Today I’m going to walk you through a quick tutorial on how to create free YouTube thumbnails using Canva. Canva is an amazing tool that allows you to easily create professional looking graphics for free. There’s also a premium version that gives you access to additional features.
- To get started, go to Canva.com and sign in. Sign up if you don’t already have an account.
- Click the purple Create a Design button in the top right corner and search for YouTube thumbnails in the search box.
- The Canva editing page will appear. You have the option to work from a template or create a thumbnail from scratch.
- If you choose a template, you can customize it any way you want. You can change the colors, photos, and text to meet your needs.
- Click on Photos from the left side menu to browse thousands of photos you can use.
- Elements allows you to add shapes, frames, and different design elements to your thumbnail to make it more interesting.
- The Text option allows you to choose from different fonts or font templates.
- Styles includes color layouts and fonts already paired and ready for you to use.
- The Background option allows you to change the color of the background or choose from premade backgrounds.
- Upload allows you to upload your own images to use in your designs.
- Once you have all the elements of your design, feel free to move those elements around and position them exactly where you want in the thumbnail.
I hope this tutorial on how to create free YouTube thumbnails using Canva was helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to leave those in the comments below.
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