Wondering how to add a watermark to a YouTube video and how to create a YouTube watermark?
In this YouTube branding watermark tutorial, you'll learn how to add a subscribe button
on a video, namely a YouTube watermark subscribe button.
So let's get right into this how to create a YouTube branding watermark video which includes
a YouTube branding watermark template.
Before you can add a watermark to your YouTube video, you need to create your YouTube watermark.
The best place to create a YouTube watermark is on Canva, which you can try out for free
by clicking on the link in the description box below.
According to the guidelines on the YouTube help page, your YouTube video watermark must
meet the following criteria: it should be a minimum of 150 by 150 pixels, and be a square
image less than 1 MB in size.
To create a YouTube watermark that meets those criteria in Canva, log in to your Canva account
and then click on the 'create a design' button on the top, right-hand side.
Click on 'custom size' on the bottom, left-hand side.
Type in 150 for both the width and the height, make sure that 'pixels' is selected from the
dropdown menu on the right, and then click on the 'create new design' button at the bottom.
People usually add either their profile picture or a YouTube subscribe icon as their YouTube
watermark.
I personally have mine set to a YouTube subscribe icon, but let me show you how to create a
YouTube watermark using both options.
To create a YouTube watermark with your profile picture, click on 'uploads' from the left-hand
side panel and either search for an upload you've already added to Canva of your profile
picture, or click on 'upload media' to locate and open a profile picture from your files.
Once you've located your profile picture, drag and drop it onto your YouTube watermark
design.
I'm now going to click on 'add page' on the top right-hand side to show you how to create
a YouTube watermark with a YouTube subscribe icon.
This time, click on 'elements' from the left-hand side panel, click on the search bar, and search
for 'youtube subscribe'.
Once you've located a YouTube subscribe icon you enjoy, click on it to add it to your YouTube
watermark design.
Resize and reposition it so that it's centered and occupies most of the space on your YouTube
watermark design.
If you wish, click on the color picker up top, and make the background the same red
color as the YouTube subscribe icon that you added.
If you don't do that, you'll need to save the YouTube watermark design as a PNG in order
for this white background to be transparent, which is a Canva Pro exclusive feature.
If you wish, you can try Canva Pro out for free by clicking on the link in the description
box below.
Once you're done creating your YouTube watermark, rename your design up top, and then click
on the download button on the top, right-hand side.
Select as the file type either PNG high quality image or JPG small file size image, I'm going
to select JPG since the YouTube watermark needs to be less than 1 MB in size, make sure
that the size is 150 by 150 pixels, increase the quality to 100, and select the page you'll
be downloading as your YouTube watermark (either page 1 with the profile picture or page 2
with the YouTube subscribe icon).
I'll select page 2 with the YouTube subscribe icon, and then click on 'download' at the
bottom to save the YouTube watermark you created in Canva to your computer.
To add the YouTube watermark to your YouTube video, open up YouTube, make sure that you're
logged in to the right YouTube account, click on your icon on the top, right-hand side,
and then on YouTube studio.
Click on 'customization' from the left-hand side panel, and then on 'branding' up top.
Scroll down until you reach this YouTube video watermark section.
The watermark will appear on your videos in the right-hand corner of the video player.
Select your YouTube video watermark display time from the available options: end of video,
in which the YouTube video watermark will show for the last 15 seconds of the video,
custom start time, in which the YouTube video watermark will begin showing at a time you
choose, or entire video, in which the YouTube video watermark will show throughout the entire
video.
I'll select 'entire video'.
Now click on 'change' at the bottom, locate the YouTube watermark you created in Canva
from your documents, and then click on 'open' on the bottom, right-hand side.
Change the size of your YouTube video watermark image if necessary, and then click on 'done'.
In order to successfully add a watermark to your YouTube video, click on 'publish' on
the top, right-hand side.
Now if you click on one of your YouTube videos, you'll be able to see the YouTube watermark
you added on the bottom right-hand side.
Note that YouTube video watermarks aren’t available on videos set as made for kids.
If you previously added a video watermark, but your video is now set as made for kids,
viewers won’t see the watermark.
The channel watermark is available in landscape view on computers and mobile devices (though
it's not clickable on mobile).
Channel watermarks do not show on custom YouTube chromeless players or Adobe Flash.
You're able to view how many people click on your YouTube video watermark and as a result
subscribed to your YouTube channel in the subscription source report in your YouTube
Analytics.
To get there, click on 'analytics' from the left-hand side panel, on 'audience' up top,
on 'subscribers' and then on 'see more'.
Click on 'subscription source' up top.
Those who subscribed from interactive features subscribed to your YouTube channel from interactive
features on your videos, such as end screens or YouTube video watermarks.
If you're serious about adding a watermark to a YouTube video, make sure to check out
our YouTube tutorials playlist for even more YouTube tips and tricks, as well as our FREE
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