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)



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You can find another template here also : http://www.box.net/shared/lgw2pz4gso
I wrote an article in German, providing somehints how to create an extended Twitter profile: http://www.lesereins.de/?p=165
I’m using this on my twitter site now.. I think it looks great. Thanks!
twitter.com/micala
Very usefull for lazy people like us
twitter/guim
Thanks
Thanks for the helpful template. I’ve posted it on my Twitter page - http://www.twitter.com/jadewalker.
thanks, looks good!
twitter.com/steliosx
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
Of course
Please do so.
here you go : http://twitter.com/cattias
many thanks
Nice stuff Fabrice. I’ll update my twitter template right away (follow me @shamir). Thanks/
Next step: if you want to design a cool Twitter integration for your blog, this is inspirational: http://kreativuse.com/showcase-twitter-status-design/
wow..amazing one..
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?
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.
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
merci à vous pour kles img
Im using the template (with a little tweak) at http://twitter.com/PawelSzulencki
Thanks
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!
Feel free to grab as many FREE Twitter backgrounds here: http://www.tweetpages.com. “How To’s” coming soon
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
Thanks for being so generous and sharing!
I’m playing around with it just now, thanks for putting this template up!
Thanks for this. Is there a way to add links?
@Robin Sampson
Nop, for now, the only thing you can do on Twitter is a plain jpg background…
hi there!
xoxo
I made on photoshop anime myspace pics.
take a look at them:
http://tinyurl.com/5wmgpn
Thanks for your website
Thanks!
http://twitter.com/benharrisroxas
Thanks for the template! http://twitter.com/savvydoula
Thanks for the template. Playing around with it now. http://www.twitter.com/TheDallas
Hey there - I used your template as the “bones” for my twitter background - http://twitter.com/nika7k
Beautiful and elegant template. Thumb UP!
merc à vous pour ces images
Thanks!
Thanks for the template. It was really easy to use and has made my twitter page far more professional.
@bongolicious
eastern_star.
Merci!
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
@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)
Thank you for the template! Cheers
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
Thanks! Got me off to a good start
https://twitter.com/BuckheadRaleigh
Thanks for the great template.
http://twitter.com/irtlive
save as a jpg and upload?
merci bien!
(@missdauria)
I downloaded the template,now how do I put it to my profile?
Merci! Just what I was looking for. See mine @czl.
Thanks for the template, I’ve used it as the basis for mine which you can see here: http://twitter.com/DavidCousens
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
thnks for the templete follow me and I will follow you.
www.twitter.com/atlnightspots
Nice! Thanks for making it easy
Thanks for your help. I’m playing round with the profile now - not got it right just yet!
http://twitter.com/helenawaldron
Nice custom background for photoshop users. Twitter really gives option to users to pimp their backgrounds.
Excellent, thanks for the assistance
Hey man thanks a lot. I’ve added something of my own harvest. http://twitter.com/davidcantone
Thanks for the template!
@runlevelmedia
Thanks - that was really quick and easy to customize - see my twitter page at
http://twitter.com/skinnybitchwann
What can Twitter actually do for my business?
This is great! Thanks!!
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
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
very helpful. thanks.
going to help me get the word out about my photography and blog. i appreciate it.
http://flickr.com/photos/matthewray
Thank you very much!!!
https://twitter.com/EmbroideryLand
https://twitter.com/EmbroideryWorld
Just used your template!
Thank you!
http://www.twitter.com/revenuerabbi
Nice template! Thanks for the helpful tutorial, every helpful.
Thanks for the template!
I came up with these two:
http://twitter.com/MaxKalifornia
&
http://twitter.com/HvnlyDlite
Thanks for the template!
@elleguerrier
Thanks. the templates are perfect.
Very kind of you Sir!
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