How To Make A Facebook Profile Picture Frame?

Have you noticed a Facebook profile picture frame or two floating around on your friend’s profile on Facebook? In case you had missed them, these are actually images that you can lay over your profile picture. More importantly, these features are the ones that often used for holidays, sporting events, political movements and recently, health information due to Covid-19.

​If you are wondering, there are endless ways to use Facebook profile frames!

It doesn’t matter if you are sending signals on your political affiliations, stand in solidarity with a people group, supporting your favorite football team or simply having a cute and memorable addition to your latest profile pic, you are going to find answers to “how to make a Facebook profile picture frame for yourself in this simple guide.

Step 1: Create An Image

My favorite tool is Canva (because it is free) to create a graphic with a transparent background.

Head over to Canva.com and click Create a design. Choose and click on the Logo template under the Marketing designs.

Here’s a simple “We Stand Together” text for this tutorial.

Once you had completed the design, click on the download button and choose .PNG file type. Make sure you enable the option for Transparent background.

“Canva’s transparent background feature is only available with the Pro version a.k.a. Canva For Work. If you are using a free account, you can request for a free 30 days trial to use this feature.”

Reginald Chan

Step 2: Upload The Image To Facebook Camera Effects

Do you know that there are many different programs and services found within Facebook? For starters, there’s Facebook Camera Effects which not many people are aware of. You can learn more about Facebook Camera Effects right here.

So, how do you upload the image to Facebook Camera Effects?

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First, decide if you will be publishing your frame using your personal profile or your business profile by clicking on your profile picture at the top left corner.

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Next, click the Open Frame Studio button at the top right. From here, drag and drop your transparent .PNG onto the editor and adjust the size and position as necessary. 

Be sure to keep the “Profile Pictures” option toggled on, make sure that your image looks good on both the square and circle profile picture previews. Once you’re satisfied with the position and size of your design, click the Next button at the bottom right.

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From here, you’ll be able to name your design, choose when and where it will be available for use, and add keywords to help people search for your frame. Once you’ve finalized these settings, click the Next button at the bottom right. You’ll have one more chance to review your design and its settings before you publish your frame. When you’re ready to send your frame into the world, press Publish.

Step 3: Start Using Your New Facebook Profile Frame

Here’s the fun part. Your new Facebook profile picture frame is now ready to be used by you and those who see’s it. Pretty cool, right?

Normally, the new frame will go through some brief review process before it is searchable by anyone within the parameters you set while creating the frame.

Once everything is all done and verified, you can now head to your personal profile, click on your profile picture to update it, and select Add Frame when viewing your photo options.

And that’s it! Three easy steps to creating your own custom Facebook profile picture frame. 

Do you have questions about Facebook profile picture frames or social media in general? Thought of a particularly creative way to use Facebook profile picture frames in your marketing strategy? I’d love to hear from you!

Summary: How To Create A Facebook Profile Frame For Free?

I hope the above tutorial will help you create your first Facebook profile frame easily and under 10 minutes.

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