Resize not working (Photoshop Elements 2022)

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April 1, 2023
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Hello. I am trying to reduce the size of my logo to Facebook's profile size (170 x 170), and no matter how much I reduce the size, it still looks exactly the same -- and too big -- for the FB profile. There are three options in Photoshop Elements (I have version 2022): "Image", "Scale", and "Canvas". I tried all three. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Attached are three images: one with the regular logo size (1536 x 1920), another is resized to 180 x 225, and the third is how it looks when I attempt to upload it to FB. Thank you in advance for any help/advice you can provide!!

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ElaineNewYorkAuthor

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Thank you!! I want to get the whole image in. I'm going to try the inches as you suggested. FB just shows what you see in the circle. I'm hoping this will get the words in! Thanks again!!

Glenn 8675309

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This is just my viewpoint--- like it or hate it it's all your choice.

That image with text may be important to you, but it's not really that good to use for a fb logo. Drop the text on the bottom of the image-- and just upload the image without resizing.

FB profile images are tiny- not really designed for text. Text in a png / jpg image is not vectorized- it's a raster based image-- meaning you simply can't make it infinitely large , or in your case, small, really small.

FB says "you need a rectangle image"--- which simply isn't correct today- it was three years ago, but profile images are round.

Given a viewing distance of about 2 feet and a screen resolution of between 96 and 120 ppi- any text, along with an image is such a small image size simply is not going to look well.

Unless people actually click on your profile image they are going to see a round image.

Your image you are talking about is what you would use on a can or bottle, but not for a fb logo/profile image.
Choose text, choose image, but not both.

If you do have text- it better be a fat font, and just have a few characters on one line.

What competing products display is a unifying shape--- like the three round things in the above image.

They then have the more complicated graphics used for print ads, and product labels. Your lion / hat logo with the text is that type of graphic, as is, it's not a good logo image--- lose all the text and your problem is solved.

Such tiny text on the bottom of a fb logo is not helping.

Here is a redesigned logo- crisp and simple, text easy to read.... text on bottom? It's gone.

ElaineNewYorkAuthor

Known Participant

Wow! Thank you SO much! I really appreciate the time you put into this, and all your points are well taken. I like the logo image you made, too. Did you do that in Photoshop Elements? Thanks so much again.

Greg_S.

Community Expert

I think the problem you are having is that FB requires a square image (170x170) but your image is an oblong.

I'm not exactly sure how much of the image you want to fit into the profile. You can either crop the image to a square which will cut off some of the image. Or you could perform a square crop outside the parameters of the image. The results would be something like the following screenshot.

I don't know how FB treats the image that you upload. My screenshot above used a crop tool setting of 170 inches. If you change the setting to 170 pixels, the image is going to be pixelated. So, you may want to keep a larger size square ratio and see what FB does when it reduces the image to fit the profile template.

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