How to make a picture in a contact?

The reader who stumbled upon this article, for sureI've seen somewhere on the open spaces of the social network Vkontakte, a bluff avatar, which on the main page of the user is one, and in the form of a preview - quite different. But how is this possible? In this article, step by step, the entire process of creating such an avatar will be described. Be satisfied with the patience and minimum user requirements of Photoshop.

The essence of the focus is that two changing pictures - this is actually one image, processed in Photoshop.

So, let's start in order how to make a picture in contact:

1. We take two images - one basic, which will flash on your main page, and the other - one that will take place next to your comments.
2. I will indicate immediately what sizes the images should be: the first, the main one - 200 x 500 pixels, and the second - 200 x 200 pixels. You can get the dimensions in the same Photoshop.
3. Create a back layer, the size of 200 x 700 pixelsand put in succession on this layer both prepared images, the main one - from above, the second - from below. This results in a combined image. We save the project in this form, preferably in JPG or JPEG format.
4. Next, on your Vkontakte page, put inthe avatar's first image, the one that was used to compose the future avatar. Immediately after that, put on the avatar received in Photoshop image.
5. Editor Vkontakte first offers you to choosethe range of the displayed area from the avatar for the main page, and then for the thumbnail (that is, the one that appears next to your comments). In the first case, select the upper part of the avatar, in the second - the lower part. The previously chosen pixel dimensions will just let you adjust the exact value.

Excellent! Now on your main page the image is from the top of the avatar, and the secondary image is on the bottom.

But one of you will ask: "Can not you click on the image on the main page and see the entire avatar, including the bottom?" So it is, and we do not need it at all. We with you, dear inquisitive reader, need an impeccable avatar without hints of unfinished business. After all, why give out your secrets of uniqueness?

To get rid of this problem - do not flinchHand remove this image from your main page, do not worry, it will not disappear at all. All that we need - will remain in its place: the top - on the main page, the bottom - in miniature, next to the comments.

Now when you click on the main avatar of yourpage will display the image that you uploaded to it, namely the first photo, without the bottom part - that's why it had to be downloaded in advance.

The mechanism for storing avatars Vkontakte worksso that you do not need to store the avatar image itself in the album, it will be stored on the server, and downloaded directly from it. That's the whole simple procedure that will give uniqueness to your Vkontakte page and answer the question about how to make a photo in contact.