Starting with v4.9, Simply Love supports profile avatars.
To have an avatar, you'll need a StepMania profile. You can create one in Options → Manage Local Profiles → Create Profile. Profiles are handy for keeping track of scores and saving modifiers between games.
Once you have a profile, you can add an image named Avatar.png or Avatar.jpg to your profile folder on your computer.
If you're using SM5.0.12:
| Windows 10, Windows 7 | C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\StepMania 5\Save\LocalProfiles\profileID\Avatar.png |
| macOS | /Users/USERNAME/Library/Preferences/StepMania 5/LocalProfiles/profileID/Avatar.png |
| Linux | /home/USERNAME/.stepmania-5.0/Save/LocalProfiles/profileID/Avatar.png |
Or, if you're using SM5.1-beta:
| Windows 10, Windows 7 | C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\StepMania 5.1\Save\LocalProfiles\profileID\Avatar.png |
| macOS | /Users/USERNAME/Library/Preferences/StepMania 5.1/LocalProfiles/profileID/Avatar.png |
| Linux | /home/USERNAME/.stepmania-5.1/Save/LocalProfiles/profileID/Avatar.png |
In each of these paths, USERNAME will be your OS username and profileID will be your StepMania profile's ID (a numeric identifier like 00000001 or 00000008 or etc.).
Avatars in Simply Love should be square. Non-square images will be squished to fit a 1:1 aspect ratio.
Transparency in png files is supported.
Animated gifs and video files are not supported.
If you've used Hayoreo's Digital Dance theme, you might already have an image in your profile folder titled Profile Picture.png. Simply Love supports this; there's no need to rename it.