YouTube intros
Five seconds that set up the video.
An intro has one job: tell the viewer what they are about to get, and get out of the way. The best ones are short, quiet and consistent, because their value is recognition rather than spectacle.
Landscape is the right frame here: the video will be watched on a laptop or a television, and the intro has to sit next to the rest of the edit without a jarring size change.
The shape of the video
Slide 1 — the title
The actual title of the video, or a shorter version of it. Animate it in and hold long enough to read twice.
Slide 2 — the promise
One line about what the viewer will know by the end. If the video is a tutorial, this is the outcome, not the topic.
Slide 3 — the mark
The channel name or logo on the brand background. Keep it under a second; it is a signature, not a title card.
Why it works
A saved brand profile means every intro in the series is identical in colour and logo without rebuilding it.
Because the intro is its own short project, it can be exported once and reused at the head of every video.
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