It's been brought to my attention that a couple of my thumbnails likely contain A.I. generated imagery.
To be clear, I don't use A.I. to generate thumbnails. I create all my thumbnails myself.
Again: ****I do not generate images using A.I. tools****
I source images (almost exclusively transparent PNGs) from many different places, from DeviantArt, to Google Images, to Discord Servers, to Instagram. The images I use almost always come from official movie poster art, a still from a film, comic book art (my personal favorite) or something someone drew. If I can find an artist that has created an image I want to use, I ALWAYS contact them and ask them for permission.
(There is only one case I can think of where I didn't do that, and when that creator contacted me, I promptly removed their art, and uploaded a different thumbnail, and I'm sure some of you remember that event)
Anyway, I then take those PNGs that I've downloaded and I remix them and recolor them in Photoshop for use in my thumbnails. 99% of my thumbnails have been created this way, and the other 1% are images that already have backgrounds that I thought were cool.
Some of the images I downloaded may have been A.I. unbeknownst to me, as the person in the tweet below has let me know. So, I will be changing that thumbnail. If there are others I see, I'll change them as well, but fortunately, the vast majority of my thumbnails do not contain A.I. generated imagery.
I say "fortunately", but to tell the truth, I don't really have a strong opinion against A.I. images, but I don't want anyone believing I use A.I. for any part of my videos, including the thumbnails. I already get A.I. voice accusations, even though I've been on YouTube before A.I. existed. I pride myself on creating my videos from scratch, and I'll be damned if I let A.I. be a part of that creative process.
Th3Birdman
It's been brought to my attention that a couple of my thumbnails likely contain A.I. generated imagery.
To be clear, I don't use A.I. to generate thumbnails. I create all my thumbnails myself.
Again: ****I do not generate images using A.I. tools****
I source images (almost exclusively transparent PNGs) from many different places, from DeviantArt, to Google Images, to Discord Servers, to Instagram. The images I use almost always come from official movie poster art, a still from a film, comic book art (my personal favorite) or something someone drew. If I can find an artist that has created an image I want to use, I ALWAYS contact them and ask them for permission.
(There is only one case I can think of where I didn't do that, and when that creator contacted me, I promptly removed their art, and uploaded a different thumbnail, and I'm sure some of you remember that event)
Anyway, I then take those PNGs that I've downloaded and I remix them and recolor them in Photoshop for use in my thumbnails. 99% of my thumbnails have been created this way, and the other 1% are images that already have backgrounds that I thought were cool.
Some of the images I downloaded may have been A.I. unbeknownst to me, as the person in the tweet below has let me know. So, I will be changing that thumbnail. If there are others I see, I'll change them as well, but fortunately, the vast majority of my thumbnails do not contain A.I. generated imagery.
I say "fortunately", but to tell the truth, I don't really have a strong opinion against A.I. images, but I don't want anyone believing I use A.I. for any part of my videos, including the thumbnails. I already get A.I. voice accusations, even though I've been on YouTube before A.I. existed. I pride myself on creating my videos from scratch, and I'll be damned if I let A.I. be a part of that creative process.
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