Create a Buddy Pic in iChat from Any Photo

Wednesday, September 29 2010

By: chrisb

'Buddy Pic' series

Buddy pic editor
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Your Buddy Pic is the picture that people see when they chat with you in iChat. Besides getting your Buddy pic from iPhoto, you can also drag and drop a photo from any other source like the Finder, a Mail attachment or a Safari page.

A buddy pic doesn't have to be a photograph of you— it can be an image that represents you or really any image at all. One of my buddies currently has a jack-o-lantern on Halloween.

Find the photo that you would like to make into a buddy pic.
In iChat, go to Buddies / Change My Picture from the menu bar to open the Buddy Picture window.
Drag the photo you want to use onto the picture area.
Use the slider to zoom the photo and drag it to move the cropping.

Learn everything there is to know about Buddy Pics

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