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Designing YouTube thumbnails is essential for success, but it can be expensive and complex to manage. Thanks to modern technology, Adobe Express offers easy templates that are optimized for color, contrast, and call to action.

Adobe Express also has AI capabilities to generate templates and save brand kits. In addition, it provides highquality images and videos, even if you don't have many assets to choose from. It also includes collaboration features, commenting features, and templates optimized for each platform. The premium version is 9.99 a month.

PRO TIP: To increase clickthrough rates, use an index finger pointing at the key message or subject. You can add one using Generative Fill within Adobe Express

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00:00 Designing YouTube Thumbnails
01:08 Quick walkthrough of Adobe Express YouTube thumbnail templates


00:23 Adobe Express
00:44 Best Practices of YouTube Thumbnail Design
01:51 Text to Template (AI feature)
02:37 Editing a YouTube thumbnail template
03:08 Exploring Adobe Express's massive image and video library
04:10 Text to Image (AI feature)
05:16 How to build a brand kit inside Adobe Express
06:20 A simple trick to significantly improve your YouTube thumbnail clickthrough rate
07:30 How Adobe Express levels the playing field for creators and big corporations
07:45 Why Adobe Express's YouTube thumbnail works
08:34 Conclusion