As a workaround, the trick I've seen involves inserting the poster frame right smack in the middle of your video clip's timeline, so Youtube picks it up as the video thumbnail.
I'd love to see how others creatively workaround Youtube's mechanism. -- kevin :: cyberculturalist http://theory.isthereason.com Transmitted via iPhone On Feb 18, 2010, at 3:50 PM, Chad Boeninger <[email protected]> wrote: > That's one of the many reasons I still prefer Blip and Vimeo over > YouTube. > Both Blip and Vimeo allow you to upload a custom thumbnail, and > Vimeo even > gives you the option to choose a thumbnail from 12 clips. Maybe in > a future > version YouTube will allow more thumbnail options. Until then, > we're all > just caught in the moment with the goofiest looks on our faces.... > > --Chad > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:12 PM, taoofdavid65 <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> No. >> >> David >> http://www.youtube.com/davidhowellca >> >> >> --- In [email protected] <videoblogging >> %40yahoogroups.com>, >> "Vaidotas" <loretabir...@...> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I just did a video for a client and this video will be embedded >>> onto his >> website from Youtube. However, I don't like the thumbnail frames that >> Youtube chose. They are all with my clients face and either have >> his mouth >> half open or eyes closed. >>> Is there anyway that I can choose the thumbnail picture myself? I >>> tried >> to find how, but couldn't. >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Loreta >>> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Chad F. Boeninger > libraryvoice.com - blog > libraryvoice.com/videos - videoblog > twitter.com/cfboeninger > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
