it to make some thumbnails! Thanks.
jeez nick, youre the man! smartest gimp user on the net!
Thank you so much for this! I’ve started my youtube career and I needed a good tutorial on how to make thumbnails. Great job!
Nice! Hope it’s going well. I gave you a sub 👍
I usually don't comment on videos, but had to for this one! Hats off to you Nick! Amazing Video! Thank you so much!
This was a really really great tutorial. I will definitely use GIMP for my thumbnails. Great video.
This videoooo was like sweet lemonade on a summer day! So refreshing and exactly what I needed. Thanx you.
I have started to take UA-cam seriously and this video has helped greatly. Thank you!
Some of the very best videos on youtube! Thanks Nick
thanks brother, I had downloaded photoshop to do this, and I saw your video, downloaded gimp immediately and I did, and it worked perfect for me. Thank you!
I really wanted to do something creative during the lockdown so i opened this channel and i was just wondering how to make a thumbnail when this popped up,
THIS REALLY HELPED A LOT BRO
Thank you 10000!!
Yess! I’m just getting started on UA-cam and I recognize the importance of thumbnails. But most tutorials are for Photoshop. Thanks so much! Definitely saving this for future use.
Nick thanks for another great tutorial! You are sharing an incredible wealth of knowledge with those of us who don't have th money or inclination to do photoshop.
Thank you, glad to hear that. That's the exact position I was in when I first wanted to learn design back in 2009 - I couldn't afford Illustrator at the time, so I learned Inkscape. Glad that I'm able to pass along what I've learned and help contribute to the community in some way.
While I enjoy learning so much for free have you considered teaching on a paying platform such as skillshare? Your videos definitely have the quality and hearty content to qualify in my opinion.
one of the best editing tut. I have ever seen
I really appreciate this tutorial, I come back to it regularly!
Third time watching, everytime i forget something i come back
best review ever i was goona download photoshp and then i saw this and then i just tried and its just like photoshop
Very useful ...thanks ...you're the best tutorial master ever
A++ video. I like how you kept your thought patterns unedited within the video and explained the intricacies of what you were doing on the screen.
Thank you VERY MUCH!!! It helped me a lot for designing thumbnails for my channel: Facts From Data. Thanks again! Happy to be a part of your Channel.
thank you sir for guiding us on this topic and for
inspiring all the new creators on this platforn
THIS IS THE BEST HOW TO VIDEO EVER. THANK YOU!
Didnt know about this program but its up on the search results so yea thanks
HOLY SHIT I JUST MADE A THUMBNAIL!! THANKS YOU NICK!!! 😍
Absolutely brilliant tutorial. Massive help!
WOW!!!! Thank you so much! this took my thumbnail design to the next level and I learned so much!!! Thank you!!!!!!!
Still a fantastic tutorial in 2021. This video really helped me punch up my thumbnail game.
Brilliant. Needed thumbnail for my new UA-cam channel. I'm amazed how great these look. You're a fantastic teacher, thanks so much Nick!
SOOOOOOO GOOD. YOUD BE PROUD OF MY WORK, TEACHER
Finally a tutorial that explains everything and what they do. Thanks a lot Nick. Best tutorial ever.
You're a legend. I just learned a ton and got a thumbnail I can use in the process. Many thanks!
Glad I could help!
Bro I was looking for this exact type of video - thanks so much! You've got yourself a a like
DUUUUUUDE!! Thank you soooooo much for this video!!! My thumbnails were SSOOOO Trash before i found this video bro. I really cant thank you enough!!!
Using this video every time im making new thmubnails! You earned yourself a new sub!
Great video man, love how you explain keyboard shortcuts as you go
This looks a hell of a lot easier than MS Paint. Might use this next time.
Thank you Logos By Nick. I found the video highly informative and practical for what I am looking to do. Thanks again!
This tutorial is awesome. Well explained too. I paid for a course to give me a run down on using gimp for various tasks. Could have saved $ had I found this channel first. Really helpful! Thanks.
Thanks man was about to buy photo shop but you changed my mind
Thanks, I never Heard of Gimp until I saw this video. Now I'm going to do new thumbnails. Again thanks.
Great tutorial, very easy to follow along! Thanks!
This video is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! I had my first usable thumbnail going side by side on my other monitor. This taught an old dog a new trick. My only suggestion would be some sort of widget that makes your mouse easier to see. I had to repeat sections several times to see how you got to the next step, but having a pause button made your pace doable for this old guy. Subbed.
This was so helpful oh my gosh! Thank you for posting this! I have no graphic design experience and following along step by step has helped me so much! Thank you!!
Awesome video man super fast and to the point but really informative and easy to follow along! I made a super cool thumbnail of my own with these cool tricks and I can't wait to use it. Thanks man keep up awesome content!
You are my new Wikipedia!
Love!
Man Ur A Life Saver, I Can't Thank U Enough !!
Seriously one of the best gimp tutorials I've ever seen.... Great job bro!
This helped me so much! I really appreciate this!
Good information about making of thumbnails. Thanks for sharing this video. 👌💯
Great Video!! I will use these tricks to edit my next UA-cam video thumbnail! When I had access to the adobe suite I got used to the photoshop way of editing which feels so much easier than Gimp to me. But your tutorial helped me realize Gimp’s style, and how certain things that are pre-packaged effects like color overlays and drop shadows in photoshop, Gimp makes you manually do it by manipulating layers. Finally makes more sense to me now. Thank You!
I just want to say thank you so much. I started my youtube channel 5 years ago and eventually had to give up on it. Recently been trying to give it another go. My old thumbnails were brutal and basic. I'm not saying to check out channel as a pitch or publicity stunt. But thanks to your videos my day 1 (early april 2020) to even now (april 16th) have improved greatly.
Every time I create a new video I reference your thumbnail and text guides. If you ever do take a peek at my channel you will see the difference from my first video thumb to most recent. So again thank you for your explainations. Everything was so easy to follow and explaining why your clicking where and when made understanding gimp so easy, when originally even doing basic things seemed so complicated.
Nice work!
thanks Nick, now my videos will have thumbnails. This video is very helpful to me.
This video is of major value! Thanks!
Thanks for these tutorials nick ! Super helpful ... 👏🏽
THANKS! JUST MADE MY FIRST ONE USING YOUR TUTORIAL, AND I AM SUPER HAPPY WITH THE RESULT!
Your Skills and your Thumbnail are amazing 🎉❤
Thank you SO much for this awesome tutorial. Perfect pace... not too fast or slow. You're so good at this! I feel like I'm a gimp PRO now. LOL
Brilliant video Nick! Very helpful, thank you!
Best video I've seen so far. Thanks man
the single most useful tutorial !
Great job! You really make this easy to understand and apply.
Great stuff. Thank you for sharing. Nice, quick and easy.
Hi Nick. First I wanted to thank you for this tutorial. It helped me a lot in making thumbnails on my channel and if you look at it you will notice that the thumbnails in my recent videos are very similar to the thumbnail you made in this video.
This has been so helpful, even 2 years later.
Yeah
@@poggerssss my project is blurry how to fix that if you know?
@@mlgkokoska535 wdym
@@poggerssss when i make my project, everything is blurry. Text, background and stuff like that
@@mlgkokoska535 im not sure about this. Sorry maybe check your resolution?
So good and looks like it would only take 20-30 minutes. Really appreciate this. Two Thumbs Way Up!
Thank you for help mate, best Tutorial out here. Thanks for the confidence and tipps :)
Best GIMP tutorial on UA-cam.
The most useful video in UA-cam
Gimp is best.It's simple and free 😍. Ps is hard to me . Thanks for this tutorial 💖
Super helpful, definitely gave me some really good ideas! Such a good program, but it can get overwhelming lol.
Even though I had to pause this 100 times I finally figured it out! good work!
This is such a great tutorial! This, for sure, deserves more views; thank you for such a wonderful tutorial!