Creating Custom Emoticons in Slack: Easy Methods and Tips

Creating Emojis for Slack

This guide explains how to create custom emojis for Slack.

While Slack offers basic emojis, creating custom emojis for frequently used terms like "read," "thanks," or "complete" can improve clarity. I acknowledge that overly Korean-style (in a negative sense) emojis might not be ideal, but we have no choice. ㅎㅎ

Terms of Use

• Basic Provision (Available in the free version)
• The default setting for custom emoji registration allows anyone to register them; however, this can be changed to allow only the owner and administrator to register emojis through permission settings.
• The method for registering emojis is described in another article.
• Emojis are attached to the bottom of this article, so feel free to download them.

How to Create Emojis

• To open a ppt file, PowerPoint must be installed on your computer. (Since it's not free), not everyone has it installed.
• Therefore, since Google can open ppt files, the explanation will be based on Google Slides.

1. Open the 'slackiconfontpptx' file.

- The size of this file has been set to 30cm x 30cm via [File] → [Page Setup].

2. If you plan to create an animated file, you need to create multiple files in the desired format. If you plan to use a single static image, you only need to create one.

- Click [File] → [Download] → [JPEG image] to download it as a jpeg file.

3. If the downloaded image file has two characters, it's better to lengthen it vertically and horizontally. (You can use it as it is)

- In this case, open the 'slackimagepptx' file.

4. Insert the image you just downloaded into 'slackimagepptx'.

5. Right-click on the image and click [Format options].

- A pop-up window will appear on the right when you activate [Format options].

- Click [Size & rotation] at this time.

6. In [Size & rotation], uncheck [Lock aspect ratio] and resize it to 30cm x 60cm.

7. Download this file again.

- Click [File] → [Download] → [JPEG image] to download it as a jpeg file.

How to Create Animated Emojis

To create animated GIFs, use the ezgif (https://ezgif.com/maker) website.

1. Select the files and upload them.

- You can select and upload multiple images at this time.

2. Once multiple images have been uploaded, click [Upload and make a GIF!] again.

3. In Delay, 20 is 0.2 seconds. If the change is too fast, it will not look good because it's text. It's better to set it to 200 (2 seconds) or 500 (5 seconds).

4. Click [Make a GIF!]

5. Scroll down and click [Save] to download.

Other Notes

• If you're too lazy, you can just use the emojis I've uploaded.
• Since having samples makes creation easier, I'm also attaching sample pptx files.
• File Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16Iqd2XhL90rboA1ZkQCLXmlmOBqQsbna?usp=sharing
  • This blog is the "official" blog of Dreamy Young People Co., Ltd.
  • You can directly open the file from the Google Drive link and use one of the three options: Make a copy, Add to Drive, or Download.