Answer an FAQ: Can I add a profile picture?

[sinaatalay]

I have added a FAQ section to the user guide. Your assistance with this is greatly appreciated.

[edavalosanaya]

This feature would be great!

[kito323]

Using moderncv theme it is actually quite easy. After first generation you have the moderncv/Preamble.j2.tex file. In this you can follow any moderncv LaTeX code basically and they have a \photo command:

\photo A command for a photo. Takes the image file name as a required argument. Takes the
height of the photo and the thickness of the photo frame as optional arguments.
\photo[<photo height >][< frame thickness >]{<photo file name >}

Keep in mind that the root directory for the .tex file will be rendercv_output folder. So for example, if you want to keep your photo in the folder with Your_Name_CV.yaml then you should add something like this:
\photo[3cm][1pt]{../YourPhoto.jpg}

See more about moderncv documentation here.

Note: As this solution only caters moderncv theme and I have no idea about other themes then I don't think it's worthy of pull request. Maybe it is, let me know. I just thought it might be good info for some.

[sinaatalay]

@kito323 Thank you! All the files inside the theme folder (moderncv) will be automatically copied to rendercv_output folder. So, putting the photo inside the moderncv folder is an option too.

If you would like to contribute the documentation, you can send a pull request to update the FAQ page. If you're interested, see the developer guide. We can update the answer for the other themes later.