Watch a video demonstrating the process of creating channel art with your phone.
Locate and Start the YouTube Channel Art wizard
From the home page tap Create New
Locate the Social Media category and then tap See All
Tap the YouTube Category
Locate and start the YouTube Channel Art 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. Because YouTube channel art has to work on many devices, using templates may result in text being cut off. This tutorial will bypass the template selection.
Verify the name of your image and the location it will be created in.
When you are ready to proceed tap Continue.
Preview/Edit Design
Blaze will show you a preview of your template/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 design further tap Edit in Designer.
Refining in Designer
There are plenty of tutorials to review if you want to dive deep in Blaze Designer, this tutorial will cover quickly resizing an image to fit the dimensions needed for the YouTube Channel Art.
Resizing Image
Tap the layer to select it
Tap Fill to Canvas
Reposition your image if necessary by tapping and dragging the image around.
Export your image
Make any other edits necessary to refine the design, then tap Export.
Tap Download to down the image to your device, then manually upload cover image to your YouTube channel.
