When I upload videos to YouTube, a number of thumbnails are created for you to select from. Unfortunately, often the thumbnails don't highlight anything of particular interest in the video. For some time I've simply left the thumbnail as the default that was selected by YouTube. However, I thought there has to be a better way as I can't help thinking the thumbnail is an important bit of information that helps people to select a video.
Since most YouTube videos don't make much money if you're monetising them (I haven't currently reached that level), you really can't justify putting a lot of time into a thumbnail. Then the idea came to me. If I can watch the video and find the highlight, I can capture that highlight using the PrintScreen key, open Paint and paste the picture into Paint and save as a jpeg image. The saved image is perfect for YouTube and now you have a thumbnail you can upload that's much more interesting for viewers.
Kelvin Eldridge
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