Create Facebook Cover Photos
The introduction of Cover Photos to Facebook has permitted customers to tailor their accounts past their profile images. Cover Photos give you the power to add an individual touch to your Facebook Timeline. You can select any kind of image from your Facebook images or from your computer system.
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1. Discover or take the perfect picture. You can use any picture file to develop your cover picture. What you select really relies on what you want to represent you. This could be a landscape, holiday photo, art piece, or any other picture you can think of.
- Many individuals avoid utilizing a picture of themselves in the cover image since their picture is already shown in the Profile image. Instead, attempt to communicate a state of mind or overview with your cover picture.
- If you locate a picture online that you want to make use of, right-click on it and wait to your computer. Provide it a name that will certainly be very easy to keep in mind, as you will certainly need to find it later on.
2. Check the measurements. Right-click on the picture on your computer. Select Features and after that click the Details tab. Search for the Measurements entrance.
- Facebook cover photos are 851px x 315px. If your picture is smaller than that, it will certainly be extended to fit that dimension. This can result in distortion. If it is larger than that, you will certainly be asked to select which location of the image that you intend to present when you submit it. This indicates that parts of the picture will certainly not be seen. [1]
- If you want to resize a larger photo to ensure that the whole photo fits in the cover picture, see this guide.
3. Edit your picture if you desire. Before you upload your photo, make any edits and modifications in your recommended image modifying software application. You can add quotes, touch-up flaws, and much more. See this overview for some image modifying tips.
4. Open your Facebook account. Once your image looks the way you want, you will certainly need to publish it to your Facebook profile. Most likely to the Facebook home page, visit with your e-mail and also password, and then click your name in the upper-left edge of the Facebook page.
5. Hover your mouse over your Cover Image area. You will certainly see a switch appear that says "Change Cover". Clicking the button will enable you to choose a photo from your Facebook pictures or publish a photo from your computer. Click "Upload Image" to pick the picture from your computer system.
- Depending upon the size of the image as well as the rate of your connection, the upload process might take a few minutes.
6. Setting the image. If the photo is larger than 851px by 315px, you can click and drag the image to set what part of it is shown. You can always change it later on by utilizing the "Modification Cover" button.