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Watch This Next

An end card sliding in with the next video’s thumbnail and title, the rail filling underneath.

Duration
3.2s
Frame
640 × 360
Export
MP4, GIF, MOV (alpha)
Resolution
Up to 4K

About the Watch This Next animation

The autoplay nudge you place yourself, sized for the corner of a 16:9 end screen. Use the real title of the video you are pointing at rather than a paraphrase: a viewer matches what they read here against what they see in the sidebar. The thumbnail slot takes the same image as the video it links to.

Where it fits

  • As the autoplay nudge you place yourself, in the corner of a 16:9 end screen.
  • At the end of a video, pointing at the one that follows.
  • In a series, always pointing at the next episode.

Filling it in

Use the real title of the video you are pointing at rather than a paraphrase, since a viewer matches what they read here against the sidebar. The thumbnail slot takes the same image as that video. The rail colour is the fill under the card.

Format and timing

Watch This Next is built at 640 × 360, a 16:9 landscape frame, the shape of a YouTube video, a stream layout and most editing timelines, and runs 3.2 seconds at 30 frames per second. It arrives in 1.1 seconds, holds for 1.1 and clears in 0.9, so cue it a beat before the moment it labels. Export it as an MP4 for a timeline or a feed, a GIF where video will not embed, or a MOV with an alpha channel to lay it over footage with nothing behind it. Renders go up to 4K, and the free plan exports at 720p with a watermark.

What you can edit

  • Headlinetext
  • Video titletext
  • Thumbnailimage
  • Rail colourcolor

Questions about Watch This Next

What size should the thumbnail be?

A 16:9 image, the same file you uploaded as the video's thumbnail. It is scaled into the slot, so 1280 by 720 is plenty.

Does it fit beside YouTube's own end-screen elements?

Yes, if you keep it to one corner. Place YouTube's tiles in the other corners and the two do not fight.

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