INTRODUCTION POST - ABOUT ME - HOW TO GET A PROFILE PICTURE WITH A TRANSPARENT BACKGROUND

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INTRODUCTION POST - ABOUT ME - HOW TO GET A PROFILE PICTURE WITH A TRANSPARENT BACKGROUND
<h1>Hi this is Jack,</h1>

<h4>I am glad to discover STEEMIT in that early stage - I love the concept of blockchain.
For now it takes me 3 houres to get a propper profile picture! :-D 
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I finally realized it with [PostImg.org](http://postimg.org) - its free and seems to last long enough to coexist with
steemit. But first I took a photo, opened gimp [gimp.org/downloads](https://www.gimp.org/downloads/) -its free and a massive program similar to photoshop,
created new image with 1000 x 1000 px and a transparent background. Drag&dropped an image I want to use. With **ctrl + t** I transformed it that is has the propper dimension. 
With **ctrl + x** I deleted the selected area I selected with the **lasso tool** - boom - just like that. Than **Export as...* png - done. Uploading to  [PostImg.org](http://postimg.org) , copy the second line ![screenshot.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUzeiB52z5eaX7S9MEZ8TJXsiqdSDHHxPbtC88H99di9b/screenshot.png)

and paste it into the Profiel Picture URL - field you find by clicking on your profile pictur in the upper right corner --> settings... 
![screenshot 2.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPjTGKhVAVbVqaaupsxUWqKfTxa1dJHpsg2dSuEPF46NF/screenshot%202.png)

Maybe its even working by adding the photo to a post like this and copying the image address by clicking right on the picture. However - its doing fine.

The exact same thing I did with my Cover image - the dimensions are 1222 x 157 px *(will try different dimensions - found different numbers in different posts - but for now its working for me)

Hope that safes you time. *|Btw Thanks to @primus that gave me the hit to accomplish the profile picture problem for me [link to "Best 3 Image Hosting Sites for Steem"](https://steemit.com/steemit/@primus/best-3-image-hosting-sites-for-steem#@jackhistoria/re-blueorgy-re-primus-best-3-image-hosting-sites-for-steem-20180131t145239897z)|*

<h4>But about me as I promised in the haedline: I am 30 years old, completed the training as electrician for systems, CNC Mechanic, finance broker, sold a DJ agency, sold my food business, actually I am do a training for c++ programming and online marketing/online buisinesses.

If you follow me you will get a lots of good stuff about business calculation, Handcraft, Ubuntu Linux hacks, pc/laptop hardware hacks, Free video creation hacks with [Blender 3D](https://www.blender.org/download/) *(An open source program like adobe premiere, with it was f.e. the last spider man created)*, Fundamental time management and how to get things done, my philosophy about dieting, stuff about perpetual travelling and a lots of stuff about health, I got a rheumatic chronicle disease I fully discovered, speed learning / memory stuff, what I learned about money and how to keep control about it and keep it and so on.

I am not a native English speaking guy and hope you can forgive me some type and grammar faults - I promise I still working on getting better in everything :-) 


all the best, Jack 
![gif.gif](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQ8ximP2eqmnYbiAy4M1R2ah1PHLjsRDhc82aYc6wcVcM/gif.gif)
*(This pic is one of my  heart-projects, I am at the right, I will write about donating time with challenged people with game evenings instead of donating money)*
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**So welcome and happy steeming :-) Leave a comment if some of the stuff I learned could be usefull for you - I would be happy to safe your time in several ways, even about my [D.Tube](https://d.tube/#!/c/jackhistoria) channel**
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