Recently, Twitter took a page from Facebook and copied their cover image concept. Within the past week most people have received an email from Twitter with the subject “Because you have more to show” which links to the design section on your twitter profile.

The process is all very straight-forward, but if you’re looking to really present a profile with style, you’ll want to incorporate your profile picture with your Twitter Header. Twitter suggests a maximum size of 1200 x 600 pixels, with a maximum file size of 5MB. If you’re approaching that file size, you may wish to ask a designer friend to resize your image for you down to a more manageable size (100 to 200 KB is reasonable).

To incorporate your profile picture with your header, you’ll want to size your profile picture to 188 x 188 pixels, horizontally centred in the header image, and 46 pixels from the top. You may also want to consider that your bio will be going over top of the lower third of your header picture, and the text can get lost on a busy or similar colour background.

To help everyone out, we’ve created a photoshop template that you may download and use to help create your own stylish Twitter profile. You can download it right here: TwitterHeader

Good luck! Let us know if you come up with something great!

– JT