Use AI to Create Podcast and Video Thumbnail Image Drafts

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Once you have a concept, it's time to prompt the AI (artificial intelligence) to create the image.

Be as specific as possible when you describe the scene you want. Tell the AI what people are doing and communicate any important details you want to appear in the image.

For example, instead of saying “man on a beach,” say “close-up of a man's head and shoulders, holding a tropical drink on a sunny beach, with palm trees in the background.”

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Mike Russell, founder of Music Radio Creative, recommends using AI image generators like Midjourney or DALL-E 3 because they will create realistic, high-quality images based on your descriptions.

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For instance, Mike created a thumbnail for a video about an AI tool that saudi arabia mobile numbers list brings together multiple AI chats. He imagined “a big superhero with a cape, wearing the logos of different AI chat platforms all around.” This creative concept would be challenging to photograph but is easily generated by AI.

Mike prefers Midjourney for its ability to create superior photorealistic and detailed images but says DALL-E 3 is easier to use as it's integrated with ChatGPT but notes, “DALL-E is very good at following a text-based prompt… So if you want something to look a specific way, DALL-E is probably going to do it a little bit better than Midjourney.”

Remember to keep your thumbnail in a 16:9 aspect ratio, the standard for YouTube. When using Midjourney, you can specify this using the “–ar 16:9” tag in your prompt. For example, your full prompt might look like this: “close-up of a man's head and shoulders, holding a tropical drink on a sunny beach, palm trees in the background –ar 16:9.”

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