How to use a YouTube Channel Art Template to brand your channel

Do you have a problem designing your YouTube channel banner? Well, there’s a YouTube channel art template for that. Everything comes already made, but you update it to fit your brand. Keep watching to learn how to use a YouTube channel art template to brand your channel.

How to use a YouTube Channel Art Template to brand your channel

If you’re not so great at designing or want to save time creating your YouTube channel banner, then this YouTube channel art template can help. I’m gonna show you how to customize this template so that it’ll fit your brand.

Change the fonts

First, we’re gonna open up the template. You’ll see the layers panel on the bottom right-hand side. The first thing I want you to do is to change your text. I designed this to be a “Career Girl’s Guide to Fashion and Beauty”. Their YouTube videos would come out every Monday and Wednesday.

We’re gonna start by changing the description of your channel. So hover over ‘your title here’ in the layers panel. If you watched my video on designing your channel art, you know that I used “Law and Order” as an example. So, I’m just gonna use that as an example right now.

If this was my fake “Law and Order” YouTube channel, it would be “NYPD Investigates Sexually-based Crimes”. To change the font, just double click on the description title and change it. I don’t like this font for my fake “Law and Order” YouTube channel, so I’m gonna change it by going to the ‘properties panel’, but of course you’re going to search for your brand font. But I’m just changing it to a random font, something more serious. I’m going to also update the website and the days I upload my video with a different font.

Change the colors

This purple does not match my “Law and Order” themed YouTube channel, so I’m going to click on ‘your brand color here’ in the layers panel and I’m just going to change it to black. Then I’m going to change the color of the text by going to the ‘properties panel’ and choosing a more serious color. But of course, you should use your brand colors.

Change the background image

Now, we’re going to change this background image. We’re going to go to ‘file’ and place embed or place linked. Choose the image you want to use. I’m going to use the same image I used for my law and order example here. I’m going to fill this whole screen with my image. Once you’re happy with your image, you have to save it because if you don’t save it, it won’t show up as the background in the YouTube channel art template.

Other changes

This is really dark and that’s because I have a color overlay over the image. So you can either turn it on or off. But I don’t like how dark this is, so I’m gonna change the opacity. Over here in the layers panel, you’ll see opacity is already at 57%, but I’ll change it to 32%.

Once you’re happy with your YouTube channel art, you can save it and export it. To save it we’re gonna go to ‘file’ and we’re going to go to ‘export’. And you can either choose ‘quick export as a PNG’ or ‘save for web’.

If a PNG file is too big for your YouTube channel, save your image as a JPEG. After you create your YouTube channel art, you can upload it to YouTube.

That’s how you use this YouTube channel art template. It was super easy, right? The only thing we have to do is change the fonts, the colors and images to fit your brand.

If you want this YouTube channel art template you can grab it here.

Does your YouTube channel art fit your brand? Let me know in the comments down below.

-Paigon

Tools · Video

HOW TO RECORD YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN USING LOOM

August 5, 2019July 24, 2019

Learn how to record your computer screen using Loom.

In one of my previous videos, I listed the 3 free tools you can use to record your computer screen. Loom was one of them.

As I mentioned in the previous video, Loom is great because you don’t have to download it. It’s actually web-based. You use a chrome extension to use it. It’s perfect for sending quick videos to clients or to team members explaining how to do things. I’ve seen some people answer questions in facebook groups using it too.

HOW TO RECORD YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN USING LOOM

First, go to Loom.com. In the right-hand corner, you see the blue button that says ‘sign up for free’. You need either a Google account or Slack account to use it.

I use my Natasha Lane Design Co account which I use through Google Suite. You can log in through Google, but it’s all through your domain name. Click here to find out more about Google Suite (this is an affiliate link).

Start recording

To record videos, you have to have the Chrome extension. Once you click the Loom icon on your Chrome bar, you’ll see the record tab on the right-hand side of the screen. You have the option to record the screen + camera, the screen only, and the camera only. We’re going to choose the screen only and hit the ‘Start Recording’ button.

How to remove the background from your image to create YouTube thumbnails using Adobe Photoshop

February 16, 2020February 14, 2020

Want a simple way to change the design of your thumbnail graphics? Remove the background of your photos. Removing your background, but keeping your image is a simple solution to creating unique designs for your YouTube channel. Learn more about how to remove the background from your image to create YouTube thumbnails using Adobe Photoshop.

How to remove the background from your image to create YouTube thumbnails using Adobe Photoshop

If you’ve been paying attention to how different YouTubers design their thumbnails, then you’ll notice that cutting yourself from the background is a trend. Personally I like this trend because it gives you more options when it comes to designing your YouTube thumbnail. In this Photoshop tutorial, I’m gonna give you two ways to remove your background.

Branding

5 reasons you need a rebrand

July 9, 2018July 9, 2018

Have you ever thought about rebranding your business? I know that I think about rebranding all the time, but I always have to hold myself back because I know I’m the type who always wants to try something new. It’s kind of like how I always have the urge to get bangs or dye my hair a different color. It seems cool at the moment, but I know it won’t fit my everyday style or mood. Instead of changing your brand on a whim, you should have a legitimate reason to rebrand. Here are the 5 reasons you need a rebrand.

5 reasons you need a rebrand

01. DIY and over it…

When you first launched your business, maybe you didn’t have the funds to invest in a graphic designer. Instead, you went the DIY route and didn’t really consider the types of people you were attracting. Any business was good business.

Now that you have a steady income and a good idea of who your target audience is. You’re not really proud of the brand you created and you’re ready to take your business to the next level. In this case, a rebrand is a great idea. With a rebrand, you’ll have a more polished brand that you and your target audience will be proud to be a part of.

02. Not my type

Did the people you want to come to your party never show up? Basically, everyone but the people you wanted to show up are crashing the party. Well, the problem is you’re sending the wrong message with your brand. You attract what you reflect.

In this case, a rebrand will help you attract your target audience. During the rebrand, you can reassess what’s working and not working with your brand messaging.

03. Dine and dash

Are people coming to the party, but aren’t sticking around? It might be your brand. First impressions are everything and looks definitely matter. For one, you want to make sure you don’t look like spam. Another issue might be a confusing message.

Maybe you had sales in the beginning, but now their decreasing. You’ve tried changing up how you market your services and even changed your services, but nothing is working. It’s time to think about rebranding instead. Your brand may be sending the wrong message to your audience.

04. Trendsetter over here!

Is your brand outdated? When you first started, your brand was perfect for you, but now your business has evolved. Your brand doesn’t reflect what your business stands for any more or maybe you’re not feeling it anymore. Your target audience might’ve also evolved with your business.

A rebrand will help update your brand. You don’t necessarily need to change everything, but you can keep elements of your brand that are working but update everything that’s outdated. Read More “5 reasons you need a rebrand”

Video

How I record my voice for my videos

August 26, 2019August 9, 2019

Sound is really important when it comes to video. Here’s how I record my voice for my videos. Don’t worry, it’s really simple and easy to do.

If the audio in your videos is crappy, no one will want to watch your videos. I mean, what’s the point if they can’t hear you or understand what you’re talking about.

How I record my voice for my videos

In this video, I’m going to show you how I record my voice for my YouTube videos.

If you don’t know, I’m all about having a simple set up that’s efficient and convenient. That means I’m really lazy, but mostly I don’t like wasting my time.

That’s why this video will be really short and easy because I really only need 2 things, and that’s my mic and Garageband.

So let’s get to it.

Business · Design Process · Multimedia

Branding and expanding your multimedia empire

January 15, 2018September 14, 2018

In part 1 of How to build your multimedia empire, I talked about fear, how to get over fear, content ideas, and outlining ideas. If you missed it, check it out here. In this post, I’ll be going over branding and expanding your multimedia empire.

Branding and expanding your multimedia empire

Once you make the leap into creating video content, you want to focus on your brand. Your brand consists of everything from your image, scenery, voice, and so on. You want to make sure that you’re projecting the image you want to create. Read More “Branding and expanding your multimedia empire”

Business · Process · Video

How to import a workflow into Asana

February 18, 2020February 14, 2020

Are you wasting time creating tasks for projects in Asana? What if you could have everything DONE FOR YOU? Now you can. You can just import a template into Asana. Learn how to import a workflow into Asana.

How to import a workflow into Asana

Today, I’m not only going to show you how to import a workflow into Asana but give you an idea of how to customize it to make it your own and how to make it more productive for you.

I’m going to use the video creation workflow I created as an example.