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Changing video thumbnail on Adobe Stock?

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October 26, 2022
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How do I change the thumbnail on the videos I have uploaded on Adobe Stock? I am not sure how the video frame is chosen, but it isn't very good. I have attached a screenshot from my Adobe Stock account and have attached it. This is a video of flying over the Venice fishing pier and the beautiful blue of the Gulf of Mexico. This thumbnail is?

Correct answer Leo954

Seems like this has been a request for almost 10 years now and they STILL won't allow us to select our own thumbnails for videos. I just got off the phone with Adobe Contributor support for 35 minutes and the verdict is in....STILL NOT AN OPTION! It's a nice and EASY feature on the Shutterstock Contributor page, maybe they'll catch on.

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Seems like this has been a request for almost 10 years now and they STILL won't allow us to select our own thumbnails for videos. I just got off the phone with Adobe Contributor support for 35 minutes and the verdict is in....STILL NOT AN OPTION! It's a nice and EASY feature on the Shutterstock Contributor page, maybe they'll catch on.

Abambo

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Seems like this has been a request for almost 10 years now and they STILL won't allow us to select our own thumbnails for videos. I just got off the phone with Adobe Contributor support for 35 minutes and the verdict is in....STILL NOT AN OPTION! It's a nice and EASY feature on the Shutterstock Contributor page, maybe they'll catch on.

By @Leo954

No, it's still not an option. There are some features that the competitor sites are in advance since a long time. But, well, the payout here is better.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Abambo

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You can't! It's something on the contributor's wishlist for years.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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RonPaulkAuthor

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WTH! Why not? It seems Adobe would want to offer more than iStock not less🤔 🤔

Jill_C

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I suspect that if Stock BUYERS were requesting/demanding this feature, Adobe would pay more attention to it. We're just the suppliers; the money comes from the BUYERS!

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

Jill_C

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The Help page for video clips has the following info:

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/video-editing-dos-and-donts.html

Do: Be aware that your video's preview image will be automatically selected from a frame 5 seconds into the video

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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RonPaulkAuthor

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How can we plan on the 5th frame being a good representation of the video? There must be a way to allow us to choose the appropriate frame for the thumbnail. Who better the creator that captured the footage, cut it, graded it, uploaded it, titled it, and key worded it, or the random choice of the 5th frame? This makes no sense. Getty/iStock has a simple slider to pick the video frame. Is Adobe unable to provide this option?
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Jill_C

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The users in this forum are not Adobe employees, so we cannot answer the question. By the way, the Help page says a frame "5 seconds into the video", not the 5th frame. This is quite arbitrary. I know when I upload videos to YouTube, I ALWAYS make my own thumbnail.

It does seem like a reasonable request, so perhaps you can submit it to Adobe Stock expert Mat Hayward.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/9975260

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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