Creative Facebook Cover Photo Ideas
Exactly what you'll find out
How you can establish a personalized photo size, use results or edits, and conserve your picture for usage on Facebook.
Creative Facebook Cover Photo Ideas
1. Establish a custom-made image size
Open up Photoshop. Select Data > New. Call the file "cover-photo." Set the width to 851 pixels, the elevation to 315 pixels, and also resolution to 72 pixels/inch.
These are the minimum dimensions for a cover photo on Facebook. This allows you to create your cover picture in Photoshop without guessing how it will show up on Facebook.
Click OK. A brand-new empty record will certainly open up.
2. Open an image
Go to Submit > Open, and also find an image or picture on your computer that you want to utilize as a cover photo. If you're following along with the sample property, find "make-creative-facebook-cover-photo. jpg." Click Open.
3. Replicate your photo
With the image from Step 2 open, find the Layers panel at the bottom appropriate corner of the Photoshop work space. If you don't see the Layers panel, go to Window > Layers.
Right-click (COMPUTER) or control-click (Mac) the History layer as well as pick Duplicate Layer ...
4. Replicate your photo (cont.).
In the Duplicate Layer dialog box, select the "cover-photo" you developed in Step 1, for the Destination > Paper option. Click OK.
By doing this, you put your individual picture or picture (or our example picture) within your custom-sized file from Step 1.
5. Resize your image.
Two images are open in your work area. Click the "cover-photo" tab to proceed modifying the document from Action 1.
Select Edit > Free Transform, or press control/command + "T" on your key-board. A bounding box appears around the edges of the photo, as revealed. If you can't see the bounding box, zoom out (press command/control + "-" on your key-board).
Scale the image: Click as well as drag one of the corners of the bounding box. Constrict the percentages by pushing Shift while scaling the photo. Reposition the image: Click as well as drag the photo in the bounding box. When you're done, press Enter.
6. Obtain imaginative!
You have actually resized your photo. Now, attract shapes, include kind, as well as experiment with other innovative effects to individualize your image. Use the links below this page to discover pointers and strategies for creatively modifying in Photoshop or Lightroom.
For this example, I added message as well as forms, and utilized mixing modes for a fading impact.
Tip: While developing, bear in mind that your profile image will certainly cover the bottom left edge of your cover image!
7. Conserve your photo.
When you're finished, select Documents > Save As ...
In the Format food selection, choose a file kind for your image. For a picture, select JPEG documents format; if you included message, a logo, or various other shapes, we advise the PNG documents layout. Click Save.
A second dialog box might show up, relying on the selected documents style. If so, define your added choices and also click OK.
Done!
Currently you're ready to submit your picture to Facebook!
By establishing a custom photo dimension, you can try lots of different photo modifying methods, and regulate just how your photo appears on your Facebook wall surface. Use the links below to try out different ideas and also strategies for using creative results and also edits!
