YouTubeTip: HOW TO SELECT YOUR VIDEO'S THUMBNAIL

[PlayMoreNow]

well i wanna hide my thumbnail in the video how do i do that then

[RockOn1m1]

fucking scared THE SHIT out of me... 0:30, I'm using astro a40 headsets at max and I almost hit the ceiling with that beep

[TheBananaman380]

what the hell was the end?

[Snowwie88]

@TheBananaman380

Looked like a oval black hole

[JefteNintendoNerd]

What the fuck did I just watch?

[jenorahshow]

what the hell is this?

[mikeeownz]

What the fuck am I watching?

[MrAllAroundAwsome]

@justpodcast When you finish the program please let me know. I'd like to able to use it :)

[justapodcast]

yt's new algorithm is very complicated, i know because i've been studying and testing it a lot. right now, im working a program that lets people pick their thumbnail and get it selected more than 50% of the time on the first try, no matter the length of the video. any testing is good testing though . =)

[TheHealthyHair]

that clock scared the itt out of me!!!!!!

[Shamarocy]

i want the thumbnail to be the start of my video...can i do that??

[Morrnsta]

EAR RAPE

[Davin286]

you know that clock video is on windows computers

[ironmugg]

that clock JUMPED THE SHIT OUT OF ME

[willthecook]

wtf is with that clock

[Giradox]

Youtube really sucks.

[dowopper51]

I knew more before watching this.

[dannydavis94]

0:27 think you made that sound annoying enough?

[maxymyllyon]

im high... and that clock @ 30s was fucking JARRING... what a fucking annoying video?

[411liz]

Okay, that was just weird

[ShadowPond2]

Guys, if you wanna use your own thumbnail, just take the video timing (Try and make it as accurate as possible) and divide how long the video is (ex. 3:50) by 2. Then take the answer you get (1:75) Convert it into minutes (2:15) and put maybe a quick flash of the thumbnail there? That's what I'm doing. ;-;

[TeePeeProductions]

lol I love the waste of time at the end :)

[KingBowe88]

why does shit gotta be hard

[gavincstewart]

RayWilliamJohnson seems to have some ability to get good thumbnails. Just look at them. So many of them pertain to the actual content of the video. How does he do this? Is this just a huge coincidence, or is he getting unfair treatment from YouTube due to his popularity?

[petertheanimator]

@gavincstewart It is because he is a YouTube partner, they have the ability to select any frame or upload a picture. It doesn't seem fair, I know!

[XBestie12X]

@gavincstewart NO hes a youtube parnter.. and youtube partners can do that plus have the banner on top of their channel page

[pulsedrop]

Seriously, youtube, why can't you let us choose our thumbnails anymore. The thumbnail makes the video! I understand how people have misused the thumbnail feature by putting a picture of a hot girl on their dumb video. But come on, YouTube, seriously there are other ways around this.

If someone makes a misleading video, people will give it thumbs down. Why don't they stop putting the thumbs-downed videos as "featured videos". Put them at the bottom of search results and related videos.

[supershadow138]

thumbs up if you were looking through a ton of suckish vids and finally found this good one

[Pickle312]

ive looked at other peoples videos that have thumbnails but no where in the video can i ever see it... how do they do it?

[MrHosch9182]

bravo

[BongaFish]

Yeah, didn't work.

I'm pretty sure YouTube only allows certain people to upload or pick and choose any thumbnail. Either people who pay to sponsor their videos or YouTube partners.

[NTComputer86]

lol i found that stupid clock thing in my system32 folder or something lol

[Freakingpanda1]

It sucks that you can't just select a specific picture of the movie as your thumbnail. It should at least be the first picture of the movie that is the thumbnail. I edited in a picture in the start and in the end of my video because I wanted it as my thumbnail but then I can't select it?? WTF

[axel1973w]

OUTDATED a lot i guess

[loltrickedya]

but like on shanedawsons videos you cant even see the picture of is thubnail

[fistmeetsurface]

@loltrickedya Exactly what Im trying to figure out too.

[SuperNiamhy]

Bahaha the end is just great :)

[UpdownCourt09]

lol at all the random things at the end of the video :P

[flexbound]

The best thing YOUTUBE can do is put a refresh cycle to the 3 random images that it choses. By hiting this button it would refresh the 3 images and chose other random ones, until your satisfyied.

[SnorklinWithCudas]

@flexbound Yeah what the fuck , youtube could easily fix this.

[angwk17]

@flexbound how do you put a refresh cycle? I can't locate any button to refresh the 3 images.

[MakeupbyCait]

@angwk17 wow dumb

[TUTIIxFABULOUSxYAY]

@flexbound wait how do you refresh thumnails until you get satifyed?

[iGeekProductions]

@flexbound - Why make it so complicated and tedious? Just give us the option to set it ourselves.

[NinjaKid3000]

@flexbound genuis. you should email youtube

[supertom123]

Im a youtube partner, so I can upload any image I want for my video thumbnail :D

[clockwork84]

Why can't we just create/choose/upload our own thumbnails??

As simple as that.

[flukyessoman123]

because some people might upload a diffrent thumbnail lol

[mcln800]

@clockwork84 you can, if you're partner.

[TransformersRevange]

@clockwork84 Cuz there would be too much spam. It sucks already at the moment when i search for music videos and get thumbnails from the original song but only people talking shit in the video.

[NicMarshallTV]

@clockwork84 you have to be a youtube partner to creat your own

[samljer]

@clockwork84 abusers

[ChibiSims53]

thanks i was wondering how people do that

[Brix410]

no help at all

[Rjtaylor4]

i had my headphones turned up loud and the first beep made me jump lol

[MasterOfgms]

lolz0rz me too

[immabealy]

lol same here i like pissed my pants haha

[LinZee13]

i did that once...didn't work.

[powermercher]

how do you get the thumbnail to be a pic of any part of the vid say ur doin a rick roll and didnt want any1 to know its a rick roll how do you get it to the different image that cant be selected from the 3

[jazzzjackrabbit]

fucking annoyin pos

[peppeddu]

thanks!

[greentwinkle]

it did not work for me :(

[Newtbomb89]

Thank you. You were very helpful.

[Dopplereffektz]

I was wondering the same thing, and if this is the only way to get the right thumbnail(you have to mess up the whole movie for it ) it's the most stupid thing i've ever seen ...thanks anyway ...

[mickeydougal]

thanks, i was wondering how the thumbnail gets chosen...

[hentaiseeker]

Now that was silly! Beep beep beep beep...

[RubberBandMan9]

what the hell was that in the second half!

anyways, good job.

[espana35]

your mom