Over the next few weeks, Facebook will be rolling out support for high-res pictures for free to every user:
We're increasing the size of the photos stored from 720 pixels to 2048 pixels on the largest edge, for an 8 times increase overall. I'm really excited to be launching this feature. To see the quality of these pictures, you can view National Geographic's "Top-Rated Your Shot Photos (September)" album or Sports Illustrated's "Football Across America" album. Download high-resolution photos by clicking the "Download" link.
They're also updating their photo viewer with a new lightbox interface (think Flickr's new galleries—dark background with the image popping out in the forefront). Chances are you're not seeing any of the updates in your account yet, but the rollout starts today, so if you aren't, you can expect it in the near future.
67 comments:
hi rez photos on facebook is good be goood.
Nice update, waiting for more! :]
oh wow, how great...now we can see high res version of shitty webcam pictures.
supportin!
Cool Story Bro!;)
cool :D, cant wait! started to follow your blog!
Oh wow....shame i dont use facebook anymore though. No-ones gonna see my face in HD, still flickr is way better
Finally! Been wanting this feature since I stared facebooking.
Facebook will be linked to ALL life issues!
May The FORCE Be With You!
It was about bloody time. The low resolution is extremely annoying.
All my photos are iPhone pics anyway so I don't really notice :P
All rezzes are the same to an uncouth barbarian like me.
haha "high res versions of shitty webcam pictures".
haha "high res versions of shitty webcam pictures".
now fb will do my camera pics justice...yay!
LOL@JillDine's comment.
I can see how high-res will be of value to some people, but I don't know too many facebookers that have pictures that need that kind of resolution.
Ah well, can't stop technology.
It's all good as long as they don't fix their security problems :D
awesome! finally can put some decent photos on my facebook page! thanks for the news!
Great post! thanks for informing me :) I love hd pictures
good move for them.
Ah, that's cool.
Thats great news bro!
It was time already
cool;)
Yes I like this idea too!
Mesty =)
And I STILL won't be uploading photos. Oh, well, progress is progress.
its about time - i do feel sorry for peeps on dial up though
I won't really make a difference for me, but some of my friends' photos might look better. cool :)
haha nice dude supportage :D
MOAR QUALITY!
nice update but i normally don't post any high resolution photos on facebook^^
wow this could be awesome.
very nice, not sure ill be using it much though
can put the life shit photos on facebook:)))?
great, about time they did that
FINALLY!:P
Not going to use it :D
That's really good! photos have low quality now...but it would affect slow internet connections a lot...maybe not in your country but in many others it will...don't you think?
Damn facebook what the hell took you so long!
that was a great idea facebook had.
uu high res
I have been waiting for these new features forever, about bloody time facebook!
This will be great
how many people here give a shit of facebook?
Oh boy, I guess >.>. Sorry, just really don't care about facebook. Still good info though.
FB is just going to get way too big. I leave my photos to a photo-specific site that won't demand the rights to them.
I'm personally ok with this. My mom pretty much only knows facebook so sharing good quality pictures with her will be much easier now
It's a logical step for them. I'm all for it!
hmm interesting post thanks
And not a minute too soon.
About time
yeahs, finally better photos
All right! High resolution duck face pictures!
this is good news
Great post, keep it up Bro !
I'm sure this will be a good thing for Facebook. Looking forward to more updates from you. :)
Looking forward to that update, would love some better quality photos out of facebook
never liked facebook photo sharing, but oh well :p
That's a huge jump!
Cool post bro!Thanks!
Supp :D
High quality stalking!
sounds like good news
Hey comeatme, sorry I can't leave you a longer comment, but I really do hate facebook :p Instead, I'll make up for lack of relevance, with unadulterated, unabashed professions of love for you.
Thought you should know
I love you bro
in every hole, in every way
even if it makes me gay
But if female is your gender
let me gently bump your fender
push myself into your trunk
hit the radio, pump the funk
I hope that properly illustrates how I feel about our friendship.
Here's hoping for a non-facebook update next time ;)
-JKane
very interesting!
sweet deal.
will take up some badwidth though
good stuff.
I have a few photographer friends who are super excited about this news. I just want there to be no further compression from my file to facebook, that's all I want.
this is good news indeed, does it support different formats? i keep needing to send png's to people...
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