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hey guys in this mkbhd video we're going to be taking a look at episode two of YouTube tips and yes this episode is about graphics so in this episode I'll just be talking to you guys basically and give you guys a few imagery of the following things that are pretty important to YouTube graphics so pardon me if I look to the side which is where my notes are you're going to want to have a logo a channel design or banner if you happen to be a YouTube partner a video banner which is above your video your intro which is actually a moving graphic and as an added bonus you can also have a watermark now I actually have been changing around with my watermark a little bit so I just kind of have like a temporary watermark that you guys can check out and leave feedback on but you also might be interested in making all these things in the same sort of color scheme to make it easy to remember so as you can probably already tell all of my graphics are in some sort of form of red black and white and the three colors combined happen doing my favorite colors but those three colors together are pretty important to a consistent color scheme now how exactly do you go about creating these images well there are a number of ways that you can try and a number of ways that you can let other people try my intro was created using a template and using a tutorial from another youtube user I don't even remember where I got it but it took me a couple days to actually put together and it's only five seconds long if you want to hold an intro contest to let other people who are already watching your videos actually try to make an intro for you you can or use other people's tutorials to do so with still graphics like your channel design your video banner or your watermark i really suggest getting getting to know gimp give this one of my favorite pieces of software it's free it's an alternative to photoshop cs5 and it's almost as powerful it's a very very powerful piece of software so if you get to know gimp and i think you'll you'll find that that's one of my favorite piece of software and could be one of yours you can make some really nice graphics now my channel banner and background we're both made with Photoshop however my video banner my watermark and all the other still graphics on my channel were made with GIMP so that goes to show you that it can be pretty powerful so overall in my opinion it might not seem like a big deal to you but I think that when you're just starting out or when you're actually building your brand it can be a really good idea to establish a really solid color scheme that people can remember you by whether it's a blue and white or red and black or some orange and black or something crazy but honestly it's up to you and you can I like I suggested try to get to use GIMP and watch some GIMP tutorials there are some really great users out there I'll probably try to link a few up right here that can help you out a lot with GIMP if you message them or just watch their videos so there's been mkbhd with quick episode episode 2 of getting your YouTube videos together more professionally and this has been on graphics stay tuned for episode 3 which should be coming up I'll probably be making these videos once every week or so maybe week and a half or two weeks they're kind of difficult to make be surprised either way see you next time mkbhd signing out peace