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Making a good Youtube preview

High-quality YouTube video previews: how it will help your promotion on the site. If we go to YouTube Trends or see what videos are released by an arbitrary search query, we will notice that now (both multimillion-dollar and novice channels) have begun to pay more attention to previews for YouTube videos. This helps them stand out from other bloggers filming videos on similar topics. Video cover, thumbnail, preview and video icon - this already refers to the design of videos. These pictures will be visible in the list of your videos, in search results, etc.

Before you start creating an icon for your video, you should consider the requirements for it. From the technical points, only the resolution and aspect ratio should be noted: the first should be 1280 × 720 pixels or more, the second - 16: 9. It is allowed to upload pictures, the size of which does not exceed 2 megabytes. When creating a preview for YouTube in Photoshop, it is convenient to use PSD templates. With a ready-made template, it's easy to create covers in the same style, changing the text of the labels and the center image.