What’s funny about Facebook is that when you upload photographs they don’t seem to be as sharp as they should be.
By using this easy trick you can upload images that look perfect, even though they are shared online as web files. Following these simple steps is really worth it, especially if photography is your business!
Facebook allows for a maximum image size of 2048px on the longest size, but still claims that the optimal size for posting is 960px. Within the past few months, Facebook has made changes to their compression algorithm, and I noticed these dimensions were not working for me anymore.
After much trial and error, these are the dimensions that I now use:
- Landscape images – 2000px (longest side)
- Portrait images – 1600px (longest side)
When you run the Exact Dimension Resize & Sharpen action, your high-res image will be duplicated, converted to low-res and resized to the dimensions you specified. You will also see that a Web Sharpen layer has been created above the Background layer in the Layers Palette. The Web Sharpen layer opacity defaults to 50%. To ensure your image is not over-sharpened you will need to reduce the layer opacity.
Read the full article over at Greater Than Gatsby.
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Rachel Weller