Canva: Creating a YouTube Banner - GCFGlobal

You can find the template on this Google Support page: Create or edit channel art. Scroll down to the YouTube banner template and size guidelines. Then click ... Canva:CreatingaYouTubeBanner 5dd45a32a4a646538c5547a0 5e25f373b65efe41e8be1a25 Lesson3:CreatingaYouTubeBanner /en/canva/creating-a-twitter-quote-post/content/ CreatingaYouTubebanner AreyoustartinganewYouTubechannelandneedsomehelptodesignyourchannel’shomepage?Agreatdesignforyourbanner,alsoknownaschannelart,cangiveyourpageapolishedandprofessionallook,andenticeviewerstocheckoutyourcontent. Ifyou'renewtographicdesignandYouTube,we'reheretohelpyou.We'llshowyouhowtouseCanva,afreeonlinegraphicdesigntool,tocreateyourdesign.Canva'stemplatescanbecustomizedtofityourneedsandaresizedtofitYouTube'sdimensions. WatchthevideobelowtolearnhowtocreateaYouTubebannerinCanva. OnechallengewithYouTubebannersiscreatingadesignthatworksforalldevices.With70%ofYouTubeviewsonmobile,it’simportanttosizeyourimagetolookgoodonaphone. TheYouTubeChannelArttemplatehelpsyoulayoutyourdesignfordifferentdevices.Dependingonthetypeofdevice,YouTubecropstheimage.OnaTV,itwillshowthewholeimage,butonotherdevicesitwillcropoutmostoftheimageandjustshowthemiddlearea.Laterinthislesson,we'llshowyouhowtousethistemplatetomakesurealltheimportantinformationiswithinthissafearea. GettingstartedwithCanva Let'sbeginbygoingtocanva.comandcreatingafreeaccount.FormoreinformationaboutcreatingaCanvaaccount,checkoutourCreatingaFacebookPostlesson. Canva'sYouTubetemplateshaveavarietyoflayoutsandaresuitedfordifferenttopics.We'llhelpyounarrowdownyourchoicestofindonethatbothfitsyourchannel'spersonality,andhasalayoutthatworksfordifferentdevices. Inourexample,wewanttocreateanimageforabakingchanneltogetpeopleexcitedaboutwatchingourweeklyvideosaboutmakingdoughnuts. We’llstartbychoosingYouTubeChannelArtonthehomepage. Choosingatemplate Canvahascreateddifferentcategoriesoftemplatesfordifferentchanneltopicsincludingtravel,beauty,andmusic.Youcanbrowsethroughthese,oryoucanusethesearchbartotypeoneormorekeywords.Thiscouldbeatopic,suchasfood,orevenacolor.Inourcase,we'lllookforayellowtemplate. You’llseeavarietyoftemplatedesigns.Thisonehasalltheimportantelementsinthecenter,soitwilllookgreatonasmartphone.Andthesolidbackgroundwilleliminateanyissueswithcroppingoutimagesorgraphics. Customizingthetext Nowthatwehaveadesignthatwelike,we’lljustmakeafewchangestocustomizeit. Let’sstartbychangingthetext.We’llchangethetitletothenameofourchannel.Thenwecanletpeopleknowalittlebitaboutourchannel. Findinganewimage Nowit’stimetofindanimagetofitourmessage.We’llselecttheoldimageandclickthetrashiconinthemenubartomakewayforanewimage. Atthispoint,youcoulduploadyourlogooranotherimage.Forthisexample,we’lluseoneofCanva’svectorgraphicsbyclickingElements.We'llsearchforimagesofreddonuts. You’llseebothfreeandpaidimages.Paidimagesaremarkedwithapriceoracrown.Theseimagesusuallycostonedollareach.However,we'vefoundthattherearemanyfreeimagestochoosefrom,sowe'llfocusonthose. Onceyoufindoneyoulike,youcanclickittoaddittothedesign. Resizingthephoto Iftheimageistoolargeortoosmall,youcandragthecornerorsidehandlestoresizeit.Inthiscase,we'llsizeitdown. Thenwe'llpositionitinthesameplaceasthepreviousimage. CheckingthelayoutwiththeYouTubetemplate WewanttomakesureourdesignwilllookgoodonYouTube,sonowit’stimetouploadtheYouTubeChannelArttemplateandplaceitoverourdesign. YoucanfindthetemplateonthisGoogleSupportpage:Createoreditchannelart.ScrolldowntotheYouTubebannertemplateandsizeguidelines.Thenclickthedrop-downarrowandclickChannelArtTemplatestodownloadit. Thetemplateisinazipfile.You'llneedtounziporextractitbeforeyoucanuseitinCanva.Theprocedurewillvarydependingonwhetheryou'reonaPCoraMac. Nowlet’sreturntoCanvatouploaditandcheckitagainstourdesign.ClickUploads,thenselectUploadanimageorvideo. NavigatetotheChannelArtTemplatesfolderandthenopenthePNGfile. NowwecanlaythisYouTubetemplateoverourdesignbydraggingthetemplateovertheedgeoftheCanvatemplate.Itshouldsnapintoplacesothatitfitsthewholecanvas. IftheYouTubetemplateismakingithardtoseethebannerdesign,youcanchangethetransparency.Inthemenubar,we’llclickthetransparencyicon.Andthenwecanbringitdownuntilourimageshowsthrough. We'llcheckthatthetextandimagefitinthecenterarea.Ifitdoesn't,youcanmakesomeadjustmentsnow.Whenyou'redone,youcandeletetheYouTubetemplatebyclickingtheDeletekeyonyourkeyboard. PublishingonYouTube Whenyou’rereadytopublishyourdesignonYouTube,youcanclickDownloadinthemenubar. Next,we'llsetthefiletypetoPNGandthenclicktheDownloadbutton. Finally,let’sgotoyourYouTubepage.Makesureyou’resignedintoyourGoogleaccount,andthenchooseYourChannel. Next,clickCustomizeChannel. Hereyoucanaddoredityourchannelart.Ifit'syourfirsttimecreatingabannerforyourpage,you'llseeAddchannelartinthebannerspace. ThenwecandraganddropthefilefromtheDownloadsfolder. YouTubewillshowyouapreviewofyourdesignonTV,mobile,anddesktop.Ifit’snotfittingquiteright,youhavetheoptiontoAdjustthecroprighthereinYouTube. Sinceeverythinglooksgood,we’llclickSelecttoaddittothepage. NowyouhaveaheadstartonagreatYouTubechannel.Weencourageyoutogetstartedonyourownchannelartdesignthatwillshowyourchannel’spersonalityandgetpeopleexcitedaboutyourvideocontent. Continue Previous:CreatingaTwitterQuotePost Next:CreatingaFlyer /en/canva/creating-a-flyer/content/