How to Make A Facebook Cover Photo
Just what you'll find out
How you can set up a custom image size, apply results or edits, and save your image for use on Facebook.
How To Make A Facebook Cover Photo
1. Establish a customized photo size
Open up Photoshop. Select Data > New. Call the file "cover-photo." Establish the width to 851 pixels, the elevation to 315 pixels, and resolution to 72 pixels/inch.
These are the minimal measurements for a cover photo on Facebook. This enables you to make your cover picture in Photoshop without presuming exactly how it will certainly appear on Facebook.
Click OK. A new empty document will certainly open.
2. Open a photo
Go to File > Open, as well as situate a picture or image on your computer that you wish to utilize as a cover picture. If you're following in addition to the sample property, find "make-creative-facebook-cover-photo. jpg." Click Open.
3. Duplicate your photo
With the picture from Action 2 open, locate the Layers panel near the bottom best edge of the Photoshop office. If you don't see the Layers panel, go to Window > Layers.
Right-click (COMPUTER) or control-click (Mac) the History layer and pick Match Layer ...
4. Replicate your image (cont.).
In the Duplicate Layer dialog box, pick the "cover-photo" you created in Step 1, for the Destination > File alternative. Click OK.
By doing this, you position your individual photo or picture (or our sample picture) within your custom-sized record from Action 1.
5. Resize your picture.
2 photos are open in your workspace. Click the "cover-photo" tab to continue editing the document from Action 1.
Select Edit > Free Transform, or press control/command + "T" on your key-board. A bounding box shows up around the edges of the image, as shown. If you can not see the bounding box, zoom out (press command/control + "-" on your key-board).
Scale the picture: Click and also drag one of the edges of the bounding box. Constrain the proportions by pressing Change while scaling the picture. Rearrange the image: Click and drag the image in the bounding box. When you're done, press Get in.
6. Obtain innovative!
You have resized your photo. Now, draw forms, include kind, and trying out various other imaginative impacts to individualize your image. Utilize the web links at the end of this web page to check out ideas and techniques for creatively editing in Photoshop or Lightroom.
For this sample, I added text as well as forms, and made use of blending modes for a fading effect.
Tip: While making, keep in mind that your profile photo will certainly cover the bottom left corner of your cover photo!
7. Conserve your image.
As soon as you're completed, pick Data > Save As ...
In the Layout food selection, select a data type for your photo. For a picture, choose JPEG documents layout; if you added message, a logo, or various other forms, we advise the PNG file style. Click Save.
A second dialog box could appear, depending on the chosen documents format. If so, define your additional options and click OK.
Done!
Now you're ready to upload your image to Facebook!
By establishing a custom picture dimension, you can try lots of different photo editing methods, as well as regulate just how your photo shows up on your Facebook wall. Utilize the links listed below to experiment with different concepts as well as techniques for applying innovative impacts and edits!
