HOW TO Source images for your contacts

1 Choose a contact

Contact Pics Adder initially displays your contacts in alphabetical order. You can opt to display only those contacts lacking an image by tapping Without Picture, or use Search to quickly find a specific person.

2 Do a web search

Select a contact and the app will use their name for a Bing search. A row of blue buttons enables you to refine the search term by using information drawn from that person’s details stored within the Contacts app.

3 Crop your image

Once you find a suitable image, tap it. In the next screen, drag and pinch to best frame the image within the circular region. When happy with it, tap Save. If you want to revert the contact to how it was, tap Cancel.

4 Try Twitter

Should Bing not deliver a usable image, try using Contact Pics Adder’s social network buttons instead. Twitter is the simplest option. Tap the TW button and you’ll see a Twitter search for your contact’s name.

5 Find a profile

If you don’t see your contact but know their Twitter handle, search for it in the Twitter search field. Tap the person’s profile image to view it. Tap it again and you’ll get the same crop options shown in step 3.

6 Remove a photo

Note that should you at any point add the wrong image to a contact, there is no undo. However, you can overwrite any image, or remove an existing image by selecting a contact and then tapping the No Pic button.

7 Head to Facebook

Facebook is slightly more involved than Twitter. First, you’ll have to sign into the service. At that point, you can then peruse your friends list, select a photo and add it as normal – if you’re using an iPad.

8 Take a screenshot

On iPhone, Facebook has a habit of refusing to load full-size images, or demanding you tag who’s in them. Fortunately, Contact Pics Adder enables you to get around this shortcoming by way of the Screenshot button…

9 Fine-tune your snap

Tap Screenshot and you’ll see the crop screen. Resize the iPhone screenshot within the circle so your image fits. Since contact photos are small, screenshot-originated images are of sufficiently usable quality.