Facebook profile photo is blurry

Laura B · 03-17-2011, 04:42 PM

The profile photo I did for my Facebook business page looks terrible. I'm a graphic designer, so I know about resolution, etc. I made it to the proper size (180 px wide). Anybody else have this problem and know how to make it better?

Shelle-K · 03-17-2011, 07:05 PM

Hi Laura,

Take a look at this article on mashable. While your sizing it to standard size, facebook actually crops the image uploaded. It's best to use a 200px size with a 12px border away from any images or text

Hope this helps

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Originally Posted by Laura B

The profile photo I did for my Facebook business page looks terrible. I'm a graphic designer, so I know about resolution, etc. I made it to the proper size (180 px wide). Anybody else have this problem and know how to make it better?

social saint · 03-17-2011, 11:06 PM

The current size that FB uses for profile picture is - 180×540. If in excess, the image will be re-sized to fit this resolution.

williampaul · 03-18-2011, 02:25 AM

I heard that Facebook will re-compress your picture when they displayed them.. specially if you uploaded really big pictures

Wasim · 03-18-2011, 05:30 AM

What I like to do is visit a Facebook Business Page and take a screen shot. Take it into Photoshop and measure the size of the image and it comes out pixel perfect, but what I have noticed is that it still seems to be compressed at Facebook because the pixels still seem of slightly less quality.

Laura B · 03-18-2011, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by RushGraphics

Take a look at this article on mashable. While your sizing it to standard size, facebook actually crops the image uploaded. It's best to use a 200px size with a 12px border away from any images or text

Thanks for the article! I'll take a look and see if I can fix it.

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Originally Posted by Wasim

What I like to do is visit a Facebook Business Page and take a screen shot. Take it into Photoshop and measure the size of the image and it comes out pixel perfect, but what I have noticed is that it still seems to be compressed at Facebook because the pixels still seem of slightly less quality.

That's what it seems like to me, too. I'll give it another try, though.

Shelle-K · 03-18-2011, 11:56 AM

Hope it helps

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Originally Posted by Laura B

Thanks for the article! I'll take a look and see if I can fix it.

RyanAndrews · 03-18-2011, 01:15 PM

It seems like the re-compression to 85% quality is unavoidable.

internetmonkey · 04-23-2011, 01:28 AM

Yes this is really annoying.

qcloud · 09-23-2011, 01:10 AM

Well, i get frustrated about this before, our logo is just so simple now.

Jeremie Calvin · 04-10-2012, 01:55 AM

Once you finish with your photoshop pic, flatten the image, select all, and copy it to the clipboard (or PC equivalent). Then open a new file in photoshop, the size of the picture you copied will automatically be the dimensions chosen for you. Just make sure you change the resolution to 300 or higher. Once the new file loads up, paste the pic from your clipboard. Then, save for web as a png-24 file. Forget worrying about the size. That should do it. It worked for me.

The image "waters" down a bit, but it's still much crisper than if you just save a pic in 72 dpi.

Hope that helps.

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Jeremie Calvin Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Minnesota, U.S. Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Facebook profile photo is blurry Once you finish with your photoshop pic, flatten the image, select all, and copy it to the clipboard (or PC equivalent). Then open a new file in photoshop, the size of the picture you copied will automatically be the dimensions chosen for you. Just make sure you change the resolution to 300 or higher. Once the new file loads up, paste the pic from your clipboard. Then, save for web as a png-24 file. Forget worrying about the size. That should do it. It worked for me. The image "waters" down a bit, but it's still much crisper than if you just save a pic in 72 dpi. Hope that helps.