Earlier this month, Twitter announced the upcoming launch of a new profile design. At the time, the new profiles were only available to a select few VIPs. Now they are slowly being rolled out to regular users.

If you like the new design, shown above, and want to bump your name up in the waiting list heres how you can be one of the first to upgrade to the new design.

At least for now, upgrading to the new profile is optional. If you dont like it you even have the option to switch back. Eventually though, it seems Twitter will be forcing all users to make the change, so it may be a good idea to start getting used to it.

The most immediately obvious of the new features are larger profile photos, and header images that span the width of your screen. The layout is now three columns instead of two, and the profile photos overlap the cover photo, similar to how they do on Facebook pages.

The new Twitter profiles allow you to pin specific tweets, similar to pinning posts on a Facebook Page. The new profiles will also highlight your best tweets, and more.

Heres what Twitter has listed as the main new features:

With a new design comes new images sizes. The dimensions for your profile photo and header photo have changed, which means you create and upload some new ones. Here are the sizes for each image.

Header Photo (1500 pixels wide x 500 pixels high, 5MB maximum)The header photo is the main image across the top of the screen. Twitter recommends 1500500 pixels but the header photo will always blow-up to be screen-wide, regardless of the size of the image.

Keep in mind that a 1500500 image would look pretty stretched out on a 27-inch monitor unless its saved at a very high-resolution. Instead of using the recommended size, aim for a 30001000 photo or save your 1500500 image at the highest possible dots per inch (DPI).

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Everything You Need To Know About The New Twitter Profiles