I decided to make a thumbnail for the Dirty Harry video, this can act as a poster but will used when the video is uploaded to YouTube. Using a poster that was released to promote the film for reference I used a still from the finished video that matched the poster as much as possible. Since I was making a thumbnail I made the image landscape rather than portrait.
Firstly, I opened the image in Adobe Photoshop then removed the background of the image using the magic wand and eraser tool. I zoomed in lots to ensure the edges were smooth. Then I selected Josh to change it to black and white; I increased the contrast and saturation. I decided to leave the gun in colour and matching the text so that it was the same orange colour. I tried to pick a font that matched the poster as much as possible. In stead of including a name I wrote Nerf as the video is not about the person but the brand. Lastly I included the Ufilms logo in the top corner so that our branding was included too.
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