Comments on: A Guide to Hacking Your Facebook Profile Photo http://banagale.com/a-guide-to-hacking-your-facebook-profile-photo.htm I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. -Hunter S. Thompson Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:49:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Luke http://banagale.com/a-guide-to-hacking-your-facebook-profile-photo.htm/comment-page-1#comment-57530 Luke Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:40:56 +0000 http://banagale.com/?p=186#comment-57530 Rob, Facebook has changed their profile pages recently, which allow for greater flexibility and creativity in new ways. I offer a variety of Photoshop templates on my blog to help people "hack" the new profile. There are also links to other services that can automate things for our non-Photoshop using friends. http://fatwalr.us/2010/12/facebook-profile-picture-hack/ I hope people find this helpful! Rob,

Facebook has changed their profile pages recently, which allow for greater flexibility and creativity in new ways. I offer a variety of Photoshop templates on my blog to help people “hack” the new profile. There are also links to other services that can automate things for our non-Photoshop using friends.

http://fatwalr.us/2010/12/facebook-profile-picture-hack/

I hope people find this helpful!

]]> By: rob http://banagale.com/a-guide-to-hacking-your-facebook-profile-photo.htm/comment-page-1#comment-56921 rob Thu, 02 Dec 2010 04:58:10 +0000 http://banagale.com/?p=186#comment-56921 Hey David, This is totally on the side of Facebook. You can imagine, they do not want animated gifs showing up on folks' pages as that would ruin the ascetic and drag us back towards Myspace. There is no magic bullet to hacking a profile page look and feel, only creating things that work with it, as this guide suggests. Regardless, I wish you the best in standing out on Facebook. Hey David,

This is totally on the side of Facebook. You can imagine, they do not want animated gifs showing up on folks’ pages as that would ruin the ascetic and drag us back towards Myspace. There is no magic bullet to hacking a profile page look and feel, only creating things that work with it, as this guide suggests. Regardless, I wish you the best in standing out on Facebook.

]]> By: rob http://banagale.com/a-guide-to-hacking-your-facebook-profile-photo.htm/comment-page-1#comment-56920 rob Thu, 02 Dec 2010 04:56:19 +0000 http://banagale.com/?p=186#comment-56920 Howdy, JU. Thanks for the comment. I have to recommend Photoshop to do this type of work. The psd files both allow you to hide extra layers and see only the default template. I have not re-visited this set of graphic assets in some time, however, so it may be that Facebook has updated their profile with a few pixels of changes. I can't promise an update soon, but if I do it for myself, I will change this post with the updates. Good luck to you. Rob Howdy, JU.

Thanks for the comment. I have to recommend Photoshop to do this type of work. The psd files both allow you to hide extra layers and see only the default template. I have not re-visited this set of graphic assets in some time, however, so it may be that Facebook has updated their profile with a few pixels of changes. I can’t promise an update soon, but if I do it for myself, I will change this post with the updates. Good luck to you.

Rob

]]> By: JU http://banagale.com/a-guide-to-hacking-your-facebook-profile-photo.htm/comment-page-1#comment-56918 JU Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:19:54 +0000 http://banagale.com/?p=186#comment-56918 Hmm, am I just missing it? I downloaded both the zip file from here and the one on allfacebook.com. Neither one, that I see, has the blank background template. I don't have PS; I was planning on using a different photo editing software. If you have it on hand, would you be able to email me the blank one...even as a JPEG? I was excited to play around with this! :) Thanks for the great article. Hmm, am I just missing it? I downloaded both the zip file from here and the one on allfacebook.com. Neither one, that I see, has the blank background template.

I don’t have PS; I was planning on using a different photo editing software. If you have it on hand, would you be able to email me the blank one…even as a JPEG? I was excited to play around with this! :)

Thanks for the great article.

]]> By: Pamela http://banagale.com/a-guide-to-hacking-your-facebook-profile-photo.htm/comment-page-1#comment-56535 Pamela Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:53:54 +0000 http://banagale.com/?p=186#comment-56535 Hi, I'm trying to solve a problem with by Business Page. I created a 200x600 profile image. The problem is that when another site tags my business page, the entire 200x600 image shows up in their page like a sore thumb. I do have a thumbnail of the portion I would like to show created. That thumbnail shows up on all my page updates, but not when I'm tagged. Also, there's no option to select no image when you tag someone. Does anyone have a solution? Thanks, Pamela Hi, I’m trying to solve a problem with by Business Page. I created a 200×600 profile image. The problem is that when another site tags my business page, the entire 200×600 image shows up in their page like a sore thumb. I do have a thumbnail of the portion I would like to show created. That thumbnail shows up on all my page updates, but not when I’m tagged. Also, there’s no option to select no image when you tag someone. Does anyone have a solution?

Thanks,
Pamela

]]> By: THENAGAIN http://banagale.com/a-guide-to-hacking-your-facebook-profile-photo.htm/comment-page-1#comment-53012 THENAGAIN Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:30:16 +0000 http://banagale.com/?p=186#comment-53012 Eoin, you can choose that thumbnail yourself by hovering over your profile picture on your profile until an options bar appears and selecting 'Change Picture' and 'Edit Thumbnail' Eoin, you can choose that thumbnail yourself by hovering over your profile picture on your profile until an options bar appears and selecting ‘Change Picture’ and ‘Edit Thumbnail’

]]> By: David http://banagale.com/a-guide-to-hacking-your-facebook-profile-photo.htm/comment-page-1#comment-48880 David Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:08:26 +0000 http://banagale.com/?p=186#comment-48880 Hey please find a way to put animated pics on profile photo like gifs or .ani or .swf files. I tried gif but it shows only the first frame and does not animate...... Hey please find a way to put animated pics on profile photo like gifs or .ani or .swf files. I tried gif but it shows only the first frame and does not animate……

]]> By: Eoin http://banagale.com/a-guide-to-hacking-your-facebook-profile-photo.htm/comment-page-1#comment-48684 Eoin Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:09:37 +0000 http://banagale.com/?p=186#comment-48684 Hi Rob, Great post, thanks! I wonder whether you or another reader can help with a related issue: I'd like to know how facebook determines which part of your profile image -- if it's larger than 200x200 pixels -- to use to make the 50x50 pixels version which appears with all your updates (e.g. when your friends see what you're doing in their feed). It's not just the top 200x200 pixels resized to 50x50. There's some extra maths, but I haven't figured it out yet. Anybody? Hi Rob,
Great post, thanks! I wonder whether you or another reader can help with a related issue: I’d like to know how facebook determines which part of your profile image — if it’s larger than 200×200 pixels — to use to make the 50×50 pixels version which appears with all your updates (e.g. when your friends see what you’re doing in their feed).

It’s not just the top 200×200 pixels resized to 50×50. There’s some extra maths, but I haven’t figured it out yet. Anybody?

]]> By: designdiva http://banagale.com/a-guide-to-hacking-your-facebook-profile-photo.htm/comment-page-1#comment-47215 designdiva Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:27:08 +0000 http://banagale.com/?p=186#comment-47215 The giraffe idea is so great but I am not able to make the basic profile picture in Photoshop... the one that can be used as a blank profile pic. How do I create a grey box 54 pixels below the top? I am a novice Photoshop user and cannot figure this out for the life of me. Please help! Thanks :) The giraffe idea is so great but I am not able to make the basic profile picture in Photoshop… the one that can be used as a blank profile pic. How do I create a grey box 54 pixels below the top? I am a novice Photoshop user and cannot figure this out for the life of me.

Please help! Thanks :)

]]> By: Cayal http://banagale.com/a-guide-to-hacking-your-facebook-profile-photo.htm/comment-page-1#comment-46874 Cayal Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:31:02 +0000 http://banagale.com/?p=186#comment-46874 Ha! I got the idea to "hack" my profile in this way after seeing a newly signed up friend's default profile picure. I googled "facebook profile dimensions" or something along those lines so I could start, but found something even better: this! I was originally just going to do something with me peering over the white part or sitting on it, but I eventually decided on this: http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/892/screenshot76tdr.png Ha! I got the idea to “hack” my profile in this way after seeing a newly signed up friend’s default profile picure. I googled “facebook profile dimensions” or something along those lines so I could start, but found something even better: this! I was originally just going to do something with me peering over the white part or sitting on it, but I eventually decided on this:

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/892/screenshot76tdr.png

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