Sunday, March 11, 2012

How to create creative photos for your Facebook Timeline

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http://agbeat.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/facebook-cover-photo-timeli.jpgFacebook’s new Timeline has a profile cover feature, to which you can upload some cover photos for your profile. Using this feature you can make your profile even creative and more impressive. Taking inspiration from some creative cover photos, i tried to do something similar, and after lots of effort i managed to do it. Here in this article i will tell you the way to make a creative photo cover for your profile.

First, Have a look on some creative cover photos i found from web:


Here first  picture can be created easily, as it has just 2 different pictures in profile photo and cover photo, but last two needs some tricky work. Read the steps below to know how you can do it:
1. Select the photo you want to upload as cover, and resize it into a picture of size 853 pixels in  width.
2. Now cut this picture into the following manner…
Note:- From the picture you can see, cover photo should be of size 853 * 315 pixels, so you can directly cut it in this size without cutting  the profile photo.
2. Now  resize the part you cut for profile photo into size 193 * 180 pixel, because Facebook does not accept profile picture of size less than 180 pixels in width.
3. Now you can upload both profile photo and cover photo on ur FB profile.
In my profile, i cut profile picture of size 124 * 87 from above picture, and used white part for remaining 46 pixels, see the screenshot of the cover i got.
Did you notice the white part in profile picture? so this way you can pretend to have only one picture on your FB profile.

Some Examples of GOOD Facebook Covers...

Kay Int Veen. Nice use of Polaroid-style photo to introduce the profile owner! The new Facebook Timeline is actually a virtual board for you to show off your creativity, so toy around with it and show to others how creative you are!
kay int veen
Aly Moffatt. Creative photo with creative usage. You won’t know what’s happening by just looking at her photo in status page, but you will get shocked once you see her profile/timeline page!
aly moffatt
Andrew Grojean. Yes, this is a timeline cover, see carefully. What a neat and amusing trick!
andrew grojean
Nirajan Bom Malla. One of the timeline cover’s tricks that went viral is to use the screenshot of other social media site as the cover. Google+ in Facebook, will this be possible in future?
nirajan bom malla
Antonio Fadda. Brilliant combination of the profile photo and the timeline cover, and yes, it’s creative.
antonio fadda
Delphin Hauchard. Nicely adjusted profile photo and the timeline cover, what a great way to show the best moment of life.
delphin hauchard
Dustin Thaxton. Willing to show not just the single best moment of life? With timeline cover and some Photoshop works you can get more great moments of life glued onto the cover!
dustin thaxton
Eduardo Calvo. I just like this one. It’s creative, amusing and warmful at the same time.
eduardo calvo
Emanuele Bartolomucci. Very sleek way of introducing the timeline feature and the profile owner.
emanuele bartolomucci
Enk Shahbaz Mehdi. People might start selling the timeline cover’s space as ads, will it be possible?
enk shahbaz mehdi
Oliver Alexander. And the Internet does not disappoint you, Enk Shahbaz Mehdi, but I think this was intended to be a good joke. Anyway, poke if interested!
oliver alexander
Eyal Shahar. Fake 3D is one of the best tricks to show off your design skills, inspiring work!
eyal shahar
Fabio Maravilla. Such a neat and detailed trick! Look at the smallest piece in the profile photo, cute!
fabio-maravilla
Florim I. Qerimi. I thought it was some sort of hypnotism at the first time I’m looking it.
florim-i-qerimi
Gianmarco Carrieri. What a simple and sweet integration of profile photo and timeline cover.
gianmarco carrieri
Giuseppe Draicchio. You will never know he is doing the contact with the extraterrestrial creature by just looking at his profile photo!
giuseppe draicchio
Manoj Varghese Mathew. Feeling less creative? Just draw what you can think of, and it will become a creative cover!
kay int veen
Menteş Nihat Baran. I’m always curious about the difference between touching the alien’s finger and touching the God’s finger.
mentes nihat baran
Helbert Campos. Nice blending between the real life photo and cartoonic graphic, you can even see the page owner’s shadow rendered in the profile photo!
helbert campos
Jeremy Bronson. It’s a big head! But wait, whose head is it? Nice one indeed.
Jerome Vadon. A beautiful way to introduce yourself with a sleek background and some sexy fonts.
jerome vadon
Jessica Barnard. Vintage means viral, don’t you know it?
jessica barnard
Johnny Gigantic. Probably a masterpiece, except that you won’t get much meaning by just looking at his profile photo.
johnny gigantic
Jörgen Bröms. With such a serious looking profile photo, you won’t expect his timeline cover to be so amusing.
jorgen broms
Robert Falkén. A simple message cloud will tell that you are creative.
robert falken
Lanfranco Nantele. Another nice attempt with message cloud, but in a more artistic way.
lanfranco nantele
Leo Lee. What will happen if I touch on the profile photo?
leo lee
Louise Lundberg. The reaction of the photo is just awesome.
louise lundberg
Maarten Walraven. You wouldn’t know a shark is approaching him if you didn’t see his timeline cover!
maarten walraven
Nagaraj Vijayarangan. And this guy is not as lucky as the one showcased above.
nagaraj vijayarangan
Maurizio Mazzanti. He’s trying to understand what’s happening with his new timeline cover.
maurizio mazzanti
Mohammad L. Azzam. Stay hungry, stay foolish, stay creative.
mohammad l azzam
Murat Çizer. I like this one, to be honest.
murat cizer
Niels Langeveld. Perfect integration between the timeline cover and profile photo, it’s royal!
niels langeveld
Oliver Elsner. If you want to show your creativity while remaining the professional look, go for this style.
oliver elsner
Ori Hasson. You know, classic game never stop to impress people.
ori hasson
Richard Kårström. If my eyes are still functioning well, I can see a guy coming from it.
richard karstrom
Rudolfo Nobre. There’s certainly some physic between the timeline cover and the profile photo.
rudolfo nobre
Scott Lamb. It feels good for sure.
scott lamb
Tom Lambie. I’m sure I am a geek as I understand this joke.
tom lambie

513art. It took me a while to figure this out but yes, you are looking at a photo-taking session behind the lense of a classical camera.
Afdhal Ys. First there was the 404 error; and here we have the ‘Server not found’ version. I wonder what’s next.
Amber Saenz. This is pretty much the best result one can get from a vanity search. Awesome!
Arek Wroblewski. Watch Calvin and his imaginary pet tiger Hobbes come to life in this astonishing piece of work.
Gabriel Masliah. Is he on Facebook or underwater? No matter, he can be both on his Timeline Cover.
Bernard Fisher. We have come far from the negative-developing, monochromatic photos of the pre-camera phone era. Doesn’t mean we can’t use the idea still.
Brian A. Frette. The next time this guy gets pulled over and asked for his license and registration, maybe he can refer the officer to his facebook.
Chris Pereira. Here’s a new twist to the "Where’s Wally?" game. Instead of finding ‘Chribby’, can you find which of the pictures is not of him?
Cody Cosmo Kelderman. Betcha this 1932 lunch atop a skyscraper was an interesting one for Cody.
Craig Graham. Is it trying to turn her into an Oscar statuette?
Daniel Reeve. I hate this game but I love what candy-fed Dan did with it on this Cover.
Đức Lê. So much luvvvv..
Ekkapong Techawongthaworn. It’s the clothes, accessories and gadgets that make the man nowadays.
Gabriel Fort. Omigosh, do you see that? There’s still space for apps here!
Giorgio Voulioti. It’s no c-cret that advertising space is available here.
Graziono Vincini. He literally lost his head over this idea!
Konrad Dobson. Let your imagination run wild and your Timeline Cover would run out of space in no time.
Krister Nielsen. Fee, Fi, Fo, Fer. I smell the blood of a web designer!
Lambros Hitiris. Almost there, bro. Just a little bit more.
Marouane Nouira. I’ve finally found an excuse to put that Samsung Galaxy S2 tutorial to good use!
Matthew Inman. Inside, Oatmeal minions are the same like us, at least under the X-ray machine.
Mujtaba Jaffari. A friendly reminder that the best processor around is still the human mind.
Myriam Heneine. Le Happy Tree Friends still give me nightmares til today.
Rafa Ferro. Ouch, that must have hurt!
Ryan Riccitelli. You lookin’ at me, kid? Now I know how the toys in Toy Story feel.
Saint Clair Family Estate. Nothing like a bottle of wine to put things in perspective.
Sebi Covaci. An artistic take on ‘Face’book.
Vikram Dhiman. I know which of the X-men he wants to be.
Wesley Nazeazeno. Between my finger and my thumb, the head rests.
Zuhair Ahmed. A sketch that delivers the message: Everything we have under social media today came from human thought.

 

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