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Post #1340769

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ZkinandBonez
Parent topic
YouTube/Vimeo/etc. finds for Original Trilogy making-ofs, documentaries, promos, etc.
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Date created
4-May-2020, 4:27 PM

BTW, if anyone’s been wondering where I get the pictures I add to my posts, I simply add the YouTube thumbnail. I figured it was easier than uploading something to imgur or a similar site, plus, as long as the video is up on YT so will the thumbnail. It’s also a good way to spot if a video has been deleted as the thumbnail will go blank.

Usually it’s as simple as right-clicking on the thumbnail and choose “open image in new tab”, copy the link, ![]( paste link ), etc. But a lot of the time it gives you a little gif instead due to the YT preview feature where it plays a second of the video. In those cases I add it to a playlist, make it the playlist thumbnail, and then I right click that image. It can be a tad convoluted, but it works. You can also do a Google image search for the video and pick out the thumbnail that way, but more often than not you get a pretty huge image.

I’ve added a link to this in the first post as part of the “Posting Guidelines”. Of course you can all add photos whichever way to prefer, I just figured I’d explain this (sometimes) simple and reliable solution.