How to: Animate Twitter Avatar

Have you seen the Avatars on Twitter that move? That is one way to gram someone's attention and get some followers. I have recently added an animated avatar to one of my Twitter accounts, and the results have been amazing. I have gained about 600 followers in the first 2 days, and I want to tell you how to do it so you can get some popularity yourself, too!
There are some things you need to know before finding your moving avatar to use for Twitter, which are:

1. Twitter does not really support GIF files, though the website says they do.
2. You need to keep the file size of the avatar below 700kb.
3. You should know how to upload the avatar to your Twitter account through your "profile edit" page.
4. Figure out how you are going to handle your new found Twitter fame!

Now that you know the basics, you can go look for a picture to use. Try looking for a picture that is related to your profile. For example, my Twitter profile is about cars, so I searched for the term "animated gif, engine repair", through the images section of Google. Make sure to look at the file size (700kb maximum), and keep the image size at about 100x100 (maximum).

Once you find the avatar you wish to use, you can right click the image and then select "Save As". The window will pop up on your desktop asking you how and where to save your chosen animated twitter avatar, and you can then select the dropdown menu at the bottom of the box, and change the "GIF" choice to "All Files". Then in the box above the dropdown, name the file anything you like, but put ".png" at the end of the file name (without the quotes). You have now saved the animated GIF as an animated PNG file which will work great on Twitter. Now you are ready to upload the file and check it out.

You might find that sometimes the image does not fit, and you can probably resize the animated Twitter avatar in an image editor, or you can find a new twitter avatar to use. Alternatively, if you cannot find an animated Twitter avatar by searching for one, you can also make one for free online. There are many sites that help you make animated images, and a quick search will point you in the right direction. I do not want to recommend any particular websites to do this because each of them has different strengths and weaknesses.

I hope this article has helped you find a way to bring life to your Twitter page and popularity to your good name. Enjoy!