Thumbnail
Thumbnail
- Your thumbnail communicates a single idea/story
- Use original photos every time
- Title + thumbnail go hand in hand, play off of each other
- No more than six words
- Use good clickbait - give a reason to look at it
- Bend reality in the images - focus point
- Lead the eyes from one thing to another within the thumbnail - Arrow / Movement
- Portray a single moment, event or results, OR
- Portray a series of events
- Use before/after
- Blur out key objects to add mystery to the image
- Google API Thumbnail
- Utility for finding what your image means?