Facebook Photo Cover
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Ever question why some Facebook cover photos look far better than others on mobile? The response is always a great designer (not that I'm prejudiced or anything), but I lately found a clever trick in order to help less of your hard work obtain removed when watching from a mobile device-- and still look fantastic on desktop.
Awful as I go to bearing in mind numbers, I'm always googling "FB cover picture dimension" (or seeing our quick-reference infographic), and also the first solution that always appears is 851 × 315, which is just what the cover photo shows at on a desktop web browser. If your only concern is desktop computer, this is a fine dimension to upload your cover picture. Regrettably, we can not ignore the 798 million individuals that access Facebook daily through their cellphones.
Prior to I located this technique, choices for maximizing a cover picture for both desktop & mobile were extremely restricted: either make the prime focus very small to display appropriately on mobile, or make it look good on desktop computer as well as sacrifice the mobile experience.
Ugh.
OK, I'll cut to the chase. Submit a photo that is 851 × 475. With cover photos taller compared to desktop computer shows, two things occur:.
Desktop cuts off the top & bottom of the photo (luckily, it cuts off an equal quantity from both).
Mobile will certainly still remove some of the sides of the picture, however we have a significantly bigger readable area.
Facebook Photo Cover
This gives us a far more flexible canvas to collaborate with, and a richer experience on both desktop computer and mobile. Anything within the "Safe Location" above will display properly!