Resize Image to 2560×1440 (YouTube Channel Banner)

2560×1440 is YouTube's recommended size for channel art — the banner that stretches across the top of your channel page and has to look right on a phone, a laptop and a living-room TV all at once. The trick is that only the central 1546×423 pixels are guaranteed to show on every device (the "TV-safe" area); everything outside that band is progressively cropped on smaller screens, so your logo and channel name have to live in the middle strip. This tool builds the full 2560×1440 canvas on your device so you can place art around that safe zone, and your banner is never uploaded to an online editor.

🔒 Everything runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded

Drag & drop your photo

or click to browse — you can also paste (Ctrl/Cmd + V)

Output: 2560 × 1440 px

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🔒 Your photo never leaves your device — everything runs in your browser.

Good to know

Outputs exactly 2560 × 1440 pixels — YouTube's recommended channel banner (channel art) size.

Keep your logo, name and key text inside the central 1546 × 423 px area — that's what shows on every device, TVs included.

The full width is seen on large TV screens, so avoid stretching a small image up to fill it — start from a large source.

"Cover" fit fills the whole 16:9 banner and trims overflow, so there are no gaps at the edges.

Export stays under YouTube's 6 MB banner file limit at normal JPEG quality.

Processed entirely in your browser — no upload, no account, nothing stored.

Related image tools

Want a different size? Use the full Resize Image tool to type any width and height, or Compress Image to shrink the file size after.

How it works

Three steps. No sign-up, no upload, no wait.

Add your photo

Drop in an image, click to browse, or paste it — nothing is uploaded.

Resize to 2560×1440

It's cropped and scaled to the exact pixel size on your device.

Download

Save the resized image, ready to post.

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Private by design.Everything happens right here in your browser. Your files are never uploaded — we never see them.

Frequently Asked Questions

What size should a YouTube channel banner be? ▼

YouTube recommends 2560×1440 pixels for channel art, with a 6 MB maximum file size. That resolution is large enough to look sharp when the banner is displayed full-width on a TV, while cropping down gracefully on smaller screens.

What is the 1546×423 TV-safe area? ▼

The banner is cropped differently on each device. The only region visible on all of them — desktop, mobile and TV — is the central 1546×423 pixel block. Anything you must always show, like your channel name or logo, belongs inside that central strip; the wider areas only appear on larger displays.

Why does 2560×1440 look zoomed-in on my phone? ▼

That's expected. On mobile, YouTube shows roughly the centre of the banner, so a design that fills the full 2560 width will appear cropped to its middle. Designing around the 1546×423 safe area is what keeps the phone view looking intentional rather than cut off.

Is my banner uploaded to resize it? ▼

No. The canvas resize happens in your browser, so your channel art never leaves your device.