Yeah, guess what?
You can now change that boring blue cover image to a custom one right now! I don't think many people know about this....
Check out my crazy follow buttons! I used Gimp to create mine.
Here's what you can do in order to get the dimensions perfect:
Take a screenshot of your existing cover photo, then layout your art in that same file, adding or subtracting stuff as you go.
When you save your file, it will be the exact dimensions, so it will fit in perfectly for your cover image.
After you have made your art image, go to your settings page in your Steemit profile, and add your image url in the space where it says, "cover image url". I tend to use this site to upload my images: https://postimages.org/
I found out about the new cover by @toria, so upvote her post!:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@toria/steemit-cover-photo
That's all there is to it.
Carry on,
Stellabelle
Here are the best dimensions
width: 1920px;
height: 300px;
Post I made 14 hours ago. : )
Wow, this is good news!
This was such a big upgrade to smeetit and I love it , it may seem a little like Facebook , but it's a great way to show our personalities or just to attract people when they come to the page . Very happy with the community change
yeah i love it because it reminds me of myspace, which i preferred way back when.
The good old myspace , where is all began . Just gave me a smile and a mind full of memories :D
I give it less than 72 hours until someone uses Gimp or PhotoShop to give themselves a reputation with three or more digits. 😂
Hi! Here are some free steemit cover images 🌅. Feel free to use them.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@ninjace/how-to-change-your-steemit-cover-image-plus-free-5-steemit-cover-images
thanks @stellabelle I gotta do this I even havent tried to upload profile picture here because I dont know how to do it.your post can be useful so that I can upload profile pic and do my cover photo...cool :)
thanks for the tip.
Thank you Stella 😘
That's a fun addition! Yours looks very creatively done. I think I read in another post of yours hat you are an artist...I can see it in your cover photo! How neat to add a little flair and creativity to each user's blog. Thanks for sharing!
This is so awesome! I'm gonna do it today to decorate my profile, thanks for sharing!
I like it... I need to add a few more things to mine and wanted to get one up fast 😂
Just did mine ! Thanks for sharing the info.
https://steemit.com/@eyegasm
no problem! We will be able to tell bots/puppet accounts from real ones now!
lmao
yeah it looks cool!
thanks <3
Great! Thanks a bunch!
wooo i just posted about this needing to happen... @stellabelle you always come through with the best posts. much love
how new is this? jw
cool, thank you for your share
Thanks for sharing..upvoted resteemed and followed
Just updated my cover image. Check it out :)
Yeah, that's an awesome news. I did mine y'day.
And if anyone here is coming up with a creative cover image, do participate for winning some SBDs from @ausbitbank at his post here. I'd really love to see all your creative covers 😊
This is very nice thank you so much for sharing this with us.
Thanks for sharing this tip...now is the time for personalised personal pages on steemit.
Great to see that the dev team are working on somehow to make the site better and feel more personal and what better way than giving the users the power to add their own touch to their pages.
I just did mine. I'm not sure what the dimensions are and it came out a little blurry but I'll try to fix it.
I'm loving the look of your own @stellabelle. Especially that 'follow, follow, follow' bit haha
Try doubling the size of the image if it looks blurry. This will ensure retina screens also render the image sharply..
Your profile is an extension of your personality and giving it a cover page reveals the perfect you. A small update but real important one.
Thanks for updating it or I would have lived with the blue cover page only.
I posted on of my favorite photos I took of a log in some water on mine. Love that we have a cover photo now.
wow I never realized it was this one easy thanks for this tutorial, I'm going to go try mine now
Good concept from a great steemians...will try it bcos of you which is why I mentioned you in my mile stone blog of today...thanks
@stellabelle - Saw this post now after I noticed the change in cover image on my blog page and struggled through creating a better image. Your method is really simple ! I wish I had seen it earlier.
However, the good thing about my 'reinventing the wheel' was that I created my own method (and a tutorial) about making snazzy cover pages using a collage method. With my method, people who do not have artistic inclinations for image editing or who just want to create a nice collage without knowing how to take sceenshots etc. can create a cover image. I request you to take a look and provide feedback. @mrs.steemit said she used my method to create her lovely cover image. I would love to know your opinion since you are the creator of a method before me. Thanks
I did some testing on size and resolution, and built a template for Photoshop: https://steemit.com/coverimage/@laylahsophia/free-steemit-coverpic-template
Free download - have FUN! :)
I love it! You are so creative. Going to have to give this a try. Thanks for sharing Stella.
thanx its really informative
Nice to know and I will try it
@stellabelle
Thats great. We can have more customization. Thanks for the tutorial.
Hello stellabelle :) I saw your article on looking for people to translate your article. May I translate this one in Korean ?
yes of course! I would be happy!
Thank you! :)
i think my article is old. i am not currently looking to hire anyone....well i want my article, STEEMIT IS A TEST translated into Korean and Japanese. Can you do that?
really awesome tut thanx