Besides getting your Buddy pic from iPhoto, you can also drag and drop a photo from any other source like the Finder, a Mail attachment or a Safari page. A buddy pic doesn't have to be a photograph of you— it can be an image that represents you or really any image at all. One of my buddies currently has a baseball for a buddy picture and had a jack-o-lantern on Halloween.

• Find the photo that you would like to make into a buddy pic.
• In iChat, go to Buddies / Change My Picture from the menu bar to open the Buddy Picture window.
• Drag the photo you want to use onto the picture area.
• Use the slider to zoom the photo and drag it to move the cropping.

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