How to Make a YouTube Banner | YouTube Channel Art Tutorial

Hi guys, Today we are going to see how you can make a YouTube banner. Let’s say you have a YouTube channel, and you want to create a banner for your channel that looks attractive and also establishes your brand. You can do that easily by watching this video. So after watching this video, you’ll be able to create your own YouTube banner like this, where you can add your channel name, tagline, and image. Okay! So it’s going to be very easy. And you don’t need to have any special software on your computer to create the banner. Having an attractive banner will make your channel look more professional.

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So let’s get started. I am Darshan from Darshan Blogs. `And let’s make our YouTube banner. So to make a YouTube banner. We are going to take several steps,

The first step is to create an account on Snap. This is the website that is going to help us make our YouTube banner. So to create an account, just click the link below this video, and it will take you to this page. Now click ‘get started, fill up these details, then click ‘get started free, and then you will get this page. So now we have successfully created the account on Snappa. Once you have created your account,

We can go to step 2, which is to choose a design for your YouTube banner. Now here you will find different types of ready-made designs for social media posts, headers, banners, and so on. And under the headers, there is a banners section. You will find the "YouTube banner" option. So just click on it, and here you will get lots of designs for your YouTube banner.

Just select it. And as you can see, we can now edit this design once you have selected it. We can go to the final step, which is to edit this design and make our own YouTube banner. Now let’s edit the design. So instead of this default text, Let’s say you want to change this text and add your channel name. To do that, just select the text and then enter your channel name.

I am going to enter "The Tech Zone." Once you have done that. Now to change the font style of this text, just go here and click this drop-down menu. From here, you can select the font you want. I am going to choose this. Now to change the color of this text, click here, select the color you want, and it will be changed. Once you have done that,

Now, instead of this default text, let’s add our tagline. A tagline is a short, catchy message that tells what your channel is all about. Also, adding a tagline makes your channel unique. So to add our tagline, like we did before, you can select the text and then enter the tagline you want. I am going to enter "Be the first to know." Now if you want to change the color of this tagline like we did before, just click here and select the color you want, and it will be changed. And then you can adjust the text position like this. Okay, once you are done. Now, to make your YouTube banner more unique and attractive, you can also add a picture of yourself to the banner like this, which will grab your viewer’s attention. So, if you want, you can add a picture of yourself to this banner. So to add it, let's first remove this default image.

Once you have removed the image, Then take a picture of yourself in any pose you want. And then, once you have this image, we can now add it to our YouTube banner. Now before we add it to our banner First, we need to remove the background from this image. So instead of adding the image like this, we can add our image to our YouTube banner, like this. So to remove the background image And it will take you to this site. Now, this is the site that is going to help us remove the background image.

Now, drag and drop your image here. And as you can see, our background has been removed. So let’s click download, and the image will be downloaded to your computer. Now if we open it, you can see that we have our image without the background. So now, to add this image to our YouTube banner, just go to this tab, then go to ‘graphics’ and click ‘uploads, then click upload image. select the image you want, then click ‘open, and it will be uploaded here. Now to add your image to the banner, just double-click on your image. As you can see, we have our image on our YouTube banner.

Now resize it and place it where you want. Okay! So now we have added our image to our YouTube banner. Now instead of adding your image to the banner, you can also add your brand logo like this, which makes your YouTube banner neat and simple. Okay! Once you have added your image to your YouTube banner, Next, let’s see how you can change this banner's color, To do that, just click on this color, then click here and choose the color you want. I'm going to choose this one. As you can see, the banner color has changed. In the same way, you can change this border color. Okay Once you have done that,

Now on our YouTube banner, you can add buttons like this, where you can add a subscribe link, social media links, or website links. So that the audience can know more information about your YouTube channel. Okay, so next, let’s see how you can add the Instagram button to your banner. Where you can gain more followers on your Instagram So to do that, first let’s add a text field like this: So let’s click text and select this. The text field will be added. Now place the text field where you want.

I am going to place it here. Once you have done that, now to change the text, like we did before. Just select the text, and then enter the text you want. I am going to enter. To get more information, once you have done that, let’s add an arrow icon to the banner like this, where our viewers will be able to identify our Instagram button easily. So to add it, just go to graphics, and now here search for arrow, and you will find different types of arrow icons. So just select the one you want. I am going to choose this, so let’s click on it.

As you can see, we have the arrow icon. Once you have the arrow icon, just resize it. To keep the arrow icon downwards, just double-click here, then move the mouse to change it downwards. And then place it where you want. Okay, now if you want to change the color of this arrow icon, like we did before, you can change the color here. Okay So now that we have added the arrow icon to our YouTube banner, in the same way, you can add any icon to the banner. Okay! Now on this website, we can’t add the Instagram button to our YouTube banner. We will be able to add only from our YouTube channel, so we will add the Instagram button later in this video.

 Okay! So now we have successfully created our YouTube banner. Once you have created your YouTube banner, let’s see how you can download it. So to download it, just click download, and you will find different formats in which you can download your YouTube banner. For YouTube banners, it’s best to select high-res PNG. So I am going to select this. And the YouTube banner will be downloaded to your computer. Now if we open it, you can see that we have the YouTube banner that we just created.

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Now to upload the YouTube banner that we created, just click ‘customize channel, and it will take you to this page. Then go to ‘branding, and here you can upload your YouTube banner. So let’s click upload, then select the banner that we have created. And click open. Here you can see a preview of how the banner will appear on all devices. Now click done, and it will be added here. Now if we click ‘publish’, and go to our channel,

And click 'refresh. You can see that the YouTube banner has been uploaded. Now our audience will be able to see our banner on any device. Once you have uploaded the banner, let’s add the Instagram button to our banner. So to do that, just go to this tab. Then go to the basic info Now here we can add the Instagram link. So let’s click ‘Add link. Enter the title you want. I am going to enter; follow us. Now here, we need to enter our Instagram account link. So to get that, let’s go to our Instagram account, then copy this URL, and then come back and paste it here. Once you have done that, Click publish Now if we go to our channel and click ‘refresh, you can see that we have the Instagram button on our YouTube banner.

Now, if someone clicks here You can see that it takes them to our Instagram page. Where they can follow our Instagram page and check out our post. In the same way, you can add other social media buttons or your website link to the YouTube banner that you want to promote to your viewers. Okay! This is how you can add the Instagram button to your banner.

 Thanks for watching, I’ll see you in the next video, Take care, Bye-bye.