How to Add Custom Backgrounds to Your Thumbnails

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Layer Masks

This aim of this tutorial is to teach you how to use Layer Masks in GIMP. This is an incredible feature that lets you determine what parts of your image you want to have opaque and transparent. This will allow you to add custom backgrounds to your thumbnails to enhance their appearance and provide more information.

Download GIMP: https://gimp.org

Follow this tutorial using these pictures:

Thumbnail #1
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Thumbnaili #2
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Big shoutout to @raj808 for applying the previous tutorial to his thumbnail. Looks good man!
Thank you @shaidon @hauptmann and @old-guy-photos for leaving great comments on the last tutorial.
Thank you @vincy and @kenmelendez for encouraging me to start this tutorial series.