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- [Instructor] All right,

now let's say you want to



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take your custom emoji

and you want to use it



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as an actual emoji on your

smartphone or other device.



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Well in that case, you want

to export your illustration



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as a PNG file and then

adjust it and create



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a few size variations inside Photoshop.



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So assuming you're working

with the most recent



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version of Illustrator CC,

go up to the File menu,



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choose Export, and then

choose Export for Screens.



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Now by default that should

set you to the Artboards tab,



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which is what you want,

but we don't actually



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want to export the entire artboard,



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because then we'd end up

with too much extra space.



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So for our specific purposes here,



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you want to set the Select

option to Full Document.



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Then, go ahead and click

on this little folder icon



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in order to specify the folder into which



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you want to export your images,



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and in my case, I've created

this PNG tests subfolder



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inside the 22_gradients folder.



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After which point, I'll click

the Select Folder button



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to do exactly that.



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You also want to make sure that the



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Open Location after Export

checkbox is turned on,



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and then you want to add some scales



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and set the file format.



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Now, you definitely want

Format to be set to PNG,



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the first option in this popup menu.



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That's gonna give you

by far the best results,



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and if you want your

image to have a Suffix,



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then just go ahead and enter it.



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I'm gonna enter -100 for 100%.



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Now the thing about this document



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is that it's enormous by emoji standards,



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so we need to add some smaller scales



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by clicking on this Add

Scale button right there,



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and then what you want to do is change



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the scale value to 0.5x.



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You can also change the

Suffix for that if you like



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to let's say -50 for 50%.



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Now in truth, your standard

everyday average emoji,



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at least for an iPhone or other

Apple device is concerned,



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is actually a quarter of

the size of this document.



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Unfortunately, you can't create anything



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quite that small inside this dialog box.



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Notice if I click on Add Scale,



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and I change this to let's say 0.75x,



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because there is no 0.25x available to me,



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and then I change this

value manually, like so,



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and then press the Tab key,



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Illustrator goes ahead

and ups the value to 0.5,



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which is as low as you can go.



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So, rather than do that,

I'm just gonna click



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this X right here in order to get rid of



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that third scale value,

and then I'll click



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the Export Artboard button,



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and a moment later, you

should see your images



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inside whatever folder you selected.



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All right I want to make

sure that these PNG files



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open in Photoshop, so

I'm gonna right-click



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on this guy right here,

the one that's called



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Very angry emoji-100, and then I'll choose



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Properties here on a PC.



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You would choose the Get

Info command on the Mac,



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and you just want to

make sure that Opens with



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is set to Photoshop

CC, in my case, 2015.5.



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Now if it's not, you just

click the Change button



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here on a PC, and then you would



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click Apply or what have you.



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All right but I've already

done this in advance,



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so I'll just click OK,

and then I'll double-click



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on this image file in order

to open it inside Photoshop.



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Now, notice that we have just a little bit



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of transparency indicated

by this checkerboard pattern



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around the circular emoji.



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As it turns out, that's

not quite enough room.



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Notice if I go up here to the File menu



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and once again I'm working

now inside Photoshop,



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and choose the Open command,



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and then grab this guy right here,



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Classic smiley emoji, and

click on the Open button,



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you can see that we have

some additional room.



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If you don't include that additional room,



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then there's a chance that the sides



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of the image will get cut off when you try



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to text the emoji.



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To avoid that problem,

I'll go ahead and return



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to this image, and then

I'll go up to the Image menu



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and choose the Canvas Size command,



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which allows you to effectively



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uncrop an image, that is to

say give the canvas more room.



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All right next you want to

make sure the Relative checkbox



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is turned off, and then

you want to make sure



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you're working in Pixels.



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None of these other units is gonna



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represent what's happening on your device.



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Then, just go ahead and

change both the Width



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and the Height values to 640 pixels,



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which is gonna give you an extra 60 pixels



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for both the Height and

Width of that canvas.



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At which point, click OK,

and you'll notice that



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that checkerboard area expands,



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so we're not actually changing the size



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of the emoji, we're changing

the amount of room around it.



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Now this next step isn't essential,



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but it's a very good idea to go ahead



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and assign a color profile to your image.



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To do that, go to the Edit menu and choose



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the Assign Profile command.



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If you get this warning, just click OK,



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and then go ahead and set that profile



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to sRGB followed by IEC61966 and so forth.



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Now by default that's gonna

be your working profile,



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but if it's not, then go ahead and select



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the Profile tab instead

and then locate sRGB



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inside of this big list right here.



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Then, click OK.



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That's just gonna ensure that you get



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the best colors possible

across all devices.



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Now what you want to do

is go up to the File menu



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and choose the Save command in order to



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update that PNG image, and

that's all there is to it.



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With the exception of the problem that



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this is a very huge emoji,



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much bigger than the ones

that are included by default



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along with a smartphone.



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So to create some smaller images,



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you might want to go

ahead and open that guy



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that you created inside of Illustrator,



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that is the -50 PNG file.



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Problem is, then you

would have to go ahead



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and expand its canvas and

assign it a profile as well.



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So the more efficient way to work



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is to go back to that original

100% version of your image,



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then go to the Image menu and this time



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choose the Image Size command,



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and if you want to give

yourself a little more room



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to work, then you can expand

the size of this dialog box,



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so you have a bigger preview.



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Then, you want to turn

on the Resample checkbox.



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That's gonna allow you

to change the number



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of pixels inside the image.



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Then change the method from Automatic



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which is a little bit destructive,



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it's not what we want, to

Bicubic (smooth gradients).



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Now, make sure your

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are linked into alignment with each other.



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Notice that the resolution

is 72 pixels per inch.



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That is just fine by the way.



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That's exactly what you want,



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and so just go ahead

and change this option



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right here to Percent

so that you're seeing



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100% and change it to 50 instead.



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Then, click OK, and that will reduce



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the size of your image like so,



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and then I'm gonna go ahead and close



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this image right there, the 50% image



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I created inside Illustrator.



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I'll go up to the File menu,

choose the Save As command,



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don't choose Save, because

you'll overwrite the original.



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Go ahead and choose Save

As, go ahead and click on



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that guy to replace it right there,



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so it ends in -50.png.



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The As a Copy checkbox

is gonna be turned on.



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Don't worry about that,



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and you should see this Profile

checkbox turned on as well.



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At which point, you can

ignore that Warning button



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and just click Save,

and overwrite that file.



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Next, make sure that Compression

is set to Smallest/Slow,



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which is not very slow at all by the way,



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and you definitely want

Interlace to be set to None.



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At which point, click OK.



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All right now this guy

is still twice as big



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as an actual emoji

included with your phone,



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and so to create a real-sized image,



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then go back to the Image menu,



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choose the Image Size

command, and once again



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make sure that Resample is turned on



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and set to Bicubic (smooth gradients).



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You should still be working with Percent,



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so just go ahead and

change that percent value



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again to 50% because after all



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50% of 50% is 25%, then click OK,



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and now, go to the File

menu, choose Save As,



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and this time, let's

just go ahead and change



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the -100 to -25, click

Save, and then click OK.



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You have now created

an emoji that's scaled



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to the size of those included

with your smartphone.



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Now what I suggest you do is just go ahead



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and transfer those three images



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over to your smartphone or other device.



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Then try texting them to a friend



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that's gonna get the joke

and see how things work.



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That is how you take your custom emoji



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and turn it into a real

emoji that you can use



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with any mobile device.