How To Set A Cover Photo On Youtube

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You can set a picture to the groundwork of your YouTube channel using the YouTube mobile app or by accessing your account on YouTube.com. To exercise and then, sign into your account, access your aqueduct'due south edit menu, and and so select a photo to upload. This process is similar on mobile and desktop, although using YouTube.com's interface has a few additional features to aid guide your pick. Use the background photograph as a space to express yourself and add some flair to your channel.

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Download and open up the YouTube app. Search for YouTube in the App Shop or Play Store and press "Install". Press "Open up" when installation completes.
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Enter your email and password and press "Sign In". If you do not already have an account, you can printing "Sign up" to create i.

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Tap the 'person' icon to access your business relationship. This button is located on the right of the top menu bar and will take you to a list of account controls. You username will appear nether the menu bar.
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Tap your photo to access your channel'south home folio.
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Tap the 'gear' icon to admission aqueduct settings. This button is located to the right of your username and allows yous to edit your channel.
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Tap the Camera icon on your channel banner and select "Choose from your photos". The camera button is located on the right side of the imprint. Selecting "Cull from your photos" volition redirect yous to your photo library.
- You may demand to give permission for YouTube to access your photos.
- You volition see another photographic camera icon in the centre of the screen. Click this to edit your user photo instead.
- You cannot launch the photographic camera from the YouTube app when setting a background picture. If y'all want to take a picture you must do so earlier editing the background picture.
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Tap a photograph in your library to select it. Once selected, you lot will exist prompted to accommodate the area of the photo to brandish on your aqueduct.
- You can tap the back pointer in the upper left to change your selection.
- YouTube has a minimum size for background photos of 2048x1152 pixels and a maximum filesize of 4MB. Yous will be notified if the picture is too small-scale or likewise large.^[1]
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Tap and elevate to adjust the area to display. Utilize the box overlay to guide your selection. The area inside of the box is the function of the picture show that volition be used.
- Use 2 fingers to zoom in or out while adjusting the photo crop.
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Tap "Save". Your photo will be uploaded and your channel background will be inverse immediately.

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Become to YouTube.com and sign into your account. Enter your business relationship info and press "Sign in". If you lot do not have an account y'all can create one by pressing "Sign up".
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Find the settings menu in the top left corner. It looks similar iii horizontal confined (☰).
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Select "My Channel". This button is listed nether "Habitation" and volition take you to your personal YouTube channel.
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Press "Add channel art". This button is located in the middle of the channel art imprint and will bring up the photo upload interface.
- If you lot already have aqueduct fine art and want to alter it, press the "Edit" button (a pencil icon) located in the upper right corner of the banner.
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Click and elevate a photo into the upload interface. This volition upload the photo and requite yous a Preview of how the picture volition appear on each platform.
- You tin also press "Select a photo from your figurer" to manually scan prototype files on your computer.
- YouTube has a minimum image size of 2048x1152 pixels and a maximum file size of 4MB. You will be notified if the flick is too small or too large.
- You tin press "Cancel" in the bottom carte bar if you want to choose a different film to upload.
- Uploaded photos will be saved to your channel and are accessible here under the "Your Photos" tab.
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Alternately, press "Gallery" to select some pre-made images from YouTube. This button is located in the upload interface and will offer a few sample images to apply for gratis.
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Printing "Adjust the ingather". This button appears in the lower left corner of the upload interface and allows you preview and suit the crop of the background photo by clicking and dragging the overlay.
- The "Devices preview" button will return yous to the main upload screen.
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Select the "Auto-enhance" checkbox (optional). This checkbox is located on the right of the lesser carte bar and will conform the colour balance and brightness of your photograph automatically. Y'all can deselect the checkbox to undo the changes.
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Press "Select". This button is blue and located on in the lower left of the window. Pressing "Select" volition save the image to "Your Photos" and set a new groundwork prototype for your channel.

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