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Ever question why some Facebook cover pictures look better compared to others on mobile? The solution is always a terrific designer (not that I'm biased or anything), however I lately uncovered a cool method in order to help less of your hard work obtain cut off when watching from a mobile device-- and still look wonderful on desktop computer.
Terrible as I go to keeping in mind numbers, I'm constantly googling "FB cover image size" (or seeing our quick-reference infographic), and also the very first answer that always appears is 851 × 315, which is exactly what the cover picture presents at on a desktop web browser. If your only concern is desktop, this is a great size to submit your cover picture. However, we can not neglect the 798 million customers that access Facebook daily through their cellphones.
Before I discovered this trick, options for optimizing a cover picture for both desktop computer & mobile were really restricted: either make the centerpiece very tiny to display correctly on mobile, or make it look good on desktop computer as well as compromise the mobile experience.
Ugh.
OK, I'll reduce to the chase. Publish a picture that is 851 × 475. With cover photos taller than desktop computer programs, two points take place:.
Desktop computer cuts off the leading & base of the photo (fortunately, it cuts off an equal quantity from both).
Mobile will still cut off some of the sides of the picture, but we have a significantly larger viewable area.
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This gives us a a lot more flexible canvas to deal with, as well as a richer experience on both desktop computer and also mobile. Anything within the "Safe Location" over will certainly display appropriately!