Create a YouTube Cover Banner with ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CC + TEMPLATE

Опубликовано: 10 Июнь 2026
на канале: Fort Atelier

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In this video I’m going to show you how to make a professional YouTube cover banner using Adobe Photoshop.

I'm going to walk you through how to design a cover banner like this one, from scratch.

Your YouTube cover banner is the first thing people see when they visit your profile, and if you value your YouTube channel, you want to create a great first impression.

To do this we are going to design a cover banner that is clear and grabs attention by using some of these key elements:

1. Channel name
2. Brief channel description: brand tagline and slogan, content pillars
3. Logo
4. High quality images
5. On-brand colors and fonts
6. Call-to-Action (CTA)

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------Video Chapters-----
0:00 - Intro
0:10 - First Impression
0:20 - Key Elements
0:35 - Photoshop Tutorial begins
03:10 - Photoshop Document Size
03:35 -Reset Photoshop UI
05:00 - Cover Banner sizes explained (TV Display, Desktop Max/Min, Tablet, Mobile)
08:24 - Adding a Background Color
09:00 -Adding a Channel Name
10:20 - Adding a Channel Description
12:15 - Adding a Cover Banner Portrait/Headshot
13:35 - Erasing the background
19:30 - Adding a banner background image
22:20 - Adding a Gradient Map to your background image
25:10 - Adding Shapes
37:25 - Adding a Call-to-Action
39:22 - Adding more graphic Shapes
42:12 - Saving your cover banner image for YouTube
43:04 - Uploading your cover banner image to YouTube