YouTube Banner Creator
Make a 2560×1440 YouTube channel banner with a safe-area guide and phone, tablet, desktop and TV previews. Download PNG or JPG. No watermark, in your browser.
Drag text with a mouse, or use the position sliders. 2560 × 1440 pixels. The yellow box is the 1546 × 423 area every device shows.
What each device shows
These are approximate. Each preview shows the strip of your banner that kind of screen usually displays, drawn at the same scale.
Text
Background
Used in your browser only. It fills the whole banner, and the edges may be cropped.
Color starting points
Sets the background and the text colors. It does not change your words.
Before you upload
- Put your name, logo and anything important inside the yellow 1546 × 423 area. Every device shows it, and many show nothing else.
- The image is wide, but most screens show only a strip. Check the four device previews under the canvas before you download.
- YouTube’s banner size, safe area and file limit can change. Check YouTube Help for the current numbers before you upload.
- Upload the banner in YouTube Studio under Customization, then Branding.
- Use pictures you own or have permission to use. Fonts come from your device, so check the previews.
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About the YouTube Banner Creator
?What the banner creator does
It is a simple editor for a 2560 × 1440 YouTube channel banner. You put your channel name and a line of text on a color or on your own image, check how it will look on different screens, and download a PNG or JPG.
It shows a yellow box for the area that every device displays, and four small previews of the strips that a TV, a desktop, a tablet and a phone usually show. The guides appear only while you edit.
Everything happens in your browser. Your image is not uploaded, nothing is saved, and there is no watermark.
→How to make a channel banner in 4 steps
Choose a background
Pick a color starting point, or upload an image you own. Darken the image a little if your text is hard to read.
Write your name and a short line
Edit the channel name and tagline, or add more text. Change the size, font and color of each piece.
Keep it in the safe area
Drag the text with a mouse, or use the sliders, until it sits inside the yellow box. Then look at the device previews.
Download and upload
Download a PNG or JPG, check the file size against the 6 MB limit, and upload it in YouTube Studio under Customization, then Branding.
✓What is in the tool
Safe-area guide
A yellow box marks the strip every device shows. It is not part of the download.
Four device previews
Approximate TV, desktop, tablet and phone strips of your banner, at the same scale.
Editable text
Several pieces of text, each with its own size, font, color and position.
Your own image
Use a photo you own, and darken it so text is easier to read.
PNG and JPG
Download either, with the file size shown against the 6 MB limit.
Private
Your image never leaves your browser.
★Examples
A name and a tagline on a color
Pick Midnight, then edit the two lines of text.
Example:
The channel name “Sam’s Kitchen” with the tagline “New recipes every Friday” sits in the middle of the safe area, so it shows on a phone.
Text on a photo
Upload a wide photo and darken it by 35 to 50 percent.
Example:
A kitchen photo with light text over a darkened middle is easier to read than the same text on the bright photo.
Checking a crop
Look at the phone preview before you download.
Example:
If a word is cut off in the phone preview, move it toward the center or make the text smaller.
♥Limits to know about
Basic editing only
There are no filters, cut-outs or stock images. Bring your own picture.
Sizes can change
The numbers come from YouTube’s guidance. Check YouTube Help for the current ones.
Nothing is saved
Download your banner before you close the page.