Hey there, sorry to reply so late. To answer your question the best way I can, yes I used Photoshop to make my profile graphic. Once I made the graphic I saved it (always save and save multiple files of it) than flatten the image so its one image. I cut the image into different pieces and cropped than saved each piece separately. The "about me" is its own image and I just went and link it to a blog I made about me using the BBCode.
I hope this helps you out but if you want more expert help than I strongly suggests that you go to this
Club and watch Shishio's video tutorial. It will give you more in deep info than I could. This Club helped me how to make my profile graphic.