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How To Create Custom YouTube Thumbnail Images For Non-Partners - Creator Tip #27

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How To Create Custom YouTube Thumbnail Images For Non Partners Creator Tip #27

The ability to upload a custom thumbnail image for your videos is a feature limited only to YouTube Partners. However, this little YouTube hack will show you how you can get your own custom thumbnail for your video even if you are not a partner. Be warned that this video is for informational purposes only. We do not endorse nor recommend any practice that may violate YouTube's Terms of Service. If YouTube bans your account for grey-hat practices like this, it's not our fault.

Custom YouTube Thumbnail Images For Non-Partners

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9T3MhCnDeQ" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9T3MhCnDeQ']);" rel="nofollow, external" target="_blank"><img class="nopin" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi//0.jpg" alt="How To Create Custom YouTube Thumbnail Images For Non Partners Creator Tip #27" title="0" /></a>

And here's our friend Ronnie's full video tutorial

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Npxtubc4c" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Npxtubc4c']);" rel="nofollow, external" target="_blank"><img class="nopin" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi//0.jpg" alt="How To Create Custom YouTube Thumbnail Images For Non Partners Creator Tip #27" title="0" /></a>

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Tim Schmoyer is the host of ReelSEO's Creator's Tip. He's also the Creative Strategist at Epipheo Studios (http://www.epipheo.com/). You can see some of his personal videos on his Family Vlog Channel and his Video Creators Channel. View All Posts By -

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100361750022323 Video Leads Online

    Thanks for helping spread the news on this great Trick. I've been 'sniffing' around for about 4 years to find something like this that really works! YouTube Thumbnails are a big deal, now we can all use 'em well.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1143406398 Rob Lamp

    Wow that's easy! Thanks for sharing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100361750022323 Video Leads Online

    We went through a bit of an issue right after we posted the how-to tutorial when YouTube changed the rules a bit, but we tweaked our tutorial and it is all working again as planned. Here is a proof video just uploaded on 3/4/12 showing the trick still works.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0efQOgy0CuU - or search for 'YouTube Thumbnail Trick 2012 Still Working'.

  • Greg Brand

    Nice thx for the "fix" but is YouTube not considering this option for all users in the future?

  • Ronnie Bincer

    Greg, not likely because many people abuse it by placing in Thumbnails that are unrealted to their video to simply increase the view counts.

  • Ronnie Bincer

    Thanks for posting the tip ReelSEO - Thumbnails for everyone ;-)

  • Greg Brand

    Nice thx for the "fix" but is YouTube not considering this option for all users in the future?

  • Ronnie Bincer

    Greg, not likely because many people abuse it by placing in Thumbnails that are unrealted to their video to simply increase the view counts.

  • Ronnie Bincer

    Thanks for posting the tip ReelSEO - Thumbnails for everyone ;-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/shaungeisert Shaun Geisert

    There's another way to do this using Javascript/CSS that requires less work (since you don't have edit the video): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11995529/youtube-overlay-image-div-autoplay-underneath

  • Brianna Quinn

    Doesn't work for me :(, when I trimmed the video on you tube it changed the thumbnail, am I doing something wrong?

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