How To Make Youtube Thumbnails On Mac For Free GIMP Beginner Guide

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Learn how to make YouTube thumbnails for free on Mac using GIMP. In this beginner GIMP thumbnail design tutorial for Mac, I show you how to create a reusable thumbnail template, add text, outlines, glow, perspective effects, background removal, and export your image the right way for YouTube.

This tutorial is recorded on GIMP 2.10.38 for Mac, since I prefer the way drop shadows behave there, but the same core thumbnail ideas still apply to newer GIMP versions too.

In this video I cover:

how to download and install GIMP on Mac

how to make a 1920x1080 thumbnail template

how to add text, fonts, layers, borders, glow, and vignette

how to use perspective for angled screen mockups

how to remove image backgrounds

how to export your thumbnail as a smaller JPG for YouTube

Whether you’re making gaming thumbnails, tutorial thumbnails, or just want a free thumbnail maker on Mac, this is a solid place to start.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Which GIMP version to use
01:18 Download and install GIMP
02:10 Create a thumbnail template
02:30 Change the background color
03:07 Add center guides
03:55 Save your template
04:13 Start building the thumbnail
04:55 Scale and fit the background
06:32 Add logo and subject images
07:09 Add text
07:36 Change fonts
07:58 Understand layers
08:36 Opacity
08:43 Add outlines with drop shadow
09:26 Stroke Selection borders
10:51 Add glow and stronger shadows
11:45 Flip / Rotate Image
11:56 Use the Perspective tool
13:29 Remove image backgrounds
14:19 Add a vignette
15:28 Extra tools: blur and colors
16:03 Export for YouTube
16:22 Outro

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