Since Dick Costolo, the CEO of Twitter, announced the update to profile look back
in September 2012, users were busy tweaking their Twitter headers for
that perfect look. Twitter headers are not much different to Facebook’s
profile covers, only a difference in the dimensions, that’s all it is.
A great looking Twitter header grabs the viewers attention in a snap and they instantly hit the follow button. Okay, now I might have exaggerated it, but still Twitter has also opened out avenues for visual creativity, taking a page out of Facebook’s book. Since then, many of the Twitter’s users have got it right and expressed themselves visually on the network. But that has also left many of the users stumped over what picture to choose and how to format it to make it the best fit.
As you can see from the above image, Twitter header is 520px wide by
260px tall. This breaks it down to a 2:1 ratio with a maximum upload
size of 1252px by 626px or 5 MB.
A great looking Twitter header grabs the viewers attention in a snap and they instantly hit the follow button. Okay, now I might have exaggerated it, but still Twitter has also opened out avenues for visual creativity, taking a page out of Facebook’s book. Since then, many of the Twitter’s users have got it right and expressed themselves visually on the network. But that has also left many of the users stumped over what picture to choose and how to format it to make it the best fit.
Design Tips for your Twitter Cover Image
You can see above my Twitter profile
with a dark themed photograph as the header in the background. The text
that Twitter allows you is only in whites, so you’ll probably want a
background that’s decently dark. However, Twitter does mess around with
your image, adding their own filters and formatting the image by
themselves. Twitter darkens your uploaded image, darkens the image, so
that the text could be readable. Twitter also automatically applies the
rounded corners to images.
Free Websites for Twitter Headers/Banner Design
TwitrCovers
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TwitrCovers is one of the many websites
that are offering free Twitter header covers, but it simply stands out
of the crowd with what it has to offer. Twitrcovers has a bounty of high
resolution and meaningful covers for everyone.
Not only you could browse the popular
header covers, you could also browse through its huge catalogue
category-wise. If you’re thinking about how a cover would look on your
profile, Twitrcover also shows you a demo of how it will appear on a
profile, after you select your header.
You can apply directly to your twitter
profile from their ‘Make this my cover’ button. But it requires you to
follow their website. If you don’t want that, you can select ‘Download
this image manually’ and apply it manually into your Twitter edit
profile.
TwitCover
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TwitCover is the next best thing for
Twitter headers just after Twitrcovers. TwitCover offers you almost
everything as Twitrcovers does. But there’s a feature that makes
Twitcover stand out from the competition – Create your cover. TwitCover
lets you create your own header by adding images and text. Designed by
the designers at GraphicFlash LLC and again, organized by categories,
the covers on TwitCover are both polished and diverse.
For creating own Twitter header, users can
import images, apply effects, add custom text, drag/resize them. The
header created is downloadable and you can upload it to your profile.
The user-created headers are also uploaded to their image database,
opening a wide spectrum of available headers.
TwitterHeaders.co
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TwitterHeaders.co is one of the another
great destination for finding Twitter headers. Twitterheaders offers
same features as the above mentioned both services. It also features a Create your own Header feature, similar to Twitcover.
Again, it lets you add your own images,
text and format it to make a downloadable version of your header.
Twitterheaders.co features a wide range of Twitter headers and arranged
in a category basis.
Freet Twitter Headers
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Free Twitter Headers is also one of a good
resource for Twitter headers. The competition from the above websites,
brings these down the pecking order. Still, FTH offers unique and wide
range of Twitter Headers arranged category-wise. FTH also boasts of a
Create your cover option, a Request and a Submit option.
A good resource for finding out more Twitter headers, although not the one with the highest priority.
Twit Headers
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Twitheaders is again one of a good resource
of Twitter headers. It is updated on a weekly basis. The headers are
arranged category-wise and you can browse for the one that best fits
your bill.
Twitheaders although does not feature much high-end headers, it sure does offers a wide selection options from its niches.
What about you? Are you using a unique
Twitter header image for your profile? If not then head out to these
resources and spice up your profile. Leave your thoughts and comments on
Twitter headers below.
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