-: As Sasha mentioned, 2 2
please make sure to keep the camera running 3 3
after you finish shooting your video 4 4
because we wanna create a couple 5 5
of potential thumbnail images 6 6
that we can use when we make our thumbnails. 7 7
And I'll show you a couple of examples, 8 8
and please ignore the green paint on the ground here. 9 9
I did kind of a hack job painting my green screen here, 10 10
but don't worry about that 11 11
because we can edit all that out in post-production. 12 12
So, I usually do a couple of little poses, 13 13
and when you do it, you gotta stay perfectly still 14 14
for a sec and otherwise you get wavy fingers 15 15
in post-production. 16 16
So, I usually point this way. 17 17
Then I do this way. 18 18
Then I might do something like this, be careful. 19 19
Then I do confuse sometimes. 20 20
And then I do one or two serious ones 21 21
as well in case the topic is very serious. 22 22
And I usually smile a little bit 23 23
just to be a little bit welcoming, so to speak, 24 24
in all of my images, but if it's something that's serious, 25 25
you don't wanna smile. 26 26
So, I'll do something like this. 27 27
Or... 28 28
But usually I like to smile. 29 29
Okay, so the next step is I'm gonna show you 30 30
how to use Windows and Mac to actually play those videos 31 31
and take screen images that we can potentially use 32 32
when make our thumbnails. 33 33
Now we're gonna take an image of the screen 34 34
so that we can insert that image 35 35
directly into our thumbnail image. 36 36
I'm gonna kick it off with Windows. 37 37
If you're using a Mac, 38 38
please fast-forward to this point here in this video. 39 39
Thanks. 40 40
So, with Windows, as you know, 41 41
there's always a number of ways to do many things. 42 42
So, when you take a screen print, 43 43
I'm gonna show you the two easiest ways to do it. 44 44
So, first of all, let's fast-forward in the video 45 45
to a point where I was actually pointing, 46 46
which I think was around the 42nd mark. 47 47
And then we we're gonna hit pause. 48 48
And we gotta make sure that I'm not moving at all. 49 49
Okay. 50 50
So, here we go, and I click play, 51 51
and pause, good. 52 52
I'm now gonna hit the button called Print Screen, 53 53
which basically just copies the screen into the clipboard, 54 54
then you can paste it into almost any application, 55 55
and I'll show you how. 56 56
Print Screen, I just hit it. 57 57
Let's go over to PowerPoint for fun, 58 58
and let's right-click and select paste. 59 59
And you can see that the image is actually placed there. 60 60
Now, there's another way to do it, which I like better, 61 61
and it's using the Snipping Tool, 62 62
which ships with most versions of Windows. 63 63
So, let me go back here to the video. 64 64
I'll go back here to around 40 seconds. 65 65
I'm at 38. 66 66
I'm gonna wait and pause right there, boom. 67 67
Okay, great. 68 68
Then what I'm gonna do is go up here and select Split Right. 69 69
And then I'll select right here the Snipping Tool. 70 70
S-N-I-P-P-I-N-G. 71 71
There it is there. 72 72
I'll hit Enter to open it up, and then I'm gonna click New. 73 73
And I'm gonna draw over top here, 74 74
you can't see the outline, but it's working, 75 75
and once I click it again, there you go, 76 76
it took a snapshot of that. 77 77
Then what I can do is if I want to I can save that snip 78 78
as an image on my computer, or I can just actually go in 79 79
and hit here Copy and then paste it 80 80
into a program if I wanted to. 81 81
Okay, so that sums up how to do it on Windows. 82 82
Let's move on to Mac now. 83 83
Now, if you're using a Mac, 84 84
there's an easy way to take a screen print. 85 85
You just hit the Command + Shift 86 86
and the number four at the same time. 87 87
Again, that's Command + Shift + 4 at the same time. 88 88
Then you draw an outline of what you want the image to be. 89 89
Okay, so if I wanted that one, which would be 90 90
just a terrible image, (camera shuttering) 91 91
let me turn off the volume here, I could do that. 92 92
But let's fast-forward here directly to, 93 93
I think it was around 40 seconds, and then I'll hit pause. 94 94
Hold on. 95 95
Okay, right there, cool. 96 96
Click anywhere else you want 97 97
to get rid of the play button there, 98 98
then again, hit Command + Shift + 4, 99 99
and then I'm gonna click here, 100 100
and then it's going to take a picture. 101 101
So, that was automatically saved to my desktop. 102 102
Now, the more recent versions 103 103
of the operating system for Mac, 104 104
if you click in the corner here, 105 105
sometimes you're able to actually click here 106 106
to save the image in the Preview app 107 107
or to send it somewhere else 108 108
on your computer if you want to. 109 109
Then you can click Save 110 110
and send it somewhere else on your computer 111 111
instead of the default, which again, is on your desktop. 112 112
So, now we're done taking the screen prints of the video, 113 113
and then next step is 114 114
we're going to insert these screen prints 115 115
into the desktop software applications 116 116
that we're going to use to create the image 117 117
for our thumbnails.