How to Make a Twitter Avatar
When someone logs onto Twitter to view your feed, they see more than your 140-character thoughts and musings. Readers also see your avatar, a small picture that represents you which is found at the top of your Twitter page and next to every one of your tweets on someone else's feed. Before you begin tweeting, create an avatar that best represents you or the theme of your twitter account, whether it be for personal messages or as a marketing tool for your business.
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Instructions
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Select an image you want to use for your avatar, such as a picture you have taken with a digital camera or scanned a into your computer. You can also download an image from the Internet or use your company logo.
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Open a drawing program, such as Microsoft Paint or Apple Paintbrush, which is included with your operating system. Load the image into a new document.
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Select the portion of the image you want to use for your avatar. For example, if it is a full-body picture, select your face and crop out the rest.
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Adjust the image so that it is a square. For example, if your picture is slightly longer than it is wide, cut out the bottom of the image. Twitter displays avatars as squares.
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Adjust the size of your picture so that it is about 200 by 200 pixels. The image shown next to your tweets is small, so knowing what your picture looks like when it's shrunk down will help you decide if it is right for your avatar.
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Save your image as a JPG, GIF or PNG file. These are the only files compatible with Twitter.
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Log into your Twitter account. Click “Settings” in the top menu. Select “Profile” from the menu that appears.
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Scroll down to “Picture” and click on “Change Image.” Click “Choose File.” Select the picture you created and click “Open.”
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Select “Save” at the bottom of the “Profile” menu to complete the upload process. Your new avatar will appear for everyone to see.
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Tips & Warnings
The picture must be under 700KB in size. If the picture is too large to upload, shrink the dimensions to decrease the size.
References
- Photo Credit Jupiterimages/BananaStock/Getty Images
