The easiest way to start making your YouTube banner is to find a professionally designed template that you can tweak to perfectly fit your channel, your brand and your needs. This way you can create a beautifully branded banner art with little to no design skills.
Start browsing our available templates to see if you find one that matches your vision or that you could easily make some adjustments to in order to create your very own YouTube channel art.
Once you find the perfect template, simply click the Edit button to start customizing it right inside Visme's easy-to-use design editor.
Your next step is to simply click on one of the text boxes and start typing to insert your own text. Add in your brand name, your YouTube channel name, your vlogger pseudonym or perhaps the name of a new video series you want to promote.
There's no need to re-position text boxes since these have been placed exactly so that the text appears centered in your YouTube cover. Remember that your most important information needs to be in the very center of your channel art graphic so it appears on all devices.
3. Apply your own colors and fonts.
Further customize the look of your cover art and strengthen your visual brand by applying your own color scheme and fonts. You want to make sure your channel art perfectly represents your brand, which you can easily do by selecting your specific font and color choices in your brand kit.
You can also change out any of the imagery within your chosen template, like the background image, so that it better matches your brand. Visme offers a variety of free images that you can search through to find the perfect representation.
Or, if you prefer, you can easily upload and store your own photos in Visme's digital asset manager to drag and drop into your designs.
4. Incorporate relevant icons and illustrations.
Add even more decorations in, or swap out the ones included to ensure they match your industry and the types of video content you share on your YouTube channel. Visme's design tools offer a variety of icons and illustrations that will bring your YouTube channel banner to life.
5. Upload the image to your channel.
Once your template has been customized with your own information, you can upload to your YouTube channel. No need to crop or resize – simply download as a high resolution JPG or PNG image file and upload to your YouTube channel to share with your audience.
50 YouTube Banner Templates to Choose From
Create a beautiful YouTube banner design using templates and design elements from Visme's easy-to-use YouTube banner maker. Browse 50 of our YouTube banner templates below to get started, and click the button below each template to start editing for your own channel.
Template #1: Recipe Tutorial YouTube Channel Art
For those who offer cooking lessons or recipe tutorials, this YouTube banner template is a perfect way to visually communicate your service to potential subscribers.
If your YouTube channel is seasonal in nature or related to gardening, this colorful template has a beautiful spring-related theme, with a fresh color scheme and font combination.
Putting together a YouTube channel all about baking and pastries? This template may be useful, especially for those looking to promote recipes and tips for beginners.
Template #9: Urban Travel Tips YouTube Channel Art
Want to share your urban travel tips with your YouTube following? Use this modern-looking template with a panoramic view to entice your first-time visitors.
There’s nothing like a colorful, scenic photo of nature to captivate your viewers’ attention as soon as they land on your site. This template is ideal for those looking to showcase photographs of nature.
Are you a fashion guru with valuable style and shopping tips to share with your audience? This chic banner template is the perfect way to connect with your visitors.
There’s a whole section on YouTube for those looking to discuss favorite books and authors. This aptly-themed banner template is ideal for those who want to convey a love for books.
Some of the most notorious YouTube celebrities have their own channels on beauty tips and makeup advice with large followings. You can use this template to start your own informative tutorials.
An alternative to the first travel-related cover in this list, this urban-themed template is ideal for those looking to promote their globetrotting travel guides.
If you enjoy sharing your thoughts over a cup of coffee with your followers, you might find this template ideal for conveying a sense of warmth and comfort.
One of the surefire ways to create a huge following with viral content is through cute dog videos. Customize this template with your text and even change the colors or fonts in Visme’s drag-and-drop editor.
Want to share driving tips or car reviews with your followers? This template comes with an aptly-themed background image and text that can be easily customized.
Have a huge audience of followers who are enthralled by your jaw-dropping surfing stunts? Then update your channel with this image of a daring surfer riding the waves.
Here’s a rock concert banner template for those looking to promote their live music events. Simply insert your own text or even apply your own color scheme.
For those who want to publicize their photography services through their video channel, there’s this easy-to-customize template that uses a script typeface in combination with a sans serif font.
For those looking to create a channel with nature-related themes, customize this template with an image of a field with a circular overlay and editable text.
Looking for an image related to fine dining and gourmet food? This template with a relevant icon and image can be easily be modified with your own text.
There’s nothing like a football hits channel to attract large crowds of viewers. This template comes with a monochromatic overlay and text accompanied by icons.
Template #49: Start a Business YouTube Channel Art
There are plenty of channels out there that provide free business tips to those seeking to start their own businesses. Make your channel stand out from the crowd with this easy-to-edit template.
Ready to create your own YouTube channel banner? If you didn't find a template you fell in love with within this post, be sure to check out the rest of our available YouTube banner templates.
Have questions about your YouTube banner and how to create them? We've addressed your most common questions below to help ensure your YouTube channel is in tip top shape.
Q1. What is a YouTube banner?
A YouTube banner or YouTube channel art is the header or cover photo to your YouTube channel. This is the first thing your audience will see when they land on your channel, so you want to make sure it represents your brand or video content well.
Q2. What is the YouTube banner size in 2020?
Your YouTube banner needs to be 2560 x 1440 pixels. However, there are important standards you need to remember when it comes to your YouTube banner sizing and how your YouTube banner shows up on different devices.
When someone views your YouTube channel on a TV, they will see the full 2560 x 1440 pixels. However, a computer screen only shows the center 2560 x 423, tablets only show the center 1855 x 423 and smartphones only show the center 1546 x 423.
This is why it's important for all of your text and important information to remain in the very center of your channel art graphic. Your safe area is only the middle 1546 x 423 pixels.
Your file size needs to be 6 MB or smaller, and we recommend a maximum width of 2560 pixels. Check out all of the image sizes you need to keep in mind for different social media platforms.
Q3. How to change a YouTube banner?
To change your YouTube banner, head over to your YouTube channel, then click the Customize Channel button. Click over to the Branding tab, then click Change to edit or add channel art.
Q4. How to change a YouTube banner on iPhone?
Google and YouTube actually don't allow users to update their YouTube channel art via mobile. Instead, you'll need to access your channel on a desktop computer and follow the instructions listed out in the previous question.
Q5. How to resize an image for YouTube banner?
If you have an image you want to use in your YouTube banner, you can easily upload it to Visme and crop or resize it to perfectly fit on your canvas.
Q6. Where to make a YouTube banner?
Visme's YouTube channel art maker is the perfect tool for creating a YouTube channel art design that your audience will love. Start with a template and fully customize the graphic to match your branding, industry and vision.
Q7. How do I make a YouTube banner without Photoshop?
Finding a YouTube banner creator online that you can use for free or for a much more affordable price point than Adobe Photoshop is key, and Visme is the perfect solution. You can create a beautiful, branded YouTube banner in minutes that will help your channel to stand out.
Nayomi Chibana is a journalist and writer for Visme’s Visual Learning Center. Besides researching trends in visual communication and next-generation storytelling, she’s passionate about data-driven content.
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You really make it seem so easy together with your
presentation but I find this topic to be really something that I think I might by no means understand.
It kind of feels too complex and extremely large for me.
I am taking a look ahead for your next put up,
I’ll attempt to get the grasp of it!
First of all I want to say superb blog! I had a quick question which
I’d like to ask if you don’t mind. I was curious to find out how you
center yourself and clear your thoughts before writing.
I’ve had difficulty clearing my thoughts in getting my thoughts out.
I truly do take pleasure in writing but it just seems like the first 10 to
15 minutes are wasted simply just trying to figure out how to begin. Any
recommendations or hints? Cheers!
Thanks for the comment, Marcus. Here’s a post that can help with that:
https://visme.co/blog/increase-creativity-productivity/
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