Facebook Timelines Cover Photo Size

The new Facebook Timeline cover photo size is 850×315 (850px wide and 315px height) and this new Facebook Cover image dimension size has initiated a new craze of 850x315px Facebook wallpapers across the web as many free wallpaper sites are encouraging Facebook users to choose their Facebook Cover art.

You can activate Facebook Timeline right now and get the new Cover Photo which serves like a header image of your Facebook page and is a great opportunity to use a large 850px wide image to showcase a unique image about your life, or events.

What Cover Image size  to use?

Its is a good idea to upload a high resolution image with exact size of 850px wide and 315px height which fill fit perfectly.

What is the minimum width of the Cover Photo?

Officially Facebook FAQ says your cover image must be at least 720 pixels wide. Smaller images will get upload errors. I tried to upload a smaller image and got a message to upload cover photo at least 399px wide. I was able to upload images 399px wide and above (which were zoomed out and could not be repositioned). Any image height is accepted it seems.

What if you use cover photo of any other size?

Firstly Facebook Cover photos below allowed size will not be accepted for Cover Photo upload. If you upload any other size, Facebook  will be forced to resize / virtually crop the image, which will make it distored and pixelated. Upload the exact size.

Remember all cover images are public, so choose wisely as all will be able to see them.

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