Photos should be cropped to a square and at least 800px wide in order to optimally appear on the new profile. The position of the crop is important too, follow this guide on how best to crop images:
(click to enlarge)Image cropping tools
Photoshop offers a free online image cropping tool. When downloading the result, set the filetype to JPG, and quality to 95%. Additionally, as of this summer 2020, with very few exceptions, all Harvard University Faculty, Staff, and Students are eligible for Adobe Creative Cloud with 100GB of Adobe Cloud Storage. Click here for more information on accessing the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of applications.
- Go to your Catalyst profile and click "Edit My Profile". You should see the below screen. Click on "Photo"
- Click "Add/Edit Custom Photo" and upload your pre-cropped headshot.
Note: Catalyst doesn't initially show you the photo is uploading. After clicking "Choose file" and adding your photo from the file browser, you may need to wait a few seconds. The filename of the photo you uploaded will flash green when complete and the page will refresh to show the new photo. This autosaves so it's safe to move to the next step. - Click on "Edit Visibility".
- Click on "Public," the page will auto-save. After the next nightly update, your photo will be visible on your Faculty and Researcher Web Profile page.
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