custom gamer picture

Hello!

From the Windows 10 app, click on your gamer pic, then customize, then hover over your current picture. The picture will dim with a customize button appearing, click on that, and It will prompt to choose a gamer pic or select a custom picture.

I understand how Microsoft would want to protect their system from being flooded with inappropriate pictures, but they need to provide a whole lot more options for their users. I thought of doing an external customization, but won't - I don't want to violate
the terms and take any unnecessary risk. But we need more and better pics on the Xbox One. And why do the old 360 pics import so poorly - they should have at least up-scaled or something. Come one Microsoft, give us more customizable options, starting with
a larger library of gamer pics. I can't even find any Xbox One gamer pics in the Store.

[quote user="OG Pooh"]

This is Microsoft... We consumers don't have anything like freedom. I remember one of the 360's initial selling points was customizability. You know, face-plates, gamerpics, backgrounds, font styles, etc, etc. Most of this has been removed, and what's left
is not custom. It's just the ability to pick from (and pay for) what they offer. Do something to truly customize your 360 and they'll ban it.

[/quote]I remember that , and it was cool as heck...why does it seem that everytime MICROSOFT changes something (that doesnt need to be changed) is changed for the worst or dumbed down...Thats whats disappointing, cuz they do it all the time.....DO THEY
EVER ASK GAMERS FOR IDEAS OR WHAT THEY WANT? NO, NOT EVEN 1 TIME in the 6 or 7 yrs I have been a gold member as far as I can remember..

As I understand it, the only way to get a custom Gamertag picture is with either a Kinect or the older vision cam for Xbox 360. Your custom picture can only be seen by your friends though, everyone else will see the last official Gamer Picture you had.

Any other attempt to create a custom picture would be in violation of the ToS and would be grounds for a suspension/ban.

Hello Mr SavageSlinky,

just an addiction to all said before by other Ambassadors, I changed my gamerpic various times just two days ago and the operation was fast and smooth.

Could it be your connection or your app?