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<v ->Something you'll often see on YouTube thumbnail images</v>
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is a split screen.
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Chris and I have both used this technique before,
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and you may wanna try it out yourself.
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As you can see in this example here,
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this is one of my old thumbnails
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that did pretty well for me.
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It was a comedy video and it included
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a funny telephone conversation
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that I wanted to showcase on the thumbnail.
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And the split screen is, of course, the go-to tool for that,
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and I split the two images with a hand-drawn looking line,
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but this is all just a matter of personal preference, okay?
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You can just as easily make a clean, straight line,
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but I just like imperfection sometimes
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because I find it works well for comedy.
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And I want people to be able to
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guess that my videos are comedy, you know,
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just by looking at the thumbnail.
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Again, this all depends on what type of video
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you're making your thumbnail for.
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If you're not doing comedy,
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and you're doing, I don't know,
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a beauty tutorial or a car review,
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then you may want to avoid imperfections.
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And Chris has a much more serious subject matter,
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so he tends to keep his lines
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more professional looking and clean,
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and that's probably the best choice
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for business-related videos.
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(laughs)
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Now, Chris and I don't use the split screens all the time,
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I personally just use them when I need to,
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but some YouTubers use this technique
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every time they upload,
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and it's part of their branding.
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So, we're just gonna show you how to do split screens,
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and what you do with this knowledge is entirely up to you.