1 1 00:00:00,138 --> 00:00:02,680 (piano music) 2 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:05,430 If you have just started your channel 3 3 00:00:05,430 --> 00:00:07,640 and you have nothing on there yet 4 4 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:11,180 then you're gonna wanna dress up your channel page. 5 5 00:00:11,180 --> 00:00:15,210 So, I'm just gonna click on my image here 6 6 00:00:15,210 --> 00:00:16,260 and 7 7 00:00:17,810 --> 00:00:21,400 I'm gonna click on customize channel 8 8 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:26,609 and here is where I need 9 9 00:00:26,609 --> 00:00:29,722 to put some channel art 10 10 00:00:29,722 --> 00:00:33,010 or a banner so they say. 11 11 00:00:33,010 --> 00:00:36,350 Now, if I click on this 12 12 00:00:36,350 --> 00:00:39,730 then if I wanna make my own, 13 13 00:00:39,730 --> 00:00:41,610 it should be this size 14 14 00:00:41,610 --> 00:00:43,690 that's the recommended size 15 15 00:00:43,690 --> 00:00:47,200 2560 x 1440 16 16 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,228 and, um , I'm gonna show you how to do that 17 17 00:00:50,228 --> 00:00:54,390 but if you're a little bit of a lazy guy 18 18 00:00:54,390 --> 00:00:58,340 then, or gal, then you could just click 19 19 00:00:58,340 --> 00:01:00,580 on the gallery here and choose one of these, 20 20 00:01:00,580 --> 00:01:03,680 this is a little girl here 21 21 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,810 and you can adjust the crop 22 22 00:01:06,810 --> 00:01:09,760 here if you want 23 23 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,490 because each device will show 24 24 00:01:13,490 --> 00:01:15,200 this in a different way 25 25 00:01:17,710 --> 00:01:18,627 see, uh , 26 26 00:01:18,627 --> 00:01:19,460 (laughing) 27 27 00:01:19,460 --> 00:01:21,486 so I can't get her face 28 28 00:01:21,486 --> 00:01:25,120 and her sign, um , 29 29 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:26,820 in this little box here 30 30 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:29,520 so that's what its gonna do, its gonna crop it 31 31 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:31,390 depending on what device 32 32 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,410 there, um , viewing it at so on the desktop 33 33 00:01:36,410 --> 00:01:38,530 it'll just show up like that, 34 34 00:01:38,530 --> 00:01:42,280 on a t.v. like this, and on a mobile like this. 35 35 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,140 Keep that in mind, um , 36 36 00:01:45,140 --> 00:01:48,970 when you're making your image. 37 37 00:01:48,970 --> 00:01:52,773 And let's make our own instead in GIMP. 38 38 00:01:58,170 --> 00:02:01,333 And 2560, 39 39 00:02:02,910 --> 00:02:04,500 height 1440 40 40 00:02:07,770 --> 00:02:08,920 and okay. 41 41 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:13,840 So they recommended I make a banner that is this size 42 42 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,340 and, geez , I should probably keep the more 43 43 00:02:17,340 --> 00:02:19,970 important things in the center 44 44 00:02:19,970 --> 00:02:22,410 because the viewer may only be able to see 45 45 00:02:22,410 --> 00:02:24,513 about this much. 46 46 00:02:28,370 --> 00:02:31,270 Okay, that's the name of the channel 47 47 00:02:31,270 --> 00:02:35,310 maybe I just wanna put the channel name there. 48 48 00:02:35,310 --> 00:02:37,220 Space out the letters a little bit. 49 49 00:02:37,220 --> 00:02:39,650 I'll change the color to 50 50 00:02:40,810 --> 00:02:43,913 pink, because that's her favorite color, maybe. 51 51 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,730 Select, invert 52 52 00:02:52,730 --> 00:02:54,390 so that I select everything 53 53 00:02:54,390 --> 00:02:58,470 except for this circle 54 54 00:02:58,470 --> 00:02:59,880 and then, I don't know, 55 55 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,593 maybe I wanna do some gradient. 56 56 00:03:05,230 --> 00:03:06,063 Hmmm. 57 57 00:03:07,740 --> 00:03:10,783 Maybe I wanna do a circular one or a radial one. 58 58 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:23,120 Alright, that's kinda cool 59 59 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,163 and select none. 60 60 00:03:26,870 --> 00:03:29,800 Okay, let's just say that's my image 61 61 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,040 then I file 62 62 00:03:33,940 --> 00:03:34,773 export as 63 63 00:03:37,990 --> 00:03:41,440 banner z 64 64 00:03:44,210 --> 00:03:46,143 and I'll save it as a jpeg. 65 65 00:03:54,330 --> 00:03:57,640 Alright, now we are back in YouTube 66 66 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,993 so let's, uh , see what our image looks like. 67 67 00:04:04,770 --> 00:04:06,820 Search for, what did I call it? 68 68 00:04:06,820 --> 00:04:08,533 Banner z. 69 69 00:04:09,740 --> 00:04:10,993 Alright, open it up. 70 70 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:19,400 And here's what it looks like 71 71 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,273 so lets adjust the crop a little bit. 72 72 00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:26,833 I'll pull it in. 73 73 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:35,710 And there we go, I'll put it right here 74 74 00:04:35,710 --> 00:04:39,060 so it's in the center 75 75 00:04:39,060 --> 00:04:41,160 and device is preview. 76 76 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:45,830 Okay that's what my banner art is going to look like. 77 77 00:04:45,830 --> 00:04:50,000 So, again you can do anything you want here 78 78 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,140 but just keep in mind that 79 79 00:04:53,140 --> 00:04:55,460 whatever you have in the center 80 80 00:04:55,460 --> 00:04:58,090 is going to appear on mobile 81 81 00:04:58,090 --> 00:05:00,260 so if you have a lot of action going up 82 82 00:05:00,260 --> 00:05:04,980 in the corners, it's not going to appear 83 83 00:05:04,980 --> 00:05:07,130 when people are looking at your channel 84 84 00:05:07,130 --> 00:05:10,910 on a mobile device. So there ya go! 85 85 00:05:10,910 --> 00:05:14,363 You want it to look good on all three platforms. 86 86 00:05:15,890 --> 00:05:16,723 Select! 87 87 00:05:17,870 --> 00:05:20,590 There it's saved. Now you are gonna want 88 88 00:05:20,590 --> 00:05:23,010 to put some effort into your banner, 89 89 00:05:23,010 --> 00:05:25,247 so think about your design 90 90 00:05:25,247 --> 00:05:28,163 because this is gong to be your brand.