How do you set certain picture for your youtube vid?

Question

when you look at replated videos on the right of youtbe you see the name and theres a little pic, how do you choose what pic the video has

Answer 1

well it all depends on luck on a good THUMBNAIL, YouTube often Subtracts 0.50 or even 1 second off of your original video so hey!just add credits in the beginning and front and you'll be ok!

But if you do get all 3 bad thumbnails then just remove the video and maybe add an extra clip to your vid!

hope this helped!:]

Answer 2

its an automatic thing the pic is in the very middle of your vid so to choose a pic for your vid just when your making it split the vid in half a.k.a if its 6 mins long at 3:00 into your vid is the middle so you just slip a pic that you want in the middle and that will be the pic