Photoshop template to customize your Twitter profile page

There’s been some buzz recently to create the hard way a more personalized profile page on Twitter, basicaly, you better master Photoshop… So far, so good, I can do that, but I’m lazy, and I started by looking for a premade template to start with… Since I haven’t found anything, I started coding one (can […]

Par Fabrice Epelboin

There’s been some buzz recently to create the hard way a more personalized profile page on Twitter, basicaly, you better master Photoshop… So far, so good, I can do that, but I’m lazy, and I started by looking for a premade template to start with… Since I haven’t found anything, I started coding one (can you say coding for Photoshop work… Guess I’m more a geek than a graphic designer).

Since I’m a web2 guy, I just had to share that, so you can download the Photoshop template here.

I’m using Adobe’s Helvetica thin (57/77) as the main font, so you’ll probably have a warning when opening the file with Photoshop, and you’ll have to change the font to whatever, and of course, I expect you to change the picture ;-)

If you’re looking for color shemes, take a look here, or here.

Everything is in creative commons, you can do whatever you want with it, just drop a comment here with you twitter profile.

By the way, my twitter profile is @epelboin, add me :-)

UPDATE: If your looking for something a little more sober, you can try this template (download it here)

59 Commentaires

  1. Fabrice Epelboin a fait ce commentaire le 3 juillet 2008 | Permalien

    You can find another template here also : http://www.box.net/shared/lgw2pz4gso

  2. LeserEins a fait ce commentaire le 6 juillet 2008 | Permalien

    I wrote an article in German, providing somehints how to create an extended Twitter profile: http://www.lesereins.de/?p=165

  3. Shannon Ritter a fait ce commentaire le 6 juillet 2008 | Permalien

    I’m using this on my twitter site now.. I think it looks great. Thanks!
    twitter.com/micala

  4. GuiM a fait ce commentaire le 7 juillet 2008 | Permalien

    Very usefull for lazy people like us :)
    twitter/guim
    Thanks

  5. Jade Walker a fait ce commentaire le 7 juillet 2008 | Permalien

    Thanks for the helpful template. I’ve posted it on my Twitter page - http://www.twitter.com/jadewalker.

  6. Stelios a fait ce commentaire le 7 juillet 2008 | Permalien

    thanks, looks good!
    twitter.com/steliosx

  7. Jim Kukral a fait ce commentaire le 7 juillet 2008 | Permalien

    Pretty neat, we have the same idea. I made a site for these at www.Twitterbacks.com. Can we add your design to the collective :)

  8. Fabrice Epelboin a fait ce commentaire le 7 juillet 2008 | Permalien

    Of course :) Please do so.

  9. cyril a fait ce commentaire le 7 juillet 2008 | Permalien

    here you go : http://twitter.com/cattias

    many thanks

  10. Shamir a fait ce commentaire le 9 juillet 2008 | Permalien

    Nice stuff Fabrice. I’ll update my twitter template right away (follow me @shamir). Thanks/

  11. Fabrice Epelboin a fait ce commentaire le 21 juillet 2008 | Permalien

    Next step: if you want to design a cool Twitter integration for your blog, this is inspirational: http://kreativuse.com/showcase-twitter-status-design/

  12. AboutOnlineTips a fait ce commentaire le 13 août 2008 | Permalien

    wow..amazing one..

  13. Avangelist a fait ce commentaire le 20 août 2008 | Permalien

    Very good, I don’t quite understand though, are you just using a solid graphic for a background image, similar to the old Myspace profile hacks?

  14. Fabrice Epelboin a fait ce commentaire le 20 août 2008 | Permalien

    Exactely, I’m using a solid and very large JPG as a background, they’re no other way to do that… kind of a rought hack, but it does the job.

  15. Jonathan Coffman a fait ce commentaire le 25 août 2008 | Permalien

    I really liked your template, but I did find that it’s designed for users with fairly high monitor resolutions. So I resized the elements so that it looks nice for people with 1024×768 (which is a large percentage of www users I hear).

    I’ve implemented it at http://www.twitter.com/pbsengage

  16. Pierre a fait ce commentaire le 31 octobre 2008 | Permalien

    merci à vous pour kles img :)

  17. Pawel (SEOblogr) a fait ce commentaire le 31 octobre 2008 | Permalien

    Im using the template (with a little tweak) at http://twitter.com/PawelSzulencki
    Thanks :)

  18. createmo a fait ce commentaire le 2 novembre 2008 | Permalien

    Thank you for your site :)
    I made with photoshop backgrounds for myspace and youtube and more
    my backgrounds:http://tinyurl.com/6exhae
    have a good day and thank you again!

  19. Matt Clark a fait ce commentaire le 11 novembre 2008 | Permalien

    Feel free to grab as many FREE Twitter backgrounds here: http://www.tweetpages.com. “How To’s” coming soon :)

  20. frank a fait ce commentaire le 11 novembre 2008 | Permalien

    Just what i needed to actually take the time to make a custom Twitter page. I’ve read about the ability to do it, but never wanted to take the time :)

    Thanks for being the one to help people like me out!


    http://twitter.com/franswaa

  21. lao-ocean-girl a fait ce commentaire le 14 novembre 2008 | Permalien

    Thanks for being so generous and sharing!

  22. Hannah Valentine a fait ce commentaire le 21 novembre 2008 | Permalien

    I’m playing around with it just now, thanks for putting this template up!

  23. Robin Sampson a fait ce commentaire le 24 novembre 2008 | Permalien

    Thanks for this. Is there a way to add links?

  24. Fabrice Epelboin a fait ce commentaire le 24 novembre 2008 | Permalien

    @Robin Sampson
    Nop, for now, the only thing you can do on Twitter is a plain jpg background…

  25. RaddyNedrarge a fait ce commentaire le 27 novembre 2008 | Permalien

    hi there!
    I made on photoshop anime myspace pics.
    take a look at them:
    http://tinyurl.com/5wmgpn
    Thanks for your website ;) xoxo

  26. Ben a fait ce commentaire le 30 novembre 2008 | Permalien

    Thanks!
    http://twitter.com/benharrisroxas

  27. Darlene a fait ce commentaire le 1 décembre 2008 | Permalien

    Thanks for the template! http://twitter.com/savvydoula

  28. Dallas a fait ce commentaire le 11 décembre 2008 | Permalien

    Thanks for the template. Playing around with it now. http://www.twitter.com/TheDallas

  29. nika a fait ce commentaire le 11 décembre 2008 | Permalien

    Hey there - I used your template as the “bones” for my twitter background - http://twitter.com/nika7k

  30. Outlet a fait ce commentaire le 13 décembre 2008 | Permalien

    Beautiful and elegant template. Thumb UP!

  31. Modele a fait ce commentaire le 22 décembre 2008 | Permalien

    merc à vous pour ces images :)

  32. julie a fait ce commentaire le 7 février 2009 | Permalien

    Thanks!

  33. bongolicious a fait ce commentaire le 7 février 2009 | Permalien

    Thanks for the template. It was really easy to use and has made my twitter page far more professional.

    @bongolicious

  34. Alexandra a fait ce commentaire le 13 février 2009 | Permalien

    eastern_star.

    Merci!

  35. John Halderman a fait ce commentaire le 14 février 2009 | Permalien

    Hmm, don’t know why but neither template will work for me.
    One would not open, “damaged header” and ther other would not be accepted by Twitter, “maybe too large file”

    Oh well can’t spend time to fight it

    John

  36. Fabrice Epelboin a fait ce commentaire le 15 février 2009 | Permalien

    @John Halderman

    Looks like you’ve got an outdated version of Photoshop and haven’t use properly the jpg compressor (File>Save for the web) ;)

  37. nick waters a fait ce commentaire le 16 février 2009 | Permalien

    Thank you for the template! Cheers

  38. Relate a fait ce commentaire le 23 février 2009 | Permalien

    Thanks a million for the template. It got me started with Twitter and is giving me time to work on our own design without needing to use the twitter backgrounds in the meantime.
    http://twitter.com/relatemagazine

  39. Lisa Jeffries a fait ce commentaire le 1 mars 2009 | Permalien

    Thanks! Got me off to a good start :-)

    https://twitter.com/BuckheadRaleigh

  40. Dave Ruark a fait ce commentaire le 13 mars 2009 | Permalien

    Thanks for the great template.
    http://twitter.com/irtlive

  41. d'Auria a fait ce commentaire le 18 mars 2009 | Permalien

    save as a jpg and upload?
    merci bien!

    (@missdauria)

  42. Rakshith Rao a fait ce commentaire le 20 mars 2009 | Permalien

    I downloaded the template,now how do I put it to my profile?

  43. Christina Libertini a fait ce commentaire le 23 mars 2009 | Permalien

    Merci! Just what I was looking for. See mine @czl.

  44. David Cousens a fait ce commentaire le 24 mars 2009 | Permalien

    Thanks for the template, I’ve used it as the basis for mine which you can see here: http://twitter.com/DavidCousens

  45. Doctor Twitter a fait ce commentaire le 4 avril 2009 | Permalien

    Like u said there is definitely a need for this..and we answered it for the non-technical people on Twitter..doctor twitter has 100’s of themes you can apply to your profile with one click!…I like the professional template u designed although

  46. atlnightspots a fait ce commentaire le 18 avril 2009 | Permalien

    thnks for the templete follow me and I will follow you.

    www.twitter.com/atlnightspots

  47. Leslie Poston a fait ce commentaire le 23 avril 2009 | Permalien

    Nice! Thanks for making it easy :)

  48. Helena a fait ce commentaire le 24 avril 2009 | Permalien

    Thanks for your help. I’m playing round with the profile now - not got it right just yet!
    http://twitter.com/helenawaldron

  49. nishantcm a fait ce commentaire le 27 avril 2009 | Permalien

    Nice custom background for photoshop users. Twitter really gives option to users to pimp their backgrounds.

  50. Keith a fait ce commentaire le 5 mai 2009 | Permalien

    Excellent, thanks for the assistance

  51. supersalenco a fait ce commentaire le 7 mai 2009 | Permalien

    Hey man thanks a lot. I’ve added something of my own harvest. http://twitter.com/davidcantone

  52. linuxcrypt a fait ce commentaire le 29 mai 2009 | Permalien

    Thanks for the template!

    @runlevelmedia

  53. SkinnyBitchWannabe a fait ce commentaire le 22 août 2009 | Permalien

    Thanks - that was really quick and easy to customize - see my twitter page at

    http://twitter.com/skinnybitchwann

  54. Falerno a fait ce commentaire le 9 septembre 2009 | Permalien

    What can Twitter actually do for my business?

  55. Aaron Aiken a fait ce commentaire le 22 octobre 2009 | Permalien

    This is great! Thanks!!

  56. Emily a fait ce commentaire le 20 décembre 2009 | Permalien

    Thanks for the awesome template! I love the layout. I would never have thought to put URLs in my background - what a great idea.

    @CuteRobot

  57. Kristi Beckman a fait ce commentaire le 31 décembre 2009 | Permalien

    OK, well, I’m not good at this at all…but it gave me a great start. Still tweaking, but thank you so much for sharing the template! :o)

    twitter.com/Kristi_Beckman

  58. matt a fait ce commentaire le 3 janvier 2010 | Permalien

    very helpful. thanks.

    going to help me get the word out about my photography and blog. i appreciate it.

    http://flickr.com/photos/matthewray

  59. Revenue Rabbi a fait ce commentaire le 7 février 2010 | Permalien

    Just used your template!

    Thank you!

    http://www.twitter.com/revenuerabbi

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