Hi this video is about how to create a YouTube Channel Banner Using Canva
If you want to brand your YouTube Channel identity and give your channel home page a
unique look then I suggest using Canva to create your channel banner.
Canva is a free online tool for editing graphics.
Once you've created it your channel banner will adjust in size so it will display correctly
on TVs, Mobile Phones and desktop computers Stay tuned to learn how to create a YouTube
Channel Banner Using Canva Herman Drost DrostDesigns.com
First you want to go to Canva.com and here's the home page where you can sign up with facebook,
Google or Email So I'm going to sign in here
Click "login" Here's what you find when you login
You want to click on "More" And here you've got all different templates
You've got popular design types, Social media posts, Documents, Blogging and Ebooks, Marketing
Materials, Social Media and Email Headers and here is the YouTube Chanel Art Template
Click on that And here you've got a whole bunch of images
to that you can choose from You can also search for images here so if
you wanted "dogs'" just put dogs in there and you're all set for dogs
You've got mountain scenery here I like beaches so I put beaches in here
You've got a lot of images here that are free but you also got ones that you have to pay
for I'm going to select this free image..it appears
here Then you can just drag it..I just drag it
until it fills up the space..there it is I can add elements to it if I wish..you've
got elements here..i can add any of these elements to it
I can add text..here's text You can have a background..different background
if you want a different background Or you can upload your own images but for
now we are just going to go with text I'm going to select this one
Give it a title..you can highlight that, change the color and bold it, center it..or right,
etc I can also change the size and I'll change
the color here I can move this around
i can expand that if I wish Next you want to download the template from
YouTube by going to this website And here it says create or edit channel art
I'll put this in the description below the video
And here it gives you the guidelines for the channel art
And here it says "if you're not sure about the width or height of an image, download
the our Channel Art Templates"..download that Now go back to canva and we are going to upload
our channel art template Go to uploads...upload your own images..so
go to the channel art template...here it is..upload that
I've got it here already..click on that..it puts it over the top of our image
Then we just expand that to cover our image And then what we do is click on this drop
down arrow Go to transparency and bring the transparency
down so you can just see the template through your image
So you can see that the title is going to actually appear on the banner
Ok once we've got out image right .. we can just download it by clicking "download"
I'm going to download it as a jpg instead of png
Hold tight, preparing your design Ok here it is
Go back to my channel Click "edit channel art"
So go back to my computer again The PNG is 6.9MB which is over 4MB that is
why it is too large videos done for you jpg is 3.2MB so under
4MB so that should be fine Click open..it's uploading
Here is desktop, tv and mobile Click select
Here you've got your banner "videos done for you"
It's not perfect but it will do for now If you want to put a photo of yourself or
change your channel icon there will be a link in the description below this video
That't it!
Now you know how to create a YouTube Channel Banner Using Canva
Click this image to download my video upload checklist
You'll learn the 10 things that you need to do before going live with your video on YouTube
Click this image to download it now or click the link in the description below this video
Thanks for watching