tutorial on how to get large/"tall" forum profile pictures

[Unwillingly 18124]

hello I've been asked this a couple times in the past so I just thought I'd explain how I upload mine because I'm not a gatekeeper and I enjoy looking at cool forum profile pictures

there might be an easier way to do this but this is just how I do it myself. it's pretty simple

step 1: find your image

I get most if not all of mine from pinterest. there's a lot of really cool artwork on there that I recommend checking out. if you use pinterest and want to get a higher quality version of the picture, right click on it and hit "open in new tab" before downloading as a png, jpeg, etc. you can also go directly to the website attached to the image caption as well

step 2: convert to .gif file

images need to be converted to a .gif file before being uploaded to your forum profile. it's super easy, there's a lot of free websites you can use for this, but I find that GIPHY works the best. if you use GIPHY, you may need to add some kind of visual effect to it in order to be able to upload/download it as a .gif file. but if you don't want any effects visible, you can just select something like an animated sticker and make it small enough or drag it out of the image entirely to make it unnoticeable. like this



ezgif is another one that I've used in the past. this one doesnt require you to add a motion effect and simply converts your files to .gifs, but sometimes doesn't work when trying to upload to the forums? not really sure why. use as needed I suppose, sometimes its a bit of trial and error. link below
 

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https://ezgif.com/maker

step 3: upload to your forum profile

once you have your .gif file made and downloaded, just upload it to your forum profile. make sure you crop it as needed by dragging it to the top left or right corners

tl;dr just convert to a gif file. congrats, you can now ratio people on the forums with style

 

[HenryCore 411]

Our benevolent warlord! 

[gavyn 1362]

thanks for teaching me, delete this post so i can gatekeep it now

[latte 2238]

 

[woke 1159]

thanks now i have cool profile picture

[winterblood 11181]

now im torn from using my animated witch pfp or turning one of my other paintings into a bigger pfp

[Samson Option 9652]