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X header, 1500x500
Your own avatar covers the lower left of your header. Every centred wordmark loses to it.
For X · 1500×500
Shown at the real ratio with the Canyon Highway Anime design. Hover to animate. Previews are watermarked.
- Target size
- 1500 × 500 pixels
- Still render
- 3000 × 1000 PNG
- Animated render
- Still only; this platform does not animate the slot
- Transparency
- Opaque
- Set in
- X profile, Edit profile, Header image
- Platform
- X
What x / twitter header is for
X headers are 1500x500, and what makes them awkward is not the ratio but the avatar. Your profile picture is drawn as a circle overlapping the lower left corner of the header, and on a phone the visible band of the header is shorter than 500 pixels, so the avatar takes a proportionally bigger bite. A design that centres its wordmark has part of it behind the avatar on exactly the device most people are using.
The header in a pack moves the lockup right of centre and keeps the invite in the right third, leaving the lower left as scene. That is a small change that makes the profile look composed rather than cropped, and it costs nothing because the scene fills the space anyway.
X does not animate header images, so this format ships as a still only, rendered at 3000x1000 and delivered at 1500x500 for a clean downscale on high-density displays. If you want motion on X, the square 1080x1080 and vertical 1080x1920 MP4s in the same pack post directly as media.
Constraints
- 1500x500; X crops height on narrow screens
- The avatar overlaps the lower left as a circle
- Still only; X does not animate header images
Mistakes that cost people a re-upload
- Centring the wordmark, which the avatar covers on mobile
- Using a 1920x1080 crop, which loses the top and bottom at 3:1
- Expecting a GIF header to animate
- Putting the invite on the left, where the avatar sits
X / Twitter header questions
What size is an X header image?
1500x500. X crops height on narrow screens and overlaps the lower left with your avatar, so the lockup belongs right of centre.
Can an X header be animated?
No. X shows header images as stills. For motion, post the square or vertical MP4 from the same pack as media instead.
Designs that suit 1500x500
The avatar eats the lower left, so scenes whose interest sits right of centre lose nothing to it.
Canyon Highway Anime
from $12Canyon Highway rendered as anime artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 filesCanyon Highway Grunge
from $12Canyon Highway rendered as grunge artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 filesCanyon Highway Painted
from $12Canyon Highway rendered as painted artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 filesCanyon Highway Photoreal
from $12Canyon Highway rendered as photoreal artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 filesPort Cranes Anime
from $12Port Cranes rendered as anime artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 filesPort Cranes Grunge
from $12Port Cranes rendered as grunge artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 files
