Yahoo! Magic Avatar is a very simple application addressed to Yahoo Messenger users who'd like to create special avatars with two pictures in one.

Although it may sound a bit uncanny to all these users, Yahoo! Magic Avatar is actually a simple way to build different avatars that comprise two different images: one that appears in your buddies' contact lists and another one that's being used as a large avatar showing up in conversation windows.

These “special” avatars are actually bitmaps that include two images with different dimensions which, according to recommendations, must be 96x96 and 16x16, respectively.

The interface is very simple and only prompts you to choose the big and the small images, with dedicated tools to save the so-called “magic avatar”. In addition, Yahoo! Magic Avatar boasts a separate utility for setting the newly-generated avatar in Yahoo Messenger automatically, making the whole process a lot easier.

Additionally, Yahoo! Magic Avatar has two simple buttons to paste images directly from clipboard, which means it's enough to copy the small or big photo you wish to include in the avatar and hit the paste buttons inside the app.

Everything worked like a charm during our test and Yahoo! Magic Avatar seems to work okay even with the last Yahoo Messenger releases.

All in all, Yahoo! Magic Avatar is indeed a useful application if chatting with your friends on Yahoo Messenger is one of your favorite activities. Still, don't forget to use the recommended dimensions for both small and big pictures, otherwise the final avatar may be stretched in Yahoo Messenger.