Panoramic picture in the profileThe latest changes in Facebook's
interface included a new five picture strip at the top of the
profile page. This strip shows the latest pictures in which you
were tagged and can be manipulated in many creative ways. One of
the ways is to make a panoramic picture from this strip, and this
article will show you how to achieve this.
!! Steps !!
* _ A panoramic picture of your choiceFind a panoramic picture.
Choose one that you took yourself or even one that you've found on
the web. It should be as narrow as possible, since the height of
the Facebook strip is very small. Copy the panoramic picture
you've chosen to Paintshop. Other graphic-editing software can be
used, but not necessarily the same way as shown in this article.
* Crop size: 493X68Select the "Crop" tool. Mark the part of the
picture you want with this size: 493 width, 68 height. Crop it.
Now you have the actual size of the strip. You can choose a bigger
part of the original picture by marking the "Maintain Aspect
Ratio", and by stretching the cropping tool's selection. This will
maintain the picture's proportions, but you'll need to resize the
picture back to its original size afterwards.
* Choose the "Crop" tool again. Now mark this size: 97 width, 68
height. Start from the left side of the picture, and crop.
* Saving the tilesSave the result by a name of your choice. This
will be a small rectangle picture that can be used as one of the
"tiles" of the panoramic picture. The example shown here used "1",
"2", "3", "4" and "5" for convenience.
* Second tile croppingUndo the cropping to go back quickly to
the previous step. The selection of the crop tool should still be
there, so use the mouse to drag the left side of the selection to
the right side, and over it. This way you can select the crop size
of the second tile, from the point at which the first tile ended.
Make sure the size of the width is 97 (the height shouldn't
change). Now crop it.
* Repeat steps 6 and 7 until you have five saved tiles that form the
panoramic picture.
* Creating a new albumOpen your Facebook page. Create a new
album by selecting the "Photo" icon under the profile pictures
strip, and then select "Create an Album".
* Choose the tilesA pop up window will appear, asking you to
choose the pictures for the album. Choose all the saved tiles (1
to 5). The pictures will be uploaded, and in the meantime you can
write a name for the album. When you're done - click the "Create
Album" button. A new screen will appear with the option to publish
the newly created album. Skip it, and click the "Back to album"
button.
* Tag yourselfTag yourself in every picture, but start from the
last_ picture. The reason for this is because the strip on your
profile shows the latest tagged picture of you – on the left.
It's easy to move to the next picture you need to tag by hitting
the "Previous" button, on the top.
* All done!You're done! Go back to your profile and check if the
panoramic picture appears as it should.
!! Tips !!
* You can add text, icons or whatever you want inside every tile.
* If you use a panoramic picture with a white background, it could
blend seamlessly with FaceBook's white background.
!! Things You\'ll Need !!
* Facebook account
* Digital photo
* Paintshop or similar editing software
!! Related WikiHows !!
* How to Sync Facebook Photos to a Mac Using AddressBookSync
* How to Upload a Photo from Your DSi to Facebook
* How to Make a New Facebook Account
* How to Upload a Video on Facebook
* How to Upload Images to Facebook With a Cell Phone
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