On the Internet, you can find many services with which you can make an avatar. As a rule, all that these services offer is to add a picture under the photo, add various effects over the photo, or add an inscription. All this is done so unprofessionally that it has become a rule of bad taste on social networks, in which avatars are especially actively involved. You don't have to pay for it to create a good avatar.
Instructions
Step 1
First of all, choose a photo. Keep in mind that you are not taking a photo for one person - absolutely everyone will be looking at it. Choose a photo that is not defiant, provocative, threatening, or vulgar. The photo should be as simple as possible. A three-quarter turn photograph of a face against the backdrop of a city or landscape is ideal.
Step 2
The simplest and most accessible editors are Paint and Microsoft Photo Editor, which do not need to be downloaded, as they are included in the set of standard Windows programs. In Paint, the only available function that can be used to create an avatar is cropping, in the case of Microsoft Photo Editor you can also change the contrast, color and lightness of the photo. In order to fully process a photo for an avatar, you will need a tool such as ACDSee of any version - with its help you can both edit the color and light of the photo, and crop the picture, as well as make frames, blur, various effects and much more.
Step 3
Crop the photo, first taking the line of your eyes as the center vertically, and the center of your face horizontally. Crop so as to narrow the photo horizontally as much as possible - in this case, after uploading the photo to the network, it will be as large as possible.
Step 4
If you want, you can make the photo black and white or add contrast and color. For the most part, photos taken with ordinary cameras suffer from a lack of black color and contrast. Add these effects. If you want, you can blur the photo around the edge or add a frame if the photo is very light. Use your imagination, but remember: the photo should remain natural and not overly processed.
