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How to Create Thumbnail

Thumbnail
Max File Size: 500 KB
File type: .jpg
Image Size: 1980 x 780px
Resolution: 72ppi

1.    Open Template

Screenshot of Adobe Express template

2.    Drag your image into template. Move image layer in between locked layer and color block layer. You may need to resize image to fit within template area.

Screenshot of Adobe Express template with image added

3.    Select color block. Go to Fill and use the Eyedropper tool to sample color from image.

Screenshot of Adobe Express template with Fill options displayed

4.    Select Download. You can download as jpg but if file is larger than 500KB you can download as png then export it to jpg adjusting the quality to be under 500KB.

Screenshot of Adobe Express template with Download options selected

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