Facebook's New Photo Layout Mimics Google+ 2 February '12, 10:11am Follow As the world digests the 200+ pages from Facebook’s S-1 IPO filing, many users are starting to receive a new update on the social network, adapting the way that it displays photos. Facebook is continually testing new features for its users and it often rolls them out to a select number of testers, but today’s design change sees Facebook increase the size of its photo viewer and adapt the alignment of the comments and Likes on images. And it’s eerily similar to Google+. Faceblog alerted us to the new photo viewer, highlighting that for some users the photo viewer now displays comments and Likes on the right hand side of the Lightbox.
Julien Girard took a screenshot of Mark Zuckerberg’s photo of his desk, on which was a memo that was used to motivate him on his company’s IPO day: Compare this with a photo on Google+: At a quick glance, you would be forgiven for thinking that the two images were the same. Facebook Photo Importer lets you transfer hundreds of photos in minutes. We’ve already introduced you to the Google+ Photo Importer which makes it easy to transfer hundreds of photos in no time from your photo sharing sites right into Google+ using nothing more than your iPhone. Dropico, the company behind Google+ Photo Importer, has just released a similar iPhone app, which makes it easy to get photos transferred from Flickr, Picasa, Instagram and Photobucket into your Facebook account. If you’ve used the Google+ version of the app, you’ll find that Facebook Photo Importer works in exactly the same way.
After connecting the app to your Facebook account, you will then be able to connect to any one of the four photo sharing services that are supported. If you’ve already used the Google+ version of the app on your iPhone, you won’t have to authorize these accounts again. You can then select the service, and select certain photos within each album, or an entire album, to transfer to Facebook. There is one drawback to using the app. How to Format Photos for Facebook. Facebook makes it simple to add pictures to your profile, but you will get better results when you optimize and format photos to fit the site's settings. When you set up your profile, you will see an option to upload a photo of yourself. You can use digital pictures that you have saved as GIF, JPG or PNG files.
You can use any software to convert and optimize your existing photos. If you don't have photo editing software installed, download a free image editor like IrfanView to prepare your photos for viewing on Facebook. Step 1 - Select Editing Software Review the features of the photo editing software that you already have installed on your computer. Step 2 - Select Photos Navigate to the folder on your hard drive that contains your photos. Step 3 - Load Photos Download and install IrfanView, to quickly format several photos to the correct dimensions for Facebook. Step 4 - Resize Photo Click the Image menu tab in IrfanView. Step 5 - Save Edited Photo Open the File menu and select Save As. Improve the Photos on Your Facebook Page.
Series: The Perfect Facebook Fan Page – Optimize Your Photostrip. If you’re NOT on the HyperArts Blog, Click Here! I have posted several articles (Techipedia – Social Media Examiner) on how to approach design for your Facebook fan page and take full advantage of design opportunites. In this series — The Perfect Fan Page — we will write detailed articles on various aspects of Fan Page creation.
All you Need to Know About the Facebook Fan Page Photostrip This article will tell you all you need to know about the Photostrip — the row of 5 small images to the right of your Profile Picture — with lots of great examples, strategies, and downloadable templates…. Facebook Profile Photostrip: Essential Info The key things you need to know about the Profile Photostrip are: If you do nothing to control your Photostrip, Facebook will display thumbnails of the five most recent images uploaded by page admins (not fans);You can’t control the order in which the 5 Photostrip images appear; they are displayed in random order on each page load.
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