Before you start you need to have a couple of things:

Image Editing Program that can handle transparent png files, I recommend using whatever program you are most comfortable with but if you don't already have one free alternatives are Paint.NET and The GIMP.

A Text Editor to create the config file(s), Notepad will work fine however I recommend Notepad++ if you are doing a fair bit of xml work. Alternatively you can use one of the many automated programs to create your config file.

Next you need to decide what kind of image you want to use, if you want to add a picture that looks like your player pictures then you'll need to read this guide first: How To Create FM2010 Player Pictures. If you just want to use any image you don't need to read that guide.

Once you have your image there are a couple of ways to add a picture to your manager in FM2010 as described in the next two sections.:



1. When Creating Your Manager Profile


The easiest way to add an image for your manager is when creating your manager profile. After selecting your Name, Gender, Date of Birth, Nationality and Favourite Team the game then gives you an option to import a picture for your manager:



To add a picture all you need to do is click the "Select Picture" option and in the dialog box that appears browse to where your image is located and select it – if your image is in the jpg or png format the game should be able to pick it up, the game will also resize it for you aswell.

Then when you have confirmed your details your chosen image should appear in your profile:



2. Adding the image manually.


If you forgot to add an image to your manager when starting or it's disappeared you can still add an image to your manager, and this is done in exactly the same way as you would add/create kits, logos or normal player pictures.

First you need to locate the image you want to use and copy it into the graphics folder within your User Data Folder, the location of your User Data Folder by default is:


Then browse to the graphics folder (if you don't have one create one) and then I'd recommend giving your manager picture its own folder (the name doesn't matter) and copy your chosen picture into this folder. Again the size of the image you use doesn't really matter as the game will resize it.

Next we need to create a config file for your manager picture (to link the image to your manager), in the folder where you have just put your manager picture create a new text document and open it with notepad, now paste the following into the file:


Now there are two ways of entering the code to link your manager picture to your manager, the first is the same as for adding logos, kits and player faces: