HERE YE HERE YE It's a momentous occasion: I have made a banner successfully. Yes, it took much time and help to figure out (thank you Elisia and others who helped, I love you)
Aaaanyways I'm going to keep track of my banners and how I did it here so I don't forget and so maybe someone sees this and gives it a try! I'll probably update it as I get better, because me figuring it out was a mess But here's my crazy journey! Enjoy! c:
I used Canva, I'll note my journey if I use other sites. Non-Gif Banner Step 1.Make on Canva.   - Make a custom Canva with size to 130px x 40px - Note: Best banner size is 130 x 35 px. Canva only has 40px as the smallest. it still works - Note: Find images and/or clip art on google you like. Remove BG and upload to Canva to put them on your banner! ~creativity time~ Step 2.Download finished Canva banner to computer Step 3. Upload to imgur   - copy image url from the uploaded image in imgur Step 4. Paste url in the banner section in profile settings, and pray it worked
Gif Banner Step 1.Make on Canva   - Go to Canva gif maker. - Note: Unless you have premium, the Canva gif has a set size. Just make a rectangle that is the correct banner size (130px x 35px). You can crop the gif and resize it later.* Step 2. Make the background for the gif -Note: You can make the BG for the gift on regular Canva so that you have the right size. I copied/uploaded my bg from my non-gif banner. It's kind of an extra step, but an option! Step 3. Add in the animations you want. You can add in separate blocks for text and for images. - Text has specific animations - You can make custom animations. Play around and figure it out! Or Google it! - Note some texts might be harder to read or blurrier when its smaller Step 4. Download the gif from canva.   - if it downloads as a gift, great!   - if it downloads as a video (mp4 etc) put it through a video to gif converter. *Step 5. Cropping and Resizing   - Find sites that crop and resize gifs if needed. I used OnlineGifTools Cropping OnlineGifTools Resizing Step 6. Upload the gif to Imgur   - copy the image url from the uploaded gif in imgur   - paste in profile settings and hopefully it worked (Hopefully these make sense if you read these and tried following them)
Notes for me to try: imgbb for gifs try photoshop, clip studio, paint