How to add thumbnail on youtube | beginners tutorial 2021
Are you annoyed by the low-quality thumbnails YouTube has automatically generated for you?
Do you want to customise the thumbnails for your YouTube videos (or set them)?
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to do the following:
How to update the thumbnail for a video that has already been uploaded to YouTube.How to add a custom thumbnail to a YouTube video while it’s being uploaded.
How to Edit a Thumbnail on YouTube for a Previously Uploaded Video
By default, your YouTube account does not allow you to submit custom thumbnails. To get this feature, you must first enable the custom thumbnail option on your account.
Select Custom thumbnails from the drop-down menu.
The custom thumbnail option will not be available by default when you start your YouTube channel. You must first verify your YouTube account in order to use this feature.
To authenticate your YouTube account, follow these steps:
1.Create an account on YouTube.
2.On the upper right-hand side of the page, click on the profile photograph.
3.Select Creator Studio from the YouTube profile icon.
4.Option 4 of the creative studio Then, in the left-hand panel, select the channel tab. After that, you’ll see the opportunity to verify. Verify by clicking the button.
5.Select your nation, then choose whether to receive the verification code by phone or text, then input your phone number and submit.
6.YouTube channel verification code
Click submit after entering your verification code in the text box.
7.code of verification
You will receive a message stating that your account has been verified after verification.
Verified YouTube channel
You should now have access to the custom thumbnail option.
Setting a custom thumbnail for a published video is simple and only takes a few clicks once the feature is enabled.
1.Go to YouTube and sign in.
2.Select YouTube Studio(beta) from the dropdown menu by clicking on your profile symbol in the top right corner.
3.Beta of YouTube Studio. On the left side of the screen, click the ‘Videos’ tab, then click the title or thumbnail of the video you wish to modify the thumbnail for.
4. On the following screen, under the ‘Basic’ tab, there is a component titled ‘Thumbnail.’ Three auto-generated thumbnail options are available in this section, as well as a ‘Custom thumbnail’ button on the far left. To add your custom image, click this button.
5.In the thumbnail section , there is a custom thumbnail button. Select the file you want to use as a thumbnail and then click ‘Open.’ Make certain that it follows all of the technical guidelines. In the example below, the selected image has been optimised for the best YouTube thumbnail size, is under 2 MB, is in PNG format and follows the 16:9 aspect ratio.
6. Finally, in the top-right corner of the page, click the ‘SAVE’ button. The changes will be saved, and the thumbnail will be applied to your movie.
Save the custom thumbnail image from YouTube.
You’ll notice that the thumbnail is now visible when you visit your channel! Trying to figure out how to make a custom thumbnail for a video while it’s being published? Continue reading to find out how you can accomplish this.
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