This is extremely helpful. I’ve struggled getting my images to look the best they can, on both Facebook and Instagram. I especially struggle when dealing with sharpness and the color looking accurate. Thanks so much for sharing! ❤️
Spot on. Exactly the same process I've been using for several years. But, one dofference, I save as a .png file for upload. In my comaparisons in a couple of FB groups I asked people to try to identify the sharpest, and most of the time they picked the .png over the .jpeg
Hi, thx. Few suggestions though. First, don't change color depth to 8 bit at the beginning of process. Leave that for the last step. Photoshop has nice export for web dialog that automatically converts photo to sRGB and when saved as jpg, it will be also converted to 8 bit as jpg cannot be 16 bit. The more depth you use during manipulation, the better quality is retained. Second, don't use phone apps to upload images to facebook or instagram. Use browser from computer. I strongly suspect that apps do compress images before sending to servers. We want to avoid that extra step, because server will compress it anyway so you get double compression as a result = not good.
💥💥 To think how many photographers take your amazing info yet never thank you. Hoping to see you, Ash and Jenny back in Dumbo someday soon, my friend. 🤟🏼🌟
I always just crop 4:5 to up in instagram, i will try to put the exact resolution and see if changes anything... thanks for the input. And for transfer the pictures from pc to phone i use on my android the file manager app solid explorer, than you just need to share the pictures folder o pc and put the pc as lan server on the solid manager app, after that when you export the photo to the folder you already will see on your phone, very practical
With the layers of sharpening, I focused on the face to see where I can see the 20+, 20+ additional sharpening but it was difficult to see any changes. Am I looking at the wrong area? As for the resizing and colours and profile, that is very informative, thanks for that. I rarely use social media but I've seen some amazing posts by photographers. Good to see how they do it too and the limitations they have when we upload our photos
@@fjhphoto Oh, never mind. I just looked at it again with fresh eyes and see the difference of sharpening. Yeah, it was the part you mentioned on the High Pass. Yesterday I couldn't see the difference, now I can see it when. I guess I was looking at the wrong areas but noticable when you mention eyelashes.
Finally someone is sharing all important info with us in simple "English". Extremely helpful, logically explained - Thank you for sharing! Also, quick question, I am mostly working on Real Estate / Architectural photography and most of the times I use Bracketing method. Would you recommend to fully edit in photoshop and convert to online media you explained in this video or I should do partially bracketing and some editing in Lightroom and finish it up in Photoshop? Thanks in advance.
I tend to only give advice on things I know a lot about and when it comes to printing I'm not that qualified so I won't be making a video on that soon.
Really helpful tip, i was struggling with my image especially in instagram, that my uploaded image looks much less saturated and dull with the original image. Alway love your tutorial and how simple you put it. Thanks alot 👍🏻
I helped you on Facebook already but will comment with the answer here as well. An alternative solution to sending photos to yourself is using this website; imgbb.com It's a free web hosting site and I've been using it to upload photos for years. I upload the photos to that site, it makes links, and then I send myself the links on Facebook Messenger. Then I open Facebook Messenger on my phone, open the links, and save the photos to my phone.
PPI doesn’t matter for the web by the way. Pixels are pixels, there is no dimensions embedded in a digital file, which is why the 2 files you computed were the exact same file size. PPI only matters for printing. On the web, the convention is that we use 72PPI but again it doesn’t change anything. Also it would have been nice to tell your viewers what file format to choose to export the images.
When you say export you mean at the end of the video? I just save as a jpeg. Last time I made a similar video like this I had heard png was better, but it wasn't.
I found that sharpening after the edit (resizing) the photos liked strange online, Facebook completely ruined the photo, edges of the subject looked jagged/fuzzy
Awesome TIp & i have a question why laptop & Desktop Colors Are Different, It is in same srgb space i think my Laptop srgb not 100% or Not calibrated with professional Tools
I export in jpeg. Last time I made a similar video I tested png and jpeg and they were the same quality. Yes, I tried the same high pass filter numbers for 61mp, 42mp, 24mp, and 12mp. 0.3 helped because if you need to sharpen the photo more then you can just duplicate the layer. I did mention that not to make more than two copies of the layer for sharpening but that was specifically for 42mp. Should have explained that and gave recommendations for the other sizes on how much copies and the opacity of those copies that work best.
Hi. This is a great video. Just a quick one, what about if you want to export for website and for clients? Would you use the same process or another? Thanks in advance
How about Adobe rgb? It confuses me a bit because I saw one online photo magazine that made the claim that Adobe rgb color was like whole milk, and rgb color wise was like skim milk. A strange comparison, but what he was saying was that srgb was supposedly watered down as far as the color range was concerned. He was saying that this choice should be made in camera. But I know only a little bit about these things, so I will keep this video to go back to. Thanks for helping us out!🙂
Web is built around sRGB. Most consumer (computer)screens are also only capable of displaying the color range of sRGB, or slightly below that. Adobe RGB has a lot more color information around the green spectrum compared to sRGB. To be able to see the full range of Adobe RGB you require a "higher" quality screen. Color space option in camera only matters for jpg images. If you are shooting in RAW it does not matter. Edits should be done in a larger color space (Adobe RGB or Pro Photo RGB) and 16bit if possible to preserve maximum image quality. All color conversions should be the LAST STEP after the edits are done.
@@ultrahaxx thank you so much for pointing that out to me. So Adobe rgb is better for things like editing the picture in general and printing, and the srgb is best for posting to computer things like facebook and Instagram? Thanks for explaining the difference for me, I really appreciate it!🙂
@@johncantrell614 yes, everything going to web should be in sRGB. For printing its important to check with the printhouse what they require specifically. Printers use different profiles based on printing technology and paper used.
I have a Fujifilm gfx 50sii. Would I even have to increase the sharpening of my photos? The medium format has already alot more pixels because of its big sensor.
Great info , as always……Thanks a lot…..🙂 How about editing for website use? Our site developer demands 200-300 kb max for a large slider and often our 26mb images end up breaking wich is a shame……
No difference. Just another way of saving the file. For some new versions of photoshop "save as" doesn't have a jpeg option so "save for web" would be the way to save as jpeg.
Good Day! I was about to share this to a friend but if I remember correctly, you made a short cut on this but I can't find it here on youtube and/or instagram.
Thank you so much. I have a question, how come when I try to save using PS, it doesn't let me save it as a JPG? It only gives me options to save as .TIFF, PS, PDF... etc
Oh yes, I think that's with a new version of photoshop which I really don't like. I experienced that myself. You would have to use the "save for web” option I think. I would need to check again.
You can enable the option by going to File > Export Preferences and check the “Use legacy “Export As”. Then go back to File > Export and and you should have the option “Export As” and it’ll allow you to save it as JPEG.
When I use Photoshop to edit my photos and send them to FB and open them in FireFox, they are always over saturated in on my computer. If I open them on the same computer in say Chrome, they look fine. Any Idea why this is? Thanks!!! And thanks for all the great content.
Hi! I have question on colorspace. Ive never messed with that before. Is there a way to permanently change the colorspace to always use srgb instead of having to manually change it from profoto?
What about the process after "Save As"??? There's another menu. I'm assuming you "Save As a Copy" so the image can be saved as a jpg. But after that, there's the "Quality" option using a scale of 1 to 12. & that affects the file size. My old method of exporting in LRC was to drop the quality to 80 for Fb exports. Is this the same process you use...maybe 9.6 (that's 80% of 12). In LRC, I export ig images with a quality of 76. Would I Save As > Quality of...9.12 (76% of 12)????
@@fjhphoto thank you so much. I can finally have sharp images. Also, I am trying to learn your way of ND filter on my EOS R using a 50mm 1.8. I struggle with that. Lol
Facebook compresses photos if they have a resolution higher than 2048, but also if they exceed a certain size (Megabytes / Kilobytes). I don't know exactly, starting from what size, Facebook compresses the image. If you have this information, it is also very important. THX!
Not sure what the file size limit they start at is, but I'll do some test and see what I can come up with. When I lowered the quality of the images from even 100% to 80% (on full res, FB, & IG sizes) the quality dropped a lot so that's why I kept using 100% in my tests.
When you do save as, are you saving as JPG or PNG? I keep hearing PNG looks better or doesn’t lose much when going on social media. Also, export as in PS converts to 8 bit and SRGB for you as well. Just curious why you manually do that.
I save as JPEG. In the past I've tested png vs jpeg and both were the same. You convert to 8 bit in photoshop from the start (before editing) because if you've edited your shot as 16 bit then after converting to 8 bit at export like you mentioned then the colors would be a little different.
QUESTION: I upload photos to facebook in the highest resolution, higher than 2048. I just checked and fb adjusts my hi rez images down to 2048. Given that they downsize them to 2048 is there any loss compared to my uploading in 2048. Thanks for your lesson, much appreciated.
So basically to get the likes you want you have to spend over 10k in gear and editing software 🤔. I guess gear does matter Side note : no matter how I crop ahead of time for ig these methods do not work. I still can't post a full body photo unless I use the app nocrop which is horrible
You should stop complaining about price of gear and focusing on technique instead. I've used very cheap cameras, lenses, and computers to get good results. When you spend less time complaining good things can happen.
@@fjhphoto Simply made an observation based on your introduction. The sharpest lines are the most expensive ones correct? Well then your not gonna get truly sharp images until you nearly go broke. And why don't you use cheaper lenses anymore?
@mr oblige if you’re using photoshop when cropping check the box that says “content aware” or something like that. Then make the box bigger too fit the whole body in the frame, even if there’s are borders showing or it’s bigger than the image. Once you click done it will add to the borders to make it fit. Also when posting on ig you can double tap the photo and it will zoom out to fit when before posting. (If you cropped it to 4:5 in photoshop)
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This is extremely helpful. I’ve struggled getting my images to look the best they can, on both Facebook and Instagram. I especially struggle when dealing with sharpness and the color looking accurate. Thanks so much for sharing! ❤️
Me too. Thank God for him.
Spot on. Exactly the same process I've been using for several years. But, one dofference, I save as a .png file for upload. In my comaparisons in a couple of FB groups I asked people to try to identify the sharpest, and most of the time they picked the .png over the .jpeg
@@deanimator yup ! I uploaded like 5 didn’t photos and PNG is on point!!
Hi, thx. Few suggestions though. First, don't change color depth to 8 bit at the beginning of process. Leave that for the last step. Photoshop has nice export for web dialog that automatically converts photo to sRGB and when saved as jpg, it will be also converted to 8 bit as jpg cannot be 16 bit. The more depth you use during manipulation, the better quality is retained. Second, don't use phone apps to upload images to facebook or instagram. Use browser from computer. I strongly suspect that apps do compress images before sending to servers. We want to avoid that extra step, because server will compress it anyway so you get double compression as a result = not good.
This was such a HUGE help!!! Thank you for making this easy. I used this video to help me with facebook photos.
This WORKS !!! I need to look at my wife’s phone but on my end I differently see the difference!!!
Finally a tutorial that gave me the results i was looking for! My pics on IG and FB already look amazing. Thank you.
Great video!👍🏻
How can we avoid pixelation or banding on images which we see mostly on studio backdrop ? Please make a video on this if possible.🙂
thanks so much Francisco, your tutorials are always a great source knowledge.
Appreciate you watching!😊
💥💥 To think how many photographers take your amazing info yet never thank you. Hoping to see you, Ash and Jenny back in Dumbo someday soon, my friend. 🤟🏼🌟
Thank you so much for this comment!😁
I always just crop 4:5 to up in instagram, i will try to put the exact resolution and see if changes anything... thanks for the input. And for transfer the pictures from pc to phone i use on my android the file manager app solid explorer, than you just need to share the pictures folder o pc and put the pc as lan server on the solid manager app, after that when you export the photo to the folder you already will see on your phone, very practical
I just wanted to thank you for all your videos I have learned so much
Glad to help.😊
Adjusting the color profile was a really big help. Thanks for so many amazing tips.
Sensei! Keep it up! Love the information and appreciate the sharing!!!
Thanks Francisco, you always provide great info, I will be trying this
Wow! Flawless info
This was a very good video. I have very good photo skills but my software skills in LR & PS are sub-par, this will help me a lot. Thanks.
Thank you for sharing this❤❤❤ it helped me sharpened my photos and shared best images.
Wow! It works! Thank you
I always learn a lot from you. Thanks!
Thank you very much Francisco. My photos will be better on instagram and fb. :))
Thank you so much bro!
I have one question 🙋
How to export photoshop photo 🥹
Export ➡︎export as ?
Yooo this was so helpful thank you!
can't wait to try this out!
You just helped a TON with this sharpening method!! Thank you so much 😊
Excellent work as always 👏
You are talented .. thank you
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Great tutorial. Thanks. 😊
Excellent vid! It helped a lot
So helpful! Curious as to what resolution you use to save images intended for prints. Please let me know :)
With the layers of sharpening, I focused on the face to see where I can see the 20+, 20+ additional sharpening but it was difficult to see any changes. Am I looking at the wrong area?
As for the resizing and colours and profile, that is very informative, thanks for that. I rarely use social media but I've seen some amazing posts by photographers. Good to see how they do it too and the limitations they have when we upload our photos
I’m not sure what what you mean about the 20+ sharpening?
@@fjhphoto Oh, never mind. I just looked at it again with fresh eyes and see the difference of sharpening. Yeah, it was the part you mentioned on the High Pass. Yesterday I couldn't see the difference, now I can see it when. I guess I was looking at the wrong areas but noticable when you mention eyelashes.
Finally someone is sharing all important info with us in simple "English". Extremely helpful, logically explained - Thank you for sharing!
Also, quick question, I am mostly working on Real Estate / Architectural photography and most of the times I use Bracketing method. Would you recommend to fully edit in photoshop and convert to online media you explained in this video or I should do partially bracketing and some editing in Lightroom and finish it up in Photoshop? Thanks in advance.
OMG a Game changer!! thanks mate!!!
Excellent!
Very cool, as I already do these but it was great to see a video to share with others...
Thanks for this! Do you have video on setting up images for print?
I tend to only give advice on things I know a lot about and when it comes to printing I'm not that qualified so I won't be making a video on that soon.
@@fjhphoto thanks for your honesty. Keep up the great content. Thanks for your knowledge
Really helpful tip, i was struggling with my image especially in instagram, that my uploaded image looks much less saturated and dull with the original image. Alway love your tutorial and how simple you put it. Thanks alot 👍🏻
Missed u dude. Need to catch up on your vids bro 😄
Very interesting and helpful video 😃👍
Fantastic stuff- AGAIN!
Thank you
Because I learned a lot from you
Nice Video.... At the end when you have the 3 layers. Do you leave them as is or do you merge them and then do save as????
You can merge them or leave them. Saving the copy to your desktop will merge them for you so it's up to you.
This is so helpful thank you so much ❤️
Amazing! Thank you so much.
Very helpful thank you
snapdrop not sending from Windows 10 PC to iPhone. Any help?
I helped you on Facebook already but will comment with the answer here as well. An alternative solution to sending photos to yourself is using this website;
imgbb.com
It's a free web hosting site and I've been using it to upload photos for years. I upload the photos to that site, it makes links, and then I send myself the links on Facebook Messenger. Then I open Facebook Messenger on my phone, open the links, and save the photos to my phone.
PPI doesn’t matter for the web by the way. Pixels are pixels, there is no dimensions embedded in a digital file, which is why the 2 files you computed were the exact same file size. PPI only matters for printing.
On the web, the convention is that we use 72PPI but again it doesn’t change anything.
Also it would have been nice to tell your viewers what file format to choose to export the images.
When you say export you mean at the end of the video? I just save as a jpeg. Last time I made a similar video like this I had heard png was better, but it wasn't.
@@fjhphoto Yea I think it’s because they will save it in jpg anyway.
I found that sharpening after the edit (resizing) the photos liked strange online, Facebook completely ruined the photo, edges of the subject looked jagged/fuzzy
thanks bro
This was really helpful! Thank you 🙏🏿
What size do you crop Landscape photo's to for Facebook? Really great video and super helpful tips
Great idea bro 👍👍👍
Awesome&great video
This is amazing. Thank you for this, Is there any way to do this on Lightroom?
Nice!
Nice vid
Awesome TIp &
i have a question why laptop & Desktop Colors Are Different, It is in same srgb space i think my Laptop srgb not 100% or Not calibrated with professional Tools
Thanks bud!
Since we know that you use a 42 mp camera , Those high pass numbers are also applied on 24 mp images?
And do u export them in png or jpg ?
I export in jpeg. Last time I made a similar video I tested png and jpeg and they were the same quality.
Yes, I tried the same high pass filter numbers for 61mp, 42mp, 24mp, and 12mp. 0.3 helped because if you need to sharpen the photo more then you can just duplicate the layer.
I did mention that not to make more than two copies of the layer for sharpening but that was specifically for 42mp. Should have explained that and gave recommendations for the other sizes on how much copies and the opacity of those copies that work best.
@@fjhphoto thanks for the helpful infos man.
Hi. This is a great video. Just a quick one, what about if you want to export for website and for clients? Would you use the same process or another? Thanks in advance
How about Adobe rgb? It confuses me a bit because I saw one online photo magazine that made the claim that Adobe rgb color was like whole milk, and rgb color wise was like skim milk. A strange comparison, but what he was saying was that srgb was supposedly watered down as far as the color range was concerned. He was saying that this choice should be made in camera.
But I know only a little bit about these things, so I will keep this video to go back to. Thanks for helping us out!🙂
Web is built around sRGB. Most consumer (computer)screens are also only capable of displaying the color range of sRGB, or slightly below that. Adobe RGB has a lot more color information around the green spectrum compared to sRGB. To be able to see the full range of Adobe RGB you require a "higher" quality screen. Color space option in camera only matters for jpg images. If you are shooting in RAW it does not matter.
Edits should be done in a larger color space (Adobe RGB or Pro Photo RGB) and 16bit if possible to preserve maximum image quality.
All color conversions should be the LAST STEP after the edits are done.
@@ultrahaxx thank you so much for pointing that out to me. So Adobe rgb is better for things like editing the picture in general and printing, and the srgb is best for posting to computer things like facebook and Instagram? Thanks for explaining the difference for me, I really appreciate it!🙂
@@johncantrell614 yes, everything going to web should be in sRGB. For printing its important to check with the printhouse what they require specifically. Printers use different profiles based on printing technology and paper used.
@@ultrahaxx thanks for the information! 🙂
Does it also apply to sharing with WhatsApp status
Can u Make a video to export for printing
I don't really print my own work so I wouldn't make a video like that. I can find a video on information about that though.
This should help:
czcams.com/video/2GaLODO7cGA/video.html
Thanks Francisco.
I have a Fujifilm gfx 50sii. Would I even have to increase the sharpening of my photos? The medium format has already alot more pixels because of its big sensor.
Great info , as always……Thanks a lot…..🙂 How about editing for website use? Our site developer demands 200-300 kb max for a large slider and often our 26mb images end up breaking wich is a shame……
Thanks for this! Will there be a difference if you "save for web" than "save as jpeg" ?
No difference. Just another way of saving the file. For some new versions of photoshop "save as" doesn't have a jpeg option so "save for web" would be the way to save as jpeg.
@@fjhphoto got it. Your tips have been really helpful. Thank you!
Good Day! I was about to share this to a friend but if I remember correctly, you made a short cut on this but I can't find it here on youtube and/or instagram.
Link to Windows works straight from the PC. No need for websites.
Isn't it more efficient to convert right before exporting?
Good day .. do you save with maximum quality "12" when you use "save as"?
Thank you so much. I have a question, how come when I try to save using PS, it doesn't let me save it as a JPG? It only gives me options to save as .TIFF, PS, PDF... etc
Oh yes, I think that's with a new version of photoshop which I really don't like. I experienced that myself. You would have to use the "save for web” option I think. I would need to check again.
You can enable the option by going to File > Export Preferences and check the “Use legacy “Export As”. Then go back to File > Export and and you should have the option “Export As” and it’ll allow you to save it as JPEG.
@@ljtech20 Thank you man, I'll try this. I really appreciate!
@@felm.974 you’re welcome man. Glad to help.
When I use Photoshop to edit my photos and send them to FB and open them in FireFox, they are always over saturated in on my computer. If I open them on the same computer in say Chrome, they look fine. Any Idea why this is? Thanks!!! And thanks for all the great content.
Hmmm not sure. I haven't used Firefox in such a long time though. I would just stick to Chrome.
Hi! I have question on colorspace. Ive never messed with that before. Is there a way to permanently change the colorspace to always use srgb instead of having to manually change it from profoto?
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Does this same format apply to ig? I know the dimensions are different but png?
What about the process after "Save As"??? There's another menu. I'm assuming you "Save As a Copy" so the image can be saved as a jpg. But after that, there's the "Quality" option using a scale of 1 to 12. & that affects the file size. My old method of exporting in LRC was to drop the quality to 80 for Fb exports. Is this the same process you use...maybe 9.6 (that's 80% of 12). In LRC, I export ig images with a quality of 76. Would I Save As > Quality of...9.12 (76% of 12)????
Hello, thank you so much for sharing. When I save as, I am saving in JPEG correct or PNG?
Yes, save as JPEG. I found no difference between the two, but JPEG is better all around in case you need to print.
@@fjhphoto me again, what pixel size will be the landscape oriented images for FB and Instagram. Height? Width? Please and thank you!
@@fjhphoto thank you so much. I can finally have sharp images. Also, I am trying to learn your way of ND filter on my EOS R using a 50mm 1.8. I struggle with that. Lol
nice :)
So how to do make your photo great colour grading
Facebook compresses photos if they have a resolution higher than 2048, but also if they exceed a certain size (Megabytes / Kilobytes). I don't know exactly, starting from what size, Facebook compresses the image. If you have this information, it is also very important. THX!
Not sure what the file size limit they start at is, but I'll do some test and see what I can come up with. When I lowered the quality of the images from even 100% to 80% (on full res, FB, & IG sizes) the quality dropped a lot so that's why I kept using 100% in my tests.
I should make all color/skin corrections before this point right?
Yup! This resizing part is after all the editing is done.
@@fjhphoto thanks so much!
Show us the end result on your social platform.
Do you have an action made for this that covers both ratios to save time?
I'm not sure if I understand your question. An action to sharpen, resize, and save a Facebook and instagram copy?
What do you think of 'save for web' method?
It'll do the same thing. I think it's necessary to save a jpeg in some version of Photoshop.
Are u Still using 2023 ? I like the way❤
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When you do save as, are you saving as JPG or PNG? I keep hearing PNG looks better or doesn’t lose much when going on social media. Also, export as in PS converts to 8 bit and SRGB for you as well. Just curious why you manually do that.
I save as JPEG. In the past I've tested png vs jpeg and both were the same. You convert to 8 bit in photoshop from the start (before editing) because if you've edited your shot as 16 bit then after converting to 8 bit at export like you mentioned then the colors would be a little different.
QUESTION: I upload photos to facebook in the highest resolution, higher than 2048. I just checked and fb adjusts my hi rez images down to 2048. Given that they downsize them to 2048 is there any loss compared to my uploading in 2048. Thanks for your lesson, much appreciated.
Pls make videos short
Step 1: Take a great photo...
So many steps before that, lol.
poor tutorial.
too much talking...
problem is i dont have time to do this to all 200 photos of a wedding album on facebook 😂
I think there's a batch processing tool in photoshop so it could potentially do all those 200 photos with a click of a button.
So basically to get the likes you want you have to spend over 10k in gear and editing software 🤔. I guess gear does matter
Side note : no matter how I crop ahead of time for ig these methods do not work. I still can't post a full body photo unless I use the app nocrop which is horrible
You should stop complaining about price of gear and focusing on technique instead. I've used very cheap cameras, lenses, and computers to get good results. When you spend less time complaining good things can happen.
@@fjhphoto Simply made an observation based on your introduction. The sharpest lines are the most expensive ones correct? Well then your not gonna get truly sharp images until you nearly go broke. And why don't you use cheaper lenses anymore?
@@mroblige1018 When you work hard and can afford better things you let me know if you're still using old gear.😉
@@fjhphoto I simply asked a few questions. I'm no good with the run around
@mr oblige if you’re using photoshop when cropping check the box that says “content aware” or something like that. Then make the box bigger too fit the whole body in the frame, even if there’s are borders showing or it’s bigger than the image. Once you click done it will add to the borders to make it fit.
Also when posting on ig you can double tap the photo and it will zoom out to fit when before posting. (If you cropped it to 4:5 in photoshop)