Custom Slack Emojis
By:
Natalie Miller
on 8/14/2017
Alright so the technical bit is actually pretty easy, I just wanted to showcase some of our many (MANY) custom emojis that we use here.
Step 1: Choose your image
Pick an image, any image, really – go wild. A square image works best and Slack won’t let you upload anything over 128 x 128 pixels, so crop and shrink it down.
*BONUS: you can also upload animated gifs.
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0m66vvkr/production/133b254e460ad77e61645b64bfff8eefa21f95ae-128x128.png?q=75&auto=format)
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0m66vvkr/production/789dfc119429f6ad6b246839ace565e9d33bc318-114x128.jpg?q=75&auto=format)
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0m66vvkr/production/3fc2dc792d4f3b4b7ad315c0463a034b70934214-128x128.png?q=75&auto=format)
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0m66vvkr/production/182eaf7102f0c81469e754f85bd60ec44c4b7154-128x128.gif?q=75&auto=format)
Step 2: Add flourish (optional)
If your coworker’s angry face isn’t quite as expressive as Bekah’s, or you feel like something needs a bit more sparkle – add some text, stars, glitter, whatever to the image. Hop on over to photoshop, preview, MS Paint (RIP) and save it out.
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0m66vvkr/production/3890891d605acb63c15896cbe29d000c81fc5f63-128x128.png?q=75&auto=format)
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0m66vvkr/production/285d185f0743073a9a85b94a659dc7c3dd275cdd-128x128.gif?q=75&auto=format)
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0m66vvkr/production/fbe298393555fbdfcdd717149bed57e420dbb374-64x64.png?q=75&auto=format)
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0m66vvkr/production/ca05918398e189b87ab2d4784c216c4499562386-128x128.gif?q=75&auto=format)
Step 3: Upload
Now that your emoji is gosh darn perfection – you’re going to want to upload it. In Slack, click on your team’s name to open the dropdown menu. Click on “Customize Slack” which will take you directly to a page to upload your emoji. Choose a name and upload the file. Boom! Done!
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0m66vvkr/production/f4e7548d033d63e06c68a1053d816af87ce85a61-128x128.jpg?q=75&auto=format)
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0m66vvkr/production/dc34eef1115829da4c1922cedd3505a579db3d9a-97x97.gif?q=75&auto=format)
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0m66vvkr/production/749ac535103f0d841d351422ee460676230ae2d5-128x128.jpg?q=75&auto=format)
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