New Facebook Cover Photo Dimensions 2019

Well, Facebook is at it again! They're constantly switching over points up over there, just to keep us on our toes. The current news is that they're turning out brand-new Facebook cover image measurements. Here's whatever you require to know and how to get used to the change.

New Facebook Cover Photo Dimensions

THE GOOD

Facebook is just keeping up with the times. And nowadays most individuals are checking out Facebook on their phones, which means pictures should be maximized for mobile. So in the past when you published your lengthy, slim cover photo, the sides obtained cut off when people checked out know their mobile app. Currently Facebook users will see the complete image when on their phones. (Simply note that the tops and bases will certainly be removed when people view on desktop!).

The brand-new ideal mobile dimensions just happen to be the same as a lot of other things we're currently accustomed to! Which suggests that you can still make use of Canva templates, you just have to go to a various area. The mobile dimensions adhere to a 16:9 ratio, which coincides as a widescreen tv! In Canva you can make use of the YouTube Cover Art themes, the Presentation (16:9) templates, or the Desktop Wallpaper themes. Many choices!

Also, currently you can design all of your cover pictures making use of the very same measurements. Service page, personal account, groups-- they'll all have that 16:9 ratio on mobile with a bit cut off on top and lower for desktop.

THE BAD.

If you design your photos in Canva, it generally takes Canva a few months to readjust all of their templates to the brand-new dimensions. Which can be discouraging! (However allow's provide some credit report. There are A LOT of design templates in there! It's bound to spend some time.) So you're better off avoiding the Facebook Cover design template for now. (Utilize the ones I pointed out above rather.).

Your cover image will look different on mobile than it does on desktop and different on your phone than it does on your ipad. It's been this way permanently. But that does not suggest we have to like it. So make certain if you're taking a photo to utilize on your cover picture you leave a little added history area so you can crop it the means you want to and also nobody's head will certainly get remove.

Even though company web page, personal account, and also teams all have the exact same dimensions on mobile currently, they're still slightly different on desktop. Frustrating! They're getting closer to being consistent, though!

THE UGLY.

As with every Facebook modification, the rollout can be slow. So you may not even see any kind of changes yet. And after that eventually you'll wake up and also everything will certainly look odd. Expect some transition time while everyone changes as well as the modifications roll out.

I got up to this pretty little headache-- my cover image for the Hive Facebook group was very wacky! The team cover images appear to be getting struck the hardest. However with a little tweak and a dash of redesign, now it looks great!

THE NEW FACEBOOK COVER IMAGE DIMENSIONS.

Design every one of your cover images (Whether it's for your service web page, your personal profile, or a team) to make sure that it's width: height proportion is 16:9. 1920 pixels by 1080 pixels is a great size. Although Facebook offers smaller sized pixel numbers, if you publish a 1920 X 1080 image, it will certainly look great also on the fanciest of retina displays.

Maintain crucial info (faces, message, etc) toward the center of the picture. Know that when people take a look at your picture on desktop computer, the top and also bottom will be cut off, so maintain that crucial stuff in the center and you'll be golden! (For exact numbers: if your photo is 1920 pixels wide, then the center 731 pixels will be visible on desktop computer.).

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Have you noticed the new cover photo measurements on Facebook yet? Exactly how are you handling it? Let me know in the remarks!