User blog comment:MP999/How to Make a Thumbnail/@comment-27190018-20170203193246/@comment-27190018-20170204065250

Making one with backgrounds isn't much different from this; it's also how I make most of my Death Battle and DBX thumbnails. First is, obviously, to find a cool background, but don't spend too much time trying to find the perfect one if the characters are just going to cover most of it up. Make it's dimensions 14.29 x 25.4, the same as the template, and put it behind the template.

Second is to find a character render, where just like the template, it has a transparent background. Search for “XYZ Render” or “XYZ Png” (I used “Pharah png”) to help find what you need; you’ll see one if it has a white and grey checkered background on Google images. Be warned that less-popular characters seldom have these; you can make your own in paint/photoshop, but that’s beyond the skill of me and my restless hands.



Once you have it, put it into the tn as you would any other picture, in front of the background but behind the template.



Oh, and I don’t know if it’s the same for 2016; I’ve never tried anything past Windows 7 and Office 2007. If it ain’t broke...