The Best Cover Photos On Facebook
The Best Cover Photos On Facebook: ( Editor's note: If you're visiting from 2015, enjoy this post! If you're visiting today, please look into our fully upgraded Facebook Mobile Cover Image Tips & Techniques with brand-new free downloads.).
Ever ask yourself why some Facebook cover photos look far better compared to others on mobile? The solution is always a fantastic designer (not that I'm prejudiced or anything), but I recently discovered an awesome method to help less of your hard work get cut off when checking out from a mobile phone-- and also still look terrific on desktop computer.
Awful as I am at keeping in mind numbers, I'm always googling "FB cover photo size" (or viewing our quick-reference infographic), and the first response that always appears is 851 × 315, which is exactly what the cover photo shows at on a desktop computer browser. If your only worry is desktop, this is a great size to submit your cover photo. Sadly, we can not neglect the 798 million users that access Facebook daily through their mobile phones.
Before I located this technique, choices for maximizing a cover image for both desktop computer & mobile were very minimal: either make the centerpiece extremely tiny to show appropriately on mobile, or make it look good on desktop and compromise the mobile experience.
Ugh.
OK, I'll reduce to the chase. Upload an image that is 851 × 475. With cover photos taller compared to desktop programs, two things occur:.
Desktop computer removes the leading & base of the image (fortunately, it cuts off an equal amount from both).
Mobile will certainly still remove some of the sides of the photo, yet we have a considerably bigger readable location.
The Best Cover Photos On Facebook
This gives us a much more versatile canvas to work with, and a richer experience on both desktop and mobile. Anything within the "Safe Area" over will certainly display properly!