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[apip]

When I post some of my photos on facebook the image is not as sharp as it is in photoshop. Is there something I can do to fix this?

 

[Justman1020]

No. Facebook automatically takes quality away. Flickr Is a little sharper. Never use facebook as a backup for photos. Always save the original file.

 

[Tee]

Might depend on the size of image you are uploading. If it's a large file, FB will resize them thus rendering the image not as sharp. Try resizing your images to no longer than 1000px on the longest size and then re-uploading.

 

[globeglimpser]

Yes compression on facebook is a pain. I find optimal results at about 1200-1800 photo long edge

 

[The_Traveler]

When I post some of my photos on facebook the image is not as sharp as it is in photoshop. Is there something I can do to fix this?

upload pictures at the same sizes they will be shown on the screen.
by doing it that way the servers will not have to resize them.
Resizing done automatically can introduce compression artifacts and softness.

 

[apip]

I will check on the image size. I have just been changing the format to JPEG and going with it. I am a newbie and have just recently been brave enough to take photos for other people. I post their pics to a FB page for them to see and share. Would you suggest using a different site? I just like how easy FB is!

 

[Tee]

You can also use Dropbox which is a great way to send mass files.

 

[Newtricks]

Something Absolutely everybody should be aware of... in facebooks last privacy policy update... Facebook granted themselves the right to sell you images, your likeness, your profile, name, phone number and address to whom ever they want!

Which equates to, Facebook has gone into the business of selling our Identities to whom ever will pay for them! Do you really want that?

 

[Overread13 1]

Resizing basically causes a loss of data from the photo (you have to lose pixels to reduce the size). This generally results in the photo softening as a result so all resizing needs to come with sharpening both before and after.

When you let a website resize for you the results can be tricky because the site will either enforce a fixed amount of sharpening (eg flickr) which might be too much or too little for some photos; or it will apply none at all such as facebook and even the resizing code we have here on the forums. So always resize to the size you're going to display it at - generally between 720 and 1000 pixels on the longest side is ideal for the internet. Any bigger and it most likely won't fit on most peoples screens without resizing