Posting pictures on Facebook

[Scott Ramsey]

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this but I'm sure someone will let me know. I've recently started a Facebook business page for showing my work and need some advice on file size and quality for displaying on that site. I've read where you should use 2048 for the long side but have seen many photogs using much smaller sizes, 1200, 960, etc. I typically process in Photoshop but then convert the tiff to JPEG in NX2. I have been down sizing to 1500 long side and moving the slider to "good quality" but some of my pics turn out a little fuzzy in Facebook but only when you pixel peep them. Anyway, I would appreciate any thoughts on this subject.
thanks

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this but I'm sure someone will let me know. I've recently started a Facebook business page for showing my work and need some advice on file size and quality for displaying on that site. I've read where you should use 2048 for the long side but have seen many photogs using much smaller sizes, 1200, 960, etc. I typically process in Photoshop but then convert the tiff to JPEG in NX2. I have been down sizing to 1500 long side and moving the slider to "good quality" but some of my pics turn out a little fuzzy in Facebook but only when you pixel peep them. Anyway, I would appreciate any thoughts on this subject.
thanks

Facebook downsizes all the photos so no real need to make them big. I do mine 1500 on the long size with the quality slider about half. They come out pretty good. you can click on my Facebook page and see how they come out.

 

[Michael J.]

If you upload to an album on Facebook you can choose high quality and it uploads a bigger size as well


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[Browncoat]

I've read from multiple sources that 1200px long side is the "optimal" image size for Facebook.

Even though there's a high-res option, the photos are still pretty fuzzy. The workaround is to upload to Facebook, but also include a link to a real high-res version. Images tend to look much better on mobile/tablets than on PC.

 

[wud]

I use 1000px on the long side, dpi 72. My husband use dpi 140 because mobiles, iPad etc uses a higher resolution.

 

[Michael J.]

My husband use dpi 140 because mobiles, iPad etc uses a higher resolution.

This I didn't know.

 

[BackdoorArts]

1200px and 144pdi for me because of retina displays. Yes, you can upload larger, but know that original uploads are what you get if you choose the download option in the Options dialogue with each image pop-up, so if you don't want folks grabbing big photos size only as big as you need.

 

[hark]

1200px and 144pdi for me because of retina displays. Yes, you can upload larger, but know that original uploads are what you get if you choose the download option in the Options dialogue with each image pop-up, so if you don't want folks grabbing big photos size only as big as you need.

I never tried downloading images this way before so I tried it on one of the photos I uploaded for the theater students. I always upload using a large file size, but Facebook limits files to 4MB. A photo I uploaded last night was 11.5 x 7.677 inches with a resolution of 300. Doing the download your way, the size is 13.333 x 8.903 inches with a resolution of 72. Hmm...interesting! So then I tried it on one of my recent ferris wheel shots. The original image size would have been whatever the sooc dimensions are with the resolution lowered (so I'm going to guess around 13 x 19 inches although not sure of the resolution...maybe 100). The downloaded size is 18.597 x 27.847 with a resolution of 72. Wowzer!

BTW, I'm not too concerned with the theater photos as I want the students to have nice quality low res images.

 

[Scott Ramsey]

Facebook downsizes all the photos so no real need to make them big. I do mine 1500 on the long size with the quality slider about half. They come out pretty good. you can click on my Facebook page and see how they come out.

Thanks Don for the input, nice pics!