I started YouTube as a "Call of Duty Trickshotter" uploading 5 second clips of some shots I hit offline. After that I made my "First Ever Vlog" which is now on 200+ views which is great... not really. I'm just a humble guy trying to create the most entertaining footage that I'M PROUD OF.
Thumbnails was the reason that I turned to GFX, when I first started YouTube I used a app called "PiZap" to create thumbnails and well let's just say... it's not quite photoshop. So I started designing thumbnails and then it took from there to AVI's, Banners etc.
software i use.
Photoshop CS6: Used for Designing Thumbnails, AVI's and the rest. Sony Vegas Pro 13: Used to Edit videos and create montages. Elgato HD: Used to record my game play footage.