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The size of the avatar in VK for the page. Secrets of Vkontakte. Creation of a single block “Avatar and Menu”

Social networks have firmly taken an important place in the life of almost every member of the younger generation. Communication, games, scooping up interesting and important information - this is far from all that Vkontakte users receive. They are happy to share stories from life (real and fictional), invite friends to rate and comment on new photos to brag about the events that have taken place. And setting an avatar (the main photo that appears on the main page) becomes an important process.

Now you won’t surprise anyone with a beautiful photo - thanks to the variety of different programs on the Internet, you can make a real work of art by partially or completely changing your appearance. And those who still don’t know how to make a cool profile picture for Vkontakte can use a few tips.

Cool avatar without editing

The most difficult thing is to make a perfect photo without processing it in special programs. But if you do not have Photoshop skills or want to make a natural, but at the same time cool avatar, then you will need the following:

  1. Camera
  2. Fan
  3. Lamp
  4. Good mood.

Remember one rule: never, under any circumstances, be photographed in a bad mood. Your posture will be stiff, your smile will be fake, and your eyes will be dull. If you need a really cool avatar, go to the photo session only in a good mood.

Second rule: do not take as a photographer an inexperienced friend or a person in a state of intoxication (even a light one). Nothing good will come of such an undertaking, it is better to buy a tripod and mount the camera on it. This will allow you to try to create an avatar for an unlimited amount of time, without listening to the displeasure of your girlfriend.

So, the camera is ready, set up for natural light (focusing on the time of day, set the appropriate settings in the equipment menu). Additionally, you will need another light source that will be directed at you. For this, an ordinary floor lamp and even a table lamp, installed in such a way that your torso is fully illuminated, will do.

And now about the poses

Girls and boys should be photographed differently! In the pictures you will see the most interesting poses for girls and guys. It is better to choose several options at once to see in which cases your best sides are revealed. For girls with long hair, you can substitute a fan that will make the facial expression more sexy with a slightly disheveled hairstyle.



Your face should be relaxed and your smile natural. Do not try to make something sexually desirable out of yourself by squinting your eyes and opening your mouth. It would be better to look at the photo in which the girl illuminates with her beautiful, radiant smile, displaying her soft character.

Making a cool avatar in the program

There are many photo editing software available on the internet today. Using them is very convenient, just upload your best photo and create the desired effects. To make the avatar cool, use the following options:

  • Red eye removal (required);
  • Photo aging effect - suitable for low-quality shots when you need to hide imperfections on the face;
  • Black and white photo - solves several problems at once, including the elimination of red eyes, age spots on the face, acne, figure flaws;
  • Resizing - you can crop the photo as you like, leaving only the face or eliminating the ugly background from the bottom or top of the picture.

Photo editing

If you do not like the photo at all, then you can change it completely. To do this, download any program (Photoshop, PhotoScape, etc.), upload a photo and start creating. These utilities allow you to make adjustments to the face, for example, change the color of the eyes, the shape of the nose, make the skin color even, with a tan effect, and eliminate ugly spots. In photo editing programs, you can change the background, set a frame, or move yourself to the seaside.

However, don't overdo it. Often, girls try to make themselves "queens" in the truest sense of the word, placing their face in a ready-made sketch. In some cases, it looks impressive, but without experience with such programs, the picture turns out to be funny and ridiculous. Try to create a natural avatar so that no one understands that it has been processed.

Professional avatar

There is another way to make a beautiful avatar. Turn to professional editors who know how to make a gorgeous photo out of any, even the most poor-quality picture. You will have to pay for this, but what can you sometimes do for the sake of a large number of likes and comments on your Vkontakte page.

When working with various photo editing programs, do not forget to save the finished results. Inspired by new ideas, you can get so absorbed in the process that you lose all the avatars you made due to your own inattention. And do not rush to criticize the finished pictures - look at them tomorrow, it is possible that your view will change and you will fall in love with your own photographs.

Hello everyone, this is Roman Litvinov, designer of the Ardens.pro team. Today I came to you with a guide-tutorial on how to create a single block of an avatar and a Vkontakte menu (as a whole). First, examples of what it will look like.

Examples:

Avatar markup for the VK group

To get started, we need a grid. To make it, we take a screenshot of the group page and throw it into the project, in my case in Photoshop.

Then, using the CTRL + R key combination, we call the rulers and place the guides along the edges of the avatar and the anchor. In order to extend the guide, you need to hold LMB on the ruler and pull it towards our layout.

The size of the avatar that we see in the browser without scaling is 200x500 pixels. And fixed in this form 395x237 pixels.

cutting

We have made the markup, now let's start cutting. Why now? Yes, because this is almost the end of my guide.
For cutting, we need a tool "Cutting" (in the English version "Slice tool")


Using this tool, we cut along our guides, specifically inside the avatar and fasten along the edges.

It should turn out like this.
Next, we remove our screenshot from the layers and proceed to the project. We will not develop the design, but I will show what happens. Let's throw in our project a photo of a girl. For us, the main thing is to get into the area of ​​\u200b\u200bcutting the avatar and fixing it.

After working on our design, save the sliced ​​parts with CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+S or File->Save for web…

In this window, with Shift held down, select our avatar and click save
But that's not all, either. In the window that appears, select Fragments, select "Only selected fragments" and click Save. After that, Photoshop will cut off the area with the avatar and the clip from the entire layout.

In the folder where we saved the cut, we will see something like this.

A single avatar and menu block for the Vkontakte group

Feel free to upload our avatar and pin it to the test group to see the result

So, thanks to such actions, you will get a single block of the avatar and menu in Vkontakte groups.

Completion

I hope my mini-guide was helpful and you can make your groups more beautiful and memorable.

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Attention! Competition:
I will give a set of stickers to choose from to someone who repeats this lesson, and he will be able to make an avatar and fix it in one piece 😉

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How to make a horizontal avatar in a VKontakte group- a question that is asked by most administrators and creators of VK communities. A horizontal group cover creates an attractive group appearance and creates the opportunity to convey a more accurate community vibe. In this article, we will tell you how to download this design detail yourself.

Step-by-step instructions on how to make a horizontal avatar in a VKontakte group.

The first step is to choose a picture that you would like to see as a cover. The optimal image size for the top VKontakte picture is 1590x400 pixels. Image format: JPG, GIF, and PNG. By matching the image format and size perfectly, you can get the best match between your image and the actual look of the uploaded cover.

After selecting the image, you can immediately proceed to upload it. To do this, go to the community and go to the community management menu. In the menu that opens, find the "Community cover" field. Next, click download and follow all the instructions. Save the results and you're done! Now you have a beautiful horizontal avatar and you can start working on it.

After you have created and filled your Vkontakte group with information, you need to properly arrange it. Design means the creation of a logo (avatar), and, if necessary, the creation of a menu.

What elements should the avatar of the Vkontakte group contain?

First of all, you need to display your company logo on the avatar. It is also advisable to briefly describe the scope of your business and the services you provide, since the space allocated for a logo is very limited. By the way, the maximum dimensions of the Vkontakte group avatar are now 200 px in width and up to 500 px in height. Previously, it was possible to upload an avatar up to 700 pixels in height.
If you want the Vkontakte community to bring you customers, it is necessary to indicate in the group avatar the main method of communication with your company, as a rule, this is a phone.
All these elements should be carefully placed in a certain composition, in the center of which there should be an attractive picture or collage. The picture should directly or indirectly reflect the essence of your business.
Here, for example, is the logo I created for the community that sells Thermia heaters.

Also make sure that your logo can be used to create an attractive and readable thumbnail that will be displayed next to the posts left on behalf of the group. Very often, calls to action are also placed on the avatar. Even more often, the avatar is made part of the overall picture along with the group menu, but I will devote a separate post to this.
If you have minimal Photoshop skills, you can try to create a logo for your Vkontakte community on your own, i.e. is free. By the way, you can try to search in this community avatars for the Vkontakte group in psd format.
If you feel that, for one reason or another, you cannot do the community logo on your own, you can ask for help from a designer who you can try to find with the help of friends or on any freelance exchange. I think that if you wish, you can find a designer who will agree to create an avatar for the Vkontakte group at a price of 1000-1500 rubles.
After you create an avatar, you will only have to post it in your community.
Just in case, I decided to briefly tell you about how to upload a logo to the Vkontakte group.
If you have not yet uploaded an avatar to your group, then you will have a camera icon on the right side of the community page with a link "Upload a photo". If you have already uploaded some kind of avatar, then you need to hover over it with the mouse, after which the link "Upload a new photo" will appear.

Next, you will be prompted to upload a logo from your computer. After downloading, you will see a window with your logo for the group and a selected area. Note that the selected area may not always be positioned correctly, so you may need to tug on the corners a little or move the area itself to make your logo look the way you want.

The same applies to the thumbnail, which you will be asked to edit in the next step. As I wrote earlier, when creating a logo, it is advisable to take care in advance that the thumbnail is attractive and readable.


Well, now I hope that you will not have any problems creating a logo for your Vkontakte business page. In one of the following articles, I will talk about how to properly create a menu for a Vkontakte group. If you are interested in the topic of using the Vkontakte social network for business, subscribe to blog updates in the form below.

In this article, we will tell how to make a wide horizontal avatar in a VKontakte group. With a clear example, we will show how to make a wide avatar vk and provide useful practical advice.

First of all, I immediately want to say about the importance of such a graphic element of the VK group as a wide horizontal avatar. Compared to the usual vertical VKontakte avatar, the horizontal one has a larger area and is displayed on mobile devices, which allows it to be used more efficiently.
Before directly installing a wide avatar, I want to draw your attention to the icon of your group, which is displayed on the left opposite each post. It is taken directly from the standard vertical avatar thumbnail. If possible, it should be in the same style as the future hat. If the header is planned in a different style, then first upload a regular avatar, and then move on to a wide horizontal one.

So, let's go directly to the consideration of the process of installing a wide VKontakte avatar.

Instructions on how to create a horizontal avatar in a VK group.

1) We are preparing a wide avatar with a size of 1590 × 400 pixels in a graphics editor.
A wide horizontal avatar is the face of your group, which forms the first impression and attitude of visitors. It is necessary to approach the creation of an avatar with special care, this will determine the further success of your community.
For example, consider the avatar we prepared for the demo:

The main elements that are commonly used in the header are:

  • Logo– Specifies the primary graphical association with the group.
  • header- Briefly and clearly tells what the group is about and for whom.
  • Graphic elements with descriptions give more complete information about what the group offers, what advantages and features the group has.

The main elements should be placed closer to the center and to the bottom, retreating from the top border at least 100 pixels and from the side borders at least 220. So, you will ensure the normal display of a wide avatar on mobile devices.

2) Let's go to community management.

3) Click Download, next to the community cover field.

4) Loading a previously created horizontal avatar.

5) We check the correctness of the display of the avatar in the group from a computer and a mobile device.

As you can see making a wide horizontal avatar is not difficult at all. It is important to know only a few features.
Also, I want to draw your attention to the fact that the avatar is not the only graphic element that defines the style of the group. The overall picture is also formed by the design of posts, albums, products and other sections of your group. This should also be taken into account.

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