Watch a video creating a profile picture for YouTube using your phone.
Locate and Start the YouTube Profile Picture wizard
From the home page tap Create New
Scroll down to the Social Media category and tap See All
Tap the YouTube Category
Locate and Start the YouTube Profile Picture wizard.
Pick an Image
You can use the top four buttons to bring and image into Blaze.
Files - Upload a file from your phones photo gallery
Camera - Take a photo with your phones camera
Generate - Use the AI image generator to generate an image
Paste Link - Paste a link to an image that's online somewhere
Uploaded Media & Brand Kit Galleries
If you've uploaded media to your blaze account or to your brand kit, those images will be available to choose from.
Stock Photos Gallery
You can also browse the stock photo library to locate an image to use
Use the above methods to select and image. Once you select your image the wizard will proceed.
Background Removal
By default Blaze will start removing the background from the image. This can be toggled using the Remove background toggle switch.
Toggling the remove background off will bypass the template selection process.
Verify the name of your image and the location it will be created in.
When you are ready to proceed tap Continue.
Pick your Background
Blaze will make a few recommendations for backgrounds. If you like the suggestions, tap it to select it.
Tapping See All Templates will allow you view the full library of backgrounds.
(Optional) Browse All Templates
If you choose browse through the template library, you can select your background by tapping it, or back out to the original suggestions by tapping Back.
Once you tap a template, you will be asked to confirm your choice.
Simply tap Use This Template.
Preview/Edit Design
Blaze will show you a preview of your background with your image. If you are happy with the results tap Download to download the image to your phone.
If you want to work on the image further tap Edit in Designer.
Resizing in Designer
There are plenty of tutorials to review if you want to dive deep in Blaze Designer, this tutorial will simply cover the most common use case - resizing your image layer.
Tap the image to bring up the options for it.
Then tap, hold and drag the corners of the image layer to adjust the size.
You can also tap hold and drag the layer to adjust its position.
Alternatively you can scroll down to the Alignment to Canvas section and use the buttons to adjust the layers position.
Download your Image from Designer
Once you are happy with your image, tap Export.
Tap Download to download a copy of the image to your phone.
Manually upload the image to your YouTube profile.
