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PhotosPhotos

Share one or more photos of a project, recipe, or whatever you've made, quickly and easily.

Step by StepStep-By-Step

Share your step-by-step photos with text instructions of what you made so others can do it too!

VideoVideo

Share your how-to video. You'll need your embed code from a video site such as YouTube.

Popup Facebook Picture

Step 4Upload it!

Upload it!
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When you set the finished image as your profile picture, the line in Facebook's layout matches with the line in the picture, making a seamless transparent image.

If it doesn't line up, move the image up or down a few pixels and try again.

Also, keep in mind, Facebook changes its layout a lot, making the image not line up. When it does, I'll try to update this Instructable.


UPDATE: I've been told by people here and friends on Facebook that the image doesn't always line up. This could be for several reasons like different monitor resolutions or browser settings, etc. So keep that in mind.

UPDATE AGAIN: If you do it, make a screen capture and put it in a comment down below! You can censor your name, like I did, if you want, but I just want to see how these come out!
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21 comments
Apr 19, 2010. 11:50 AMmayday295 says:
 Sweet! I did it-- I had to adjust the top blue part of your file, in order to line it up properly.  
Oct 11, 2010. 3:43 PMHardikmessi says:
Hello im hardik, plz plz plz help me how to make dat type f pro pic.i wait fr ur rep.
Oct 12, 2010. 9:05 AMmayday295 says:
Well just follow the guide and post your picture so I can get a reference of where you are at... and if your picture is not lining up right, what I did was expand the length, or decrease it in order to fit.

( i ended up making 3 pictures, uploading all of them to my facebook, then changing them as the facebook layout changed, taller picture, smaller picture, etc. to line them up properly;
Jul 31, 2010. 9:13 AMitworks says:
Thanks a lot, I had a lot of fun with this!
Jun 12, 2010. 11:15 PMpolymeme says:
Thank you for this. Now I can freak out all my friends!
Apr 19, 2010. 11:51 AMmayday295 says:
 Sweet! I did it-- I had to adjust the top blue part of your file, in order to line it up properly.  
Feb 13, 2010. 8:08 PMr0cketman22 says:
 
Oct 16, 2009. 4:39 PMsilverponds says:
Had way too much fun doing this, thanks for the 'ible!

Sep 13, 2009. 11:19 AMkitjs says:
my first attempt...took ages!
Dec 22, 2008. 11:25 PMNoPlanBigProblem says:
My first attempt, might try a more complex one in the near future.
May 25, 2009. 11:37 AMhunt0h says:
*facepalm* download gimp...NOW! ms paint fails
Jun 6, 2009. 4:25 PMReCreate says:
Download paint.net NOW, Gimp Fails
Jun 6, 2009. 3:53 PMdanman17 says:
it doesnt look cool with ms paint. so dont waste your time on it...
May 22, 2009. 10:41 AMmistercow.pnoy says:
I went with something a little different. I'm a fan of xkcd, so I used a bit of stuff from the comics to make mine. It's a shame Facebook uses jpegs for profile pictures, it adds crappy artifacts, and doesn't let you use transparency.
Apr 12, 2009. 1:44 AMNeil da playur says:
couldn't get my head all thay way in but still looks kool
ooookkka.psd(1254x679) 1 MB
Jan 6, 2009. 6:24 AMiMacThere4iAm says:
Silly and fun :)
Dec 21, 2008. 9:51 PMymer says:
Didn't quite line up on mine, but did on a few friend's and that's good enough for me. Fun!
Dec 26, 2008. 8:39 AMfreelei says:
you could fix that easily by making your head smaller. it was probably bigger than the space between the blue line and where the top of the image is placed on your facebook page.
Dec 30, 2008. 2:51 PMymer says:
No no, it was smaller than the blue space in the image provided by the author. It's the resolution on my screen.
Dec 25, 2008. 7:58 AMbritMonster says:
It really just looks like you yanked the blue part down so you could see, lol.
Jun 30, 2009. 10:30 PMSerpentine says:
Yeah, it kinda does...
Dec 29, 2008. 9:54 PMThinkoutsidetheBOX says:
Although I had to mess around with it a little, I did this and it turned out great! Thanks for the bright idea!
Dec 27, 2008. 1:33 PMshikeb says:
I tried this....
Dec 27, 2008. 1:31 PMshikeb says:
I tried this....
Dec 27, 2008. 12:07 PMtruko says:
Facebook have just changed the top side color, so my picture is a bit brighter than it's surrounding, but looks great. thanks Supercamera Man!
Dec 22, 2008. 9:12 PMJonny 5 says:
this is well cool. nice one,
Dec 22, 2008. 4:20 PMgiantgeyser says:
I found this entertaining

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