(piano music) 2 2
Woman: If you have just started your channel 3 3
and you have nothing on there yet 4 4
then you're gonna wanna dress up your channel page. 5 5
So, I'm just gonna click on my image here 6 6
and 7 7
I'm gonna click on customize channel 8 8
and here is where I need 9 9
to put some channel art 10 10
or a banner so they say. 11 11
Now, if I click on this 12 12
then if I wanna make my own, 13 13
it should be this size 14 14
that's the recommended size 15 15
2560 x 1440 16 16
and, um , I'm gonna show you how to do that 17 17
but if you're a little bit of a lazy guy 18 18
then, or gal, then you could just click 19 19
on the gallery here and choose one of these, 20 20
this is a little girl here 21 21
and you can adjust the crop 22 22
here if you want 23 23
because each device will show 24 24
this in a different way 25 25
see, uh , 26 26
(laughing) 27 27
so I can't get her face 28 28
and her sign, um , 29 29
in this little box here 30 30
so that's what its gonna do, its gonna crop it 31 31
depending on what device 32 32
there, um , viewing it at so on the desktop 33 33
it'll just show up like that, 34 34
on a t.v. like this, and on a mobile like this. 35 35
Keep that in mind, um , 36 36
when you're making your image. 37 37
And let's make our own instead in GIMP. 38 38
And 2560, 39 39
height 1440 40 40
and okay. 41 41
So they recommended I make a banner that is this size 42 42
and, geez , I should probably keep the more 43 43
important things in the center 44 44
because the viewer may only be able to see 45 45
about this much. 46 46
Okay, that's the name of the channel 47 47
maybe I just wanna put the channel name there. 48 48
Space out the letters a little bit. 49 49
I'll change the color to 50 50
pink, because that's her favorite color, maybe. 51 51
Select, invert 52 52
so that I select everything 53 53
except for this circle 54 54
and then, I don't know, 55 55
maybe I wanna do some gradient. 56 56
Hmmm. 57 57
Maybe I wanna do a circular one or a radial one. 58 58
Alright, that's kinda cool 59 59
and select none. 60 60
Okay, let's just say that's my image 61 61
then I file 62 62
export as 63 63
banner z 64 64
and I'll save it as a jpeg. 65 65
Alright, now we are back in YouTube 66 66
so let's, uh , see what our image looks like. 67 67
Search for, what did I call it? 68 68
Banner z. 69 69
Alright, open it up. 70 70
And here's what it looks like 71 71
so lets adjust the crop a little bit. 72 72
I'll pull it in. 73 73
And there we go, I'll put it right here 74 74
so it's in the center 75 75
and device is preview. 76 76
Okay that's what my banner art is going to look like. 77 77
So, again you can do anything you want here 78 78
but just keep in mind that 79 79
whatever you have in the center 80 80
is going to appear on mobile 81 81
so if you have a lot of action going up 82 82
in the corners, it's not going to appear 83 83
when people are looking at your channel 84 84
on a mobile device. So there ya go! 85 85
You want it to look good on all three platforms. 86 86
Select! 87 87
There it's saved. Now you are gonna want 88 88
to put some effort into your banner, 89 89
so think about your design 90 90
because this is gong to be your brand.