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Ever before wonder why some Facebook cover images look far better than others on mobile? The response is constantly a terrific designer (not that I'm biased or anything), but I lately discovered a nifty trick in order to help less of your effort obtain removed when viewing from a mobile phone-- as well as still look terrific on desktop.
Dreadful as I am at keeping in mind numbers, I'm always googling "FB cover image dimension" (or watching our quick-reference infographic), and also the very first answer that constantly pops up is 851 × 315, which is just what the cover image shows at on a desktop browser. If your only problem is desktop computer, this is a great dimension to publish your cover image. Sadly, we could not disregard the 798 million customers who access Facebook daily through their smart phones.
Before I located this technique, alternatives for maximizing a cover picture for both desktop computer & mobile were extremely limited: either make the prime focus extremely tiny to present effectively on mobile, or make it look good on desktop and also sacrifice the mobile experience.
Ugh.
OK, I'll reduce to the chase. Publish an image that is 851 × 475. With cover images taller compared to desktop shows, two things take place:.
Desktop cuts off the leading & bottom of the photo (thankfully, it removes an equivalent amount from both).
Mobile will certainly still cut off some of the sides of the photo, however we have a significantly larger readable location.
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This provides us a much more flexible canvas to deal with, and also a richer experience on both desktop and mobile. Anything within the "Safe Area" above will certainly present properly!