YouTube Banner Maker
Free YouTube channel art maker at the real 2560×1440 size, safe area drawn on.
2560 × 1440 px
Drag the text to move it. Drop a photo anywhere on the banner to use it as the background. What is on the canvas is what gets written into the file — the dimmed border and the circle are guides, and are not.
On the banner
Background
Pattern and shape
Logo or photo on top
A transparent PNG works best. Drag it anywhere on the banner once it is in.
The safe default. Reads as LinkedIn does, and is installed everywhere.
How it works
How to make a YouTube banner?
Pick a look, or start from the one on screen
The tool opens on a finished banner. Flip through the eight ready-made looks — each changes the colours, pattern and accent but keeps your words where you put them.
Put your channel name inside the safe area
The dashed 1546×423 box in the middle is all a phone shows. The wider strip is what a desktop shows. Text and logos outside the box are cropped on most screens — the tool veils that region so you can see it.
Drop in a photo or logo if you want one
Drag it to reposition, zoom to reframe, blur or tint it so the type reads. Nothing is uploaded — it is drawn on your own device.
Download and upload in YouTube Studio
PNG, JPG or WebP at exactly 2560×1440, under YouTube’s 6 MB limit. Then YouTube Studio → Customization → Branding → Banner image.
The sizes
One file, three crops
| Where | What is shown | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| TV | 2560 × 1440 | The whole file. |
| Desktop | 2560 × 423 | A full-width strip through the middle. |
| Phone & tablet | 1546 × 423 | The centre only — the safe area. Keep every word in here. |
Features
What this one does
The real size
2560×1440, the one size YouTube accepts for channel art, with the safe area and the desktop strip drawn on.
Eight looks
Ready-made colour, pattern and accent sets that keep your own words and layout.
Photo backgrounds
Your own picture, zoomed and panned, with blur and a colour wash so text stays legible.
Draggable text
Any number of lines, four fonts, tracking, caps, alignment, shadow and a band behind the text.
Logo upload
Circle or rounded masking and a plate behind it, so a dark logo reads on a dark banner.
No upload, no watermark
Everything is drawn in your browser and downloaded at the exact pixel size. No signup.
Questions