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Re: YouTube Now Hosts Your Channel Background Image

AmirGTR

God dayum getting here was hard...asked my gmail then re-asked youtube
and then said go to community and search it there...geez guys, fix
this thing up. Convenience, ur doin it rong!

I've been working with photoshop for a little over then 5 years now.
If there was anything about photoshop that an average user must know I
already do (and probably a lot more). I'm also hired as a web designer
in a computer repair company.

I finally got some time to update my channel. I tried uploading a
background image (which is a pattern - its a long image that is
supposed to be repeated and cover the whole background) and it kept
saying "Error: Invalid File Format". The file size is 23K (well below
256K), I tried JPG, BMP, and even GIF, none worked.

I don't really know what type of image is considered "valid" here, I
tried the most common ones and it was a futile attempt. Please let me
know what you consider valid and I'll use that. Thank you very much
have a nice day.

On Sep 21, 4:12 pm, YouTube Timmy wrote:

> Hi everyone,

> You now have the ability to uploadbackgroundimages hosted on
> YouTube. To add a customizedbackgroundimageto your channel,  follow
> the steps below:

> 1. Go to your Channel Design page:http://www.youtube.com/my_profile_theme

> 2. Select "BackgroundImage."

> 3. Use the "Browse" button to find animageon your computer you would
> like to use. Upload animagethat will display as abackgroundon your
> channel (maximum 256K).

> 4. Decide whether you'd like yourimageto repeat across your channel
> or appear only once. Choose "Yes" or "No" next to the "RepeatBackgroundImage" text.

> 5. Click the "Update Channel" button.

> (NOTE: You can no longer use a URL linking to animagehosted by
> another site for yourbackgroundimage. If you still have a URL in
> your Channel Design settings, you will need to upload a newimage
> using the instructions above. Animated images are also no longer
> allowed).

> Thank you,

> YouTube Timmy