VKontakte's social network, as well as a completely different similar site, provides its users with only to upload and share any pictures and photos, but also to install them as a capital image of a personal profile. At the same time, VK in this regard does not limit users in any way, allowing you to install completely any pictures and drawings as a capital photo.
Installing avatar VKontakte
To date, VK allows you to set the profile photo in two ways, depending on the presence or absence of a previously loaded image.The VK administration establishes for its users extremely low levels of restrictions, as a result of which the profile photo can be installed literally any pictures. But even considering this, do not forget about the general rules of this social network.
Loading new avatar
First, please note that the site can be downloaded and installed as the main photo profile image in the most popular formats. The following file extensions are included in the list:
- Jpg;
- PNG;
- GIF.
Each mentioned aspect concerns completely any graphic files on the website vk.com.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that you at any time convenient for you can change the existing scaling and positioning of thumbnails. For these purposes, use a special setting point to "change the thumbnail", which appears when you hover the mouse cursor on a predetermined profile photo.
You can always easily apply some graphic effects provided by the basic editor of the site without any problems. Open the main window of this editor is possible when you hover the mouse cursor to the Account Avatar and selecting "Add Effects".
This ends all possible nuances regarding changes in profile photos by downloading a new picture.
Using a pre-downloaded image
As an initial image when installing a new user profile avatar, a completely any other picture can perform, once downloaded to the website of the social network VKontakte. Pay attention to this aspect as the ability to use as an avatar exclusively of those images that are also in the photo albums on your page. At the same time, it can be both images from the wall and the usual saved pictures.
After installing a new Ava from any album, the picture will be automatically duplicated into a special folder "Photos from my page".
- Find and save a picture to yourself into one of the photo albums that you need to set as a profile photo.
- Open the selected image in full-screen viewing mode and hover the mouse over the "More" section on the bottom toolbar.
- Among the displayed list of the use of this graphic file, select "Make a photo profile" item.
- After the manipulations done, you need to go through the previously described scaling and positioning procedure of the picture and thumbnails so that the new Ava was installed on the page as the main photo.
- As soon as you save a new avatar, it will be established as a profile pattern with all side aspects and capabilities described in the previous section of this article.
The example will be represented by installing a new ava from a private folder. "Saved photos".
As you can see, this type of installing New Ava is the most simplistic.
Instant photo profile
As a supplement, it is worth noting another fairly important opportunity of the site, thanks to which you can install new avatars using, directly, your webcam. Of course, this method is most suitable for those people who actively use the mobile version of VC, however, they use it enough in this social network.
Getting to the image capture interface from the webcam is extremely easy - for these purposes, use the first section of this article and, in particular, items from the first one third.
- From the text presented in the pop-up window, find the link "Make an instant photo" and click on it.
- At the initial start of this feature, allow the browser to use your camera.
- After that, your camera will be activated and the corresponding dynamic image is presented.
- Having finished with the choice of a shooting object, use the "take a snapshot" function to go to the image setup procedure before installing the photo as a capital avatar.
In the case of mobile devices, pre-permission is not required.
Please note that if your device is missing or faulty than a webcam, instead of the desired window with capturing the image will be presented a special notice with the ability to return one step back, directly to the choice of the picture.
At this stage, all possible parts regarding the installation, downloads and simply changes in the profile photography do not require large clarifications. We wish you a bigger quality photos!