Photo quality on facebook?

[cwindle1]

Hi all, I've got a facebook page for photography and was wondering how to make the image actually look good on FB. We all know the quality turns pretty much, cr*p. However, I look on other photographers pages and there image quality is insanely good for facebook. Is there a photoshop action on resizing?....

 

[Msteelio91]

https://www.facebook.com/help/266520536764594

That might help

 

[julianliu]

That's a good question. I am wondering the same thing too

 

[Braineack]

check the high quality button, dont upload poor quality images to start with.

 

[Light Guru]

If you want your photos to look good DONT post them on Facebook. Post them on your own website and then link to them on Facebook. I have NEVER seen a photo on Facebook that looks more then half decent.

 

[Braineack]

Have you seen mine?

 

[Light Guru]

Have you seen mine?

I don't have to. Facebook does the same crappy compression to any photo you give it. No mater what you do to the photo to make it look good before you upload it Facebook is going to run it scrappy compression on it the moment you upload it.

That said most people don't mind the crappy compression that Facebook does, I do mind it. Between that and the Facebook terms and conditions I don't let my any of my non snapshot photos hit Facebook's servers.

 

[Derrel]

Tell people to hit "Download" if they wish to see the file looking good. The NEW Facebook offers excellent image quality. A year ago, no, not so good, but they now allow larger images that look good. 1904x on the long side is working well for me.

 

[e.rose]

Lightroom Export Settings:

2048px on the long side, 72ppi, Sharpen for web: Standard

Keep "High Quality" check marked on upload.

Das how I do it.

 

[snerd]

Lightroom Export Settings:

2048px on the long side, 72ppi, Sharpen for web: Standard

Keep "High Quality" check marked on upload.

Das how I do it.

^^^ This!

 

[Browncoat]

Lightroom Export Settings:

2048px on the long side, 72ppi, Sharpen for web: Standard

Keep "High Quality" check marked on upload.

Das how I do it.

^^^ This!

Agreed. That's how it's done.

 

[Braineack]

Have you seen mine?

I don't have to. Facebook does the same crappy compression to any photo you give it. No mater what you do to the photo to make it look good before you upload it Facebook is going to run it scrappy compression on it the moment you upload it.

That said most people don't mind the crappy compression that Facebook does, I do mind it. Between that and the Facebook terms and conditions I don't let my any of my non snapshot photos hit Facebook's servers.

looks awful: https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd....8_10101930889489036_3872531933387370842_o.jpg

 

[KmH]

Who has a 72 ppi computer display?

My display resolution is set to 1600 x 1200.
My screen is 18.625" x 11.75"
1600 / 18.625" = 86 ppi (horizontal)
1200 / 11.75" = 102 ppi. (vertical)

Of course, I can change the resolution of my screen to any of several combinations of w x h.

PPI for display on line is meaningless. You can set the ppi to 1 or to 1000 and the photo will stay the same as long as the pixel dimensions stay the same.
Try it!

 

[jsecordphoto]

The problem with sharing a photo to facebook linked from your website/flickr/etc is facebook won't show external links to as many people. Facebook's algorithm already sucks enough for organic reach (I'm talking for a photography page, not your personal page) because they are pushing businesses toward paying to promote their posts. I'm a content creator for a few bigger FB pages (basically an admin) and have learned a lot over the last few months about how FB works with business pages. For example, one of those pages has just over 100k likes, but it's not like every post is shown to 100k people. Depending on how much activity a post gets within it's first few minutes, FB's algorithm then decides what % of your audience will organically be shown that post (it will appear right on their FB feed). Posting external links brings that amount way down.

 

[jsecordphoto]

Who has a 72 ppi computer display?

My display resolution is set to 1600 x 1200.
My screen is 18.625" x 11.75"
1600 / 18.625" = 86 ppi (horizontal)
1200 / 11.75" = 102 ppi. (vertical)

Of course, I can change the resolution of my screen to any of several combinations of w x h.

PPI for display on line is meaningless. You can set the ppi to 1 or to 1000 and the photo will stay the same as long as the pixel dimensions stay the same.
Try it!

The reasoning I've heard behind setting it to 72ppi is to discourage people from saving and printing photos found online