Course Critique

Image of Strawberry with text "How to Pick Fresh Strawberries"

About two weeks have passed since I last completed a project from: Photoshop for Entrepreneurs – Design 11 Practical Projects

Today I took on Section 2: Project 2 – Create a YouTube Thumbnail. The exercise was only 18 minutes long and once I had completed the example Strawberry excerise, I thought to myself “I could’ve just done this in paint?”. But then when I attempted my own Thumbnail, it was more difficult. Difficult to do anything more than simply add text onto a image.

Overview of the Section

This section basically covered.

  1. 1How to start a project?
  3. Key points here were to create something that was 1920 x 1080 so that the image is HD.

1. How to start a project

  • Key points here were to create something that was 1920 x 1080 so that the image is HD.

    • 2. Where to get an image

  • Key Get an image from your Video or Pixabay

    • 3. Add/Edit Text

  • Play with Font and Spacing

  • Play with Boxes Behind the text Font

    • 4. Save

  • Save your file as a Jpeg, ensuring it’s less than 2 Mb

    • Conclusion

    I hear that Thumbnail creation is really important for YouTube videos click-through. I was excited to give this project a go. Sometimes basic is good, this time I felt like this course was way too basic. I could’ve made this in paint. It would’ve been good to have been taught some more complex tools and design concepts.

    Rating 5/10 – It’s okay

    My unguided attempt (It sucks)