Facebook Cover Photo
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Ever question why some Facebook cover images look much better compared to others on mobile? The response is constantly an excellent designer (not that I'm prejudiced or anything), however I recently discovered a clever technique in order to help much less of your effort obtain cut off when viewing from a mobile phone-- and also still look terrific on desktop.
Awful as I am at remembering numbers, I'm always googling "FB cover image size" (or seeing our quick-reference infographic), as well as the very first solution that always pops up is 851 × 315, which is exactly what the cover image presents at on a desktop computer internet browser. If your only worry is desktop computer, this is a fine dimension to publish your cover picture. Sadly, we could not ignore the 798 million users who access Facebook daily with their mobile phones.
Before I located this technique, options for maximizing a cover image for both desktop & mobile were really limited: either make the focal point very little to display correctly on mobile, or make it look excellent on desktop and also give up the mobile experience.
Ugh.
OK, I'll cut to the chase. Post a picture that is 851 × 475. With cover pictures taller compared to desktop shows, two points take place:.
Desktop cuts off the leading & base of the photo (fortunately, it removes an equal amount from both).
Mobile will still cut off some of the sides of the picture, however we have a substantially larger viewable location.
Facebook Cover Photo
This provides us a far more versatile canvas to deal with, and a richer experience on both desktop and mobile. Anything within the "Safe Area" over will certainly present correctly!