

Facebook and Instagram will also downsize the image to a smaller resolution. All of these services will further compress your image (regardless of the dimensions and quality – more on that below). I have tested this extensively and this ensures the very best representation of your image on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Photoshop export settings ideal for MOST images to get the highest quality when posting to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Lightroom Classic export settings ideal for MOST images to get the highest quality when posting to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Photographers who want to have their images shown at the highest possible quality on all social media networks should export their images to JPEG format with the longest edge at 4096 pixels and quality set to 77%. The answer may change over time as the social networks make constant changes to how they deal with photos, but after more than 80 hours of real-world research here is the answer. Nearly a constant debate online, I constantly get questions on the pixel dimensions, quality setting, and DPI that photographers should use when exporting out of Lightroom and Photoshop for posting the image on social media. What Dimensions and Quality Should Photographers Use When Posting To Social Media?

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