Changing Your Thumbnail

Here’s a quick little guide to changing your thumbnail on Incline:

1. Before you even start, make a thumbnail you like. Here’s a process I use to do that on my Mac:

•pause my original video file on the frame I want to use
•command-shift-4 gives you a little target cursor - drag-enclose over the paused video frame takes a screenshot
•add any text or other stuff in Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.
•OPTIONAL - import it into the Photos app on your map, hit EDIT and CROP, and choose 16x9 cropping, then drag back onto your desktop
•there’s your thumbnail pic, in the right format!

2. On the Edit Video page, click on the video you want to add the thumbnail to

3. In the Keyword blank, type a good name for your thumbnail (as in, use a good keyword - maybe the title of your post again)

4. Click on Choose File, and navigate to your new thumbnail, double click it

5. Click Change Thumbnail

6. You’re done!

Thumbnails can be important as attention-grabbers and first impressions, so make sure you don’t ignore them.

Next, watch our video on how to repurpose your videos - an amazing function that is unique to Incline.

Watch the rest of the series here:
1. What is Incline?
2. Incline - The Process
3. Keyword Research
4. Upload Video & Write Content
5. Headers & Tags
6. Links
7. Changing Your Thumbnail
8. Repurposing Your Video
9. How Often to Post

10. Embedding Your Video

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