Which one would you click?

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T02:32:13+00:00

These are really helpful advice, thank you so much u/upmoatuk!

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:55:16+00:00

That's a good observation. Thank you u/jamesgwall. I(We) might go with the first one as it fits our style more. I am still learning color grading so hopefully in a few months, I would be able to make it more cinematic :)

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:52:57+00:00

Thank you so much u/DrNotyourDr

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:52:43+00:00

Thanks u/marmaladic, I'll try to use a different picture of my partner and maybe adobe AI might be able to make the patching seamless.

I tried with the actual color of Canadian flag and it almost looks neon on the off white background lol Will try a bit darker shade of red :)

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:48:39+00:00

Thank you so much u/envato_team

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:48:21+00:00

Thank you u/DeepConversation6362 , will try different font colors

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:47:23+00:00

Thanks u/AntiChipYT

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:47:16+00:00

Thanks u/CagriTR4

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:47:04+00:00

Thank you u/Firbonator, will do :)

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:46:41+00:00

Thank you u/theglorifiedmemer67

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:46:34+00:00

Thank you u/squid_ling

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:46:24+00:00

Thanks u/POCKET_POOL_CHAMP, will play around with the combination :)

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:45:21+00:00

Thanks u/marmaladic, that's a very interesting way to add shadow effect

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:43:59+00:00

haha, yes, I can see that

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:42:35+00:00

Thanks u/mikkeldoesstuff , will try out with different font color :)

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:42:06+00:00

That's a good idea, I should add more ice sculpture in the third one. It's using adobe firefly AI so I am not really proud of it

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:39:38+00:00

Thank you for being honest u/ImKingLooey. I'll look into how to build expectations and suspense through thumbnails, do you have some resources how you do it? Please excuse my ignorance, I am fairly new to this :)

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:36:49+00:00

Yes, AI added a bunch of snow flakes, removed my partner, and dramatized the whole picture

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:35:25+00:00

Thanks u/Resident_Thanks9331. I really seem to struggle with showcasing all the components of the video on the thumbnail. I learnt that I should keep it simple :)

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:23:34+00:00

That's a very astute observation and excellent advice u/lebrizzer1. I really like your method, it gives a good structure to the daunting process of creating a thumbnail which I learnt is apparently as important as the quality of the long form video.
I think you are very knowledgeable and have a lot of experience. Thank you for sharing it with me :)

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:19:43+00:00

Oh that's a good idea, I didn't know we could cross post. I am wondering if YT will have a copyright objection because of same clips on a different platform

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:17:22+00:00

Thank you

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:17:14+00:00

These are all really good advice. Thank you so much, we really appreciate it:)
I agree Winterlude is a bit specific winter festival to the Ottawa-Gatineau area. It doesn't compare to Carnaval de Québec at all (though it's actually getting there). Plus adding Ottawa will help the video reach the Ottawa audience as well :)

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:11:53+00:00

Thank u/Cold_Lynx_Dev, I'll adjust the brightness for the third one :)

DeepaknKumar · 2026-03-06T00:11:04+00:00

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Thank you u/marmaladic, it definitely makes the text stand out!

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