How to Make a You Tube Watermark & upload it ?
If you run a You Tube channel then it is important to know how to make a You Tube watermark
and how to upload it
Hello, My name is Aekta
The first question is - What is a You Tube Watermark?
Let's understand this
If you pay attention to a You Tube video , often you will find the channel name or logo at the bottom
This is in the form of an image or text
This is called a watermark
Why do channels put a watermark ?
Why is it required ?
The first reason is branding
Creators want to create a unique identity for their channel
and by putting a watermark helps achieve this branding
Some people put annotations here and give a link to their channel or website
Let's make a watermark first
If you know PhotoShop you can make a watermark there
Even if you don't know PhotoShop you can learn how to make a watermark easily in the next few minutes
Let's learn how to make a You Tube Watermark
I will show you how to make a free watermark using 2 websites
The first website is FlamingText.com
The FlamingText website is open here
You have a no. of designs & effects available here
Let's make a watermark using this design
Click on the design
A new page opens
The same text as is entered in the box is displayed above
Let's type the text first
Let's type the name of our channel here
I typed Kya Kaise in the box & the same appears above as well
It has chosen a font size by default
You can increase or reduce the font size here
Don't increase the font size beyond this line or you may need to pay for the premium feature
Let's choose the font size as 129
The logo of Kya Kaise appears in the font size selected
It is important to note that we want the watermark to be square in shape
So let's move the word "Kaise" to the second line so that the text appears in 2 lines
You can click here and choose any font here
You will find a no. of different fonts on this site
I will choose the current font itself
Next Click on Logo
It is giving a few color options here
You can change the colors as well
I will choose the current colors itself
Next click on Shadow
This is switched on by default
You can choose to switch it off as well
I have switched it off
Next click on background
You have a few options in background
You can leave the background as transparent
In this the area behind the image will be absolutely clear
Or you can choose a color
and that color will appear in the background
You can add a pattern to the background
There are a no. of options available here
For now I will click on Cancel
The next option is gradient
If you click gradient, a gradient appears in the background
The last option is sunburst
If you choose sunburst the background of the logo appears like this
I will choose Transparent here since You Tube requires the background of the watermark to be transparent
Click on Next
Our logo is ready now
The dimensions of the logo are not square
They are 442 X 313 pixels
We will take this to a photo editing website and convert it into a square shape
First let's download the logo
Click on Download
Choose the folder & the file name to save the file
The .png file has been downloaded to our computer
Let's go to the other site - picmonkey.com
I have shown how to use this site in 2 previous videos as well
I will cover it again here
Click on "Edit for Free"
A new page opens up
Click on Canvas Color
The current canvas color is white
Let's check the box that says transparent canvas
The background is now transparent
Click on Apply
The background becomes transparent now
Next click on Crop
We need a square shape on the screen
Check the box to scale photo
Select the dimensions such as 240 X 240
You can choose any different dimension like 300 X 300 or any other square shape
This watermark should not be too large
so that it does not hide the video
& it should not be so small that it is not visible to anyone
In my view a size from 200 - 300 is ideal for this watermark
Click on Apply
So the square shape appears and the background is transparent
Click on the butterfly icon
The overlays will open
Let's put an overlay here
Click on the button " Your Own"
Let's upload the same file that we just created in Flaming Text just now
Select the file & click open
The logo appears in the square selection
The logo is appearing very small so let's enlarge it
We need to position the logo in the center so that it doesn't look awkward
So the distance from the top should be equal to the distance from the bottom
Our watermark is now ready
Click on Save
A new page opens up
Please note that you should not choose a .jpg file here
You need to choose a png format
Choose the filename & save the file to the computer
Our watermark is ready. Let's see how to upload it to You Tube
It's very easy to do this
Go to You Tube . I am already logged into You Tube
Click on Creator Studio on top
Click on Channel in Creator Studio
The various features of Channel open up
Click on Branding
Now we are in branding
If you have not previously added a watermark it will appear like this
Click on Add a watermark & upload the watermark
You need to pay attention to 2-3 things here
You Tube is telling you that you should not add a picture like this
You need to add an image that has a transparent background
It can be colored or it can be white as well
But it should be in a single color
If you use multiple colors it may not display properly
So make a logo in a single color & keep the background transparent
The 2nd important thing to note is that the recommended file format is .png or .gif
You will recall that I saved the file in a png format for this reason
You should not use any other format besides these 2 file formats
The last thing to note is that the file size should not exceed 1MB
If the file size exceeds 1 MB you will not be able to upload the watermark here
Click on Choose File
Select the file we just created & click open
The file appears here
Click on Save
The watermark we have uploaded will appear like this
If you want to make changes you can click on choose a new file and select a new watermark
Click on Save
It is notifying us that the watermark has been saved successfully
Our watermark will appear at the bottom like this
You have a few options here
The first option is Display Time
You can choose at which time you want to display the watermark
You can choose to display the watermark at the start or the end of the video or throughout the entire video
Let's choose Entire Video & click Update
The watermark will now appear throughout the entire video
You can create & put a watermark on your You Tube channel & give it a professional image
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