1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,980 Now, another little bonus tip that might help you, it isn't doesn't really apply to this thumbnail 2 00:00:04,980 --> 00:00:10,860 specifically because I've kind of spaced it out correctly, is that you can drag layers around to give 3 00:00:10,860 --> 00:00:12,720 them precedent on your timeline. 4 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:17,490 If, for example, you want to put something directly in front of the other red, then you just want 5 00:00:17,490 --> 00:00:19,460 to simply export your picture when you're done. 6 00:00:19,470 --> 00:00:19,650 Right. 7 00:00:19,650 --> 00:00:21,910 But this is the timeline to recap over here. 8 00:00:22,140 --> 00:00:27,570 So, for example, let's say I had something in the background over here and I wanted to maybe put myself 9 00:00:28,380 --> 00:00:32,340 over here in the corner or like down here right on the edge. 10 00:00:32,340 --> 00:00:37,740 I would just for example, if I wanted to drag myself and add precedent, then I could literally drag 11 00:00:37,740 --> 00:00:43,470 layer one, which is me, when I'm selected in front of the text, because obviously the top of the 12 00:00:43,470 --> 00:00:44,720 timeline takes precedent. 13 00:00:44,730 --> 00:00:44,980 Right. 14 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:49,680 So if I drag myself in front of that, then obviously I'm going to be in front of the text and vice 15 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:50,010 versa. 16 00:00:50,010 --> 00:00:50,200 Right. 17 00:00:50,250 --> 00:00:55,020 If I drag myself below made simple right here, then obviously I'm in front of the text, but not in 18 00:00:55,020 --> 00:00:56,360 front of the text background. 19 00:00:56,370 --> 00:00:58,800 OK, so you can use that to your advantage. 20 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:03,420 Obviously, I don't really want to do that when you drag this all the way down and move myself back 21 00:01:03,420 --> 00:01:08,640 over here, like right about here, because I think that that looks good. 22 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:10,500 But that's just another tool that you can use. 23 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:15,040 Always remember that you can drag your layers or whatever is over here in your timeline. 24 00:01:15,060 --> 00:01:19,050 This is just where it kind of collects all your different layers and different things that you have 25 00:01:19,050 --> 00:01:19,680 in your photo. 26 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,020 You can move them around so that they take precedent. 27 00:01:22,030 --> 00:01:26,230 Remember, top is in the front and bottom is in the back. 28 00:01:26,250 --> 00:01:29,570 OK, and then you want to simply export save your photo, right? 29 00:01:29,580 --> 00:01:30,540 So you're going to click file. 30 00:01:30,780 --> 00:01:31,850 You're going to save your photo. 31 00:01:32,070 --> 00:01:37,470 And what I always like to do, another little bonus tip is I'll save it as a jpeg and sometimes I'll 32 00:01:37,470 --> 00:01:39,450 save it as a file. 33 00:01:39,870 --> 00:01:42,330 Can be a little bit more space on your drive. 34 00:01:42,340 --> 00:01:43,170 So keep that in mind. 35 00:01:43,170 --> 00:01:44,790 So I'll just leave it as a JPEG right now. 36 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:50,540 But another little bonus tip that I like to kind of suggest to people is always see it as keywords right 37 00:01:50,550 --> 00:01:50,840 now. 38 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:56,250 This isn't going to relatively matter a lot on most things, but if you're on a course platform or if 39 00:01:56,250 --> 00:01:58,050 you're on like a search engine like YouTube. 40 00:01:58,050 --> 00:01:58,300 Right. 41 00:01:58,620 --> 00:02:07,020 I could save this as like a thumbnail picture or I could save this, as, you know, travel photography. 42 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:14,320 Made simple for new photographers. 43 00:02:16,450 --> 00:02:22,750 So now for something else, right, and because I'm saving it as that is going to give me a little bump 44 00:02:22,990 --> 00:02:26,170 compared to other videos that aren't doing this in their actual you know what? 45 00:02:26,170 --> 00:02:31,480 Their actual metadata is saved for their thumbnail, such as like a tip to keep that in mind. 46 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:33,250 And then you're simply going to hit save. 47 00:02:33,250 --> 00:02:37,650 And that little tip is literally going to take you about five extra seconds to type something out, 48 00:02:37,870 --> 00:02:42,490 but it could bring you a lot of extra evergreen traffic over the long term. 49 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,140 OK, so hit OK. 50 00:02:44,140 --> 00:02:48,460 And then you'll be able to see your picture in the final product in your actual downloads. 51 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:48,590 Right. 52 00:02:48,630 --> 00:02:49,390 So we click this. 53 00:02:49,660 --> 00:02:53,950 This is what the final product of our thumbnail looks like, OK. 54 00:02:53,980 --> 00:02:57,970 Now this clearly right here, because it was just kind of going through a quick example when I took 55 00:02:57,970 --> 00:03:02,760 a bunch, just as an example for this course, isn't the most like the thumbnails great? 56 00:03:02,820 --> 00:03:05,980 The the or the background of the thumbnail of the text is great. 57 00:03:06,100 --> 00:03:09,850 But this isn't like the most focused picture of me because I was taking it quickly. 58 00:03:09,970 --> 00:03:12,640 Obviously, you're going to want to spend a little bit more time. 59 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:16,810 I just trying to give you an example of how you could go about doing that, but that's pretty much how 60 00:03:16,810 --> 00:03:18,820 you're going to do it super, super quickly. 61 00:03:18,820 --> 00:03:22,270 It's a simple four step process that you can do literally. 62 00:03:22,700 --> 00:03:27,490 You can replicate it over and over again, but you can do this literally in like a minute or two once 63 00:03:27,490 --> 00:03:28,180 you get good at.