[Plague]

[Sui Generis]
Simple Profile Picture Tutorial

This is a tutorial on how to create a simple profile picture for social media, Hackforums, or wherever you want.
Requirements:

• Adobe Photoshop
  
• Internet connection if you want to download new fonts and images
  

Note: I'm using an older version of Adobe Photoshop, but any version will work.

Step 1. – Setting everything up

• Create a new file and set up your dimensions.
  
• Ctrl-N to open a new file within Photoshop.
  
• Input your dimensions, make sure you select “pixels” from the drop-down menu.
  
• Hit OK.
  

These are the dimensions I used. (400x400)
Spoiler (Click to View)

Step 2. – Background Choices

• Decide if you want a plain background (white, black, etc.) or if you want to add a different image to the background of your picture.
  
• For this tutorial I will use an image I found on https://www.unsplash.com
  
• Save the image
  
• Drag the image on the file you created within Photoshop in step 1.
  
• Position the image where you think it looks best.
  
• Click the check box for “Show Transform Controls” in the top left of Photoshop to easily resize the image and position it where you want.
  

Spoiler (Click to View)

• Once you have positioned the image where you want it, you can go ahead and untick “Show transform controls” for now.
  
• In this tutorial I added a filter called “Rough Pastels” with default settings to my background image, but of course you can add your own filters that you think looks the best.
  
• Before we add text to the image, lets make sure the rulers are enabled so we can align our text properly.
  
• Ctrl-R to enable rulers.
  
• Once you have rulers enabled click-and-hold on the top ruler and drag your mouse down to the center of the image until you feel it snap into place at the center of the image.
  
• Do the same thing for the other ruler.
  

This is what it should look like with the rulers enabled. (If you want to hide the rulers at any point it’s Ctrl-H)
Spoiler (Click to View)

Step 3. – Font Decision

• For this tutorial I went with a font called Death Star.
  
• Select the horizontal type tool on the sidebar.
  
• Click-and-drag the text tool over your image and type in your text.
  
• You can select the font size and type that you want, which should be easy to see on the top bar of Photoshop.
  
• Once the text looks properly aligned save it as your preferred file type.
  

Final Image:
Original Spoiler (Click to View)
Black and White Spoiler (Click to View)

I added some more filters and text effects to the image. I will include the PSD so you can go in and edit whatever you want.

Resources
Here are some of the websites I always use for backgrounds and fonts.
Instead of paying for someone to create a profile picture for you, download the PSD I linked and make one yourself.

Stock Photos
https://unsplash.com/
https://stocksnap.io/
http://alpha.wallhaven.cc
http://www.thepaperwall.com
http://simpledesktops.com

Fonts
https://www.fontspring.com/
https://fonts.google.com/

Files I used in this tutorial
PSD: http://www.mediafire.com/file/z08zh477cz...torial.psd
FONT: http://www.mediafire.com/file/gbz5kt2vq7...H-STAR.zip
BACKGROUND IMAGE: http://www.mediafire.com/view/rr4wovvxrw...-IMAGE.jpg

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[Windows]

Pretty good tutorial, thanks fro the share man!

[Plague]

Pretty good tutorial, thanks fro the share man!

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[JasonYamari]

Cool tutorial. Thank you so much!

[briiightweb]

good tutorial bro, might start making tuts myself, inspiring haah