Make Video Thumbnail for YouTube Video

A nice looking thumbnails for your YouTube videos attract viewers and make it look more professional. My technical skills with visual is limited so I am using Canva to make a YouTube video thumbnail.

Buy before you design your thumbnail. You need to have Custom thumbnail enabled on YouTube by having a verified account. Here Sacramento SEO shares to to enable custom thumbnails

Here Video Influencers shares how to make YouTube video thumbnail
- custom thumbnail resolution of 1920 x 1080 px
- increase saturation and contrast to image
- also sharpen the image
- advises text to thumbnail; use shape and lay text over shape
- don't use many words
- there is a YouTube logo in Canva you can use

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