Choose Correct Picture Size for Facebook Timeline

Facebook a Biggest Social Network in the World .Facebook has made Timeline now  available for everyone who use facebook. One of the best special thing about Facebook timeline is its Cover where you can show a quite large size of yours picture BUT one must know how to choose the correct size of the picture for Facebook Timeline. 850x315px (width x height)is the exact size for Facebook timeline. You should crop a picture to 850x315px to create a correct timeline cover. Below you can see the specifications about the timeline facebook in video.










What is the minimum width of the Cover Photo??


It is mentioned at the Facebook FAQ that timeline cover image must be at least 720 pixels wide. Images with smaller size will get upload errors So, However, when i tried, i come to know that we CAN upload an image for cover at least 399px wides. So, if you were upload 399px wide picture, Facebook will zoom this picture to fit in the timeline covers.

What if you use cover photo of any other size??


Well, the Facebook would not allow you to upload any image below 399px however if you were upload a cover photo of any other size, Facebook will automatically resize or crops the image to fit the picture into your timeline cover and you may see an out-of-pixels picture, so its better to choose cover photo with 850x315px size.

Can other people save Cover Photos???


Your's Cover Photos are the publicly visible and can be saved by anyone else (friend, blocked friend, public etc). Actually, Facebook will only display a selected portion in the Cover photos (which is the virtually cropped) and whenever someone will save yours cover picture, he/she will get the full uncropped image e.g. if you upload a big full size photo of yourself, and then decide to make the heads as you cover photo, people saving the image can see the full image. So its a good idea to upload the exact size.