How to animate your Thumbnail - YouTube thumbnail tutorial with AI

Low click-through rate? Here's a cool new AI VFX trick that might boost your clicks!

In this YouTube thumbnail tutorial, I'll show you how to create eye-catching thumbnails using EbSynth, DaVinci Resolve and Photopea (all free tools).

Learn how to animate thumbnail with a cool glow effect, and a smooth fade-in, and enhance your images with image upscaling and background removal. I'll walk you through setting up your new project, adjusting the timeline and frame rate, and color grading - You can follow even if you're beginner!

We’ll dive into the Edit View in DaVinci Resolve, where I’ll show you how to manage the Media Pool, export your frames as PNGs, and make quick adjustments like normalizing audio and fine-tuning the brightness and contrast of your clips. If you're working with a free video editor or need help with key tools like the eraser tool, inner glow, and feather adjustments in Photopea / Photoshop, this is the tutorial for you!

The real secret sauce for this tutorial is Ebsynth! This cool AI software allows you to use a single keyframe and add the style to all other frames - watch the video to see how it's done.

Stay until the end for tips on adding 3D text and relighting your thumbnail to make them stand out, plus I'll cover how to prepare everything for the render queue so your final project is polished and professional. Don't forget to subscribe for more video editing tutorials!

Check my earlier videos for more Ebsynth tutorials!