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Reaction Video Thumbnail Template

A bold YouTube thumbnail for challenge videos, experiments and vlogs. A creator with a big reaction is cut out with no background and placed on a bright blue canvas, with a huge headline, a tilted label and an arrow that leads the eye to their face.

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Opens your own copy in the Liena editor — the original stays untouched. Free with a Liena account; downloads on the free plan include a small watermark.

Format: YouTube thumbnail
Size: 1280 × 720 px (16:9)
Fonts: Archivo Black, Archivo
Colours
Editable layers: 8
Export: PNG, full resolution

Design details

Faces with big expressions get more clicks, so the cut-out takes a third of the frame. Archivo Black stays readable at the tiny sizes thumbnails are seen at, and yellow on blue is one of the strongest contrasts there is. The tilted label adds energy without extra clutter.

Best for

30-day challenges and experiments
Reaction and try-it videos
Vlog series with episode numbers
Before-and-after and transformation videos

How to customise it

Upload a reaction shot of yourself and remove the background.
Change the headline and the label to your video's hook.
Edit the episode number and series name.
Swap the blue for your channel colour.

Everything in this template is editable

This isn’t a flat image. The design opens as 8 separate layers you can select and change individually.

4 text layers

Double-click to rewrite. Change font (Archivo Black, Archivo by default), size, weight, line height, letter spacing, alignment, case, colour and shadow.

1 image

Replace with your own upload, then crop, zoom, pan, flip, round the corners and adjust brightness, contrast, saturation or blur.

2 shapes

Recolour fills with any hex or brand colour, change opacity and corner radius, or resize and rotate decorative elements.

1 icon

Recolour, resize or delete icons, and add new ones from the built-in Iconify icon search.

Layers & layout

Drag to move, resize from any handle, rotate, nudge with arrow keys, reorder or hide layers, duplicate and delete — with undo and redo.

Background & brand

Change the background colour or add a background image, and recolour any shape or text to match your style.

How to use this template

Click “Use this template”. If you’re new to Liena, create a free account first — you’ll come straight back to this design.
Edit the text, replace images and adjust colours. Changes save automatically every 30 seconds, or press Save at any time.
Export a PNG at 1280 × 720 px. Your design stays in your dashboard to edit again later.