In this post, we’ll cover:
- What Is a Facebook Cover Photo?
- How to Make Halloween Facebook Cover Photos in Create
- Make a Halloween Facebook Cover Photo with a Design Template
- Uploading Your Cover Photo to Facebook
- Design Tips for Scare-tastic Halloween Facebook Cover Photos
What Is a Facebook Cover Photo?
A Facebook cover photo is the large, rectangular image that hangs at the top of your Facebook page.
Consider it a goldmine of opportunity—tout your brand, announce a sale, show your support for something (or someone) or, in the case of Halloween, celebrate the season!
Per Facebook, your page’s cover photo displays at 820 x 312 pixels on computers and 640 x 360 pixels on smartphones.
If the mere thought of having to deal in pixels is filling you with dread, fear not! We suggest using an online photo editing and design tool, like Create, to make terrifyingly cool Halloween Facebook cover photos.
How to Make Halloween Facebook Cover Photos in Create
Step 1: Start with a Blank Canvas
Create’s blank canvases come pre-sized and are intentionally larger than Facebook’s minimum recommendation so that your design never loses its goods, no matter how it’s being viewed.
To open a blank canvas, just go to the Create homepage, then under “Start with a blank canvas” scroll to Facebook Page Cover.
Step 2: Add a Spooky Halloween Image
All Halloween Facebook cover photos need a Hallo-approved image. Good news: You’ll find Shutterstock’s images available in Create while you’re designing!
To add an image to your canvas:
- Click the Images tab on the left.
- Use the search bar to find a Halloween-themed photo (use search words like “Halloween,” “scary,” or “spooky”).
- Click on the image and it will automatically drop onto your canvas so that it becomes the background.
Have a photo of your own? Maybe a Halloween image that you downloaded from Shutterstock? Click Images then Upload to upload to add to canvas.
Note: If you start your project by uploading a photo, it’ll automatically act as your canvas background.
Step 3: Customize the Look
Once you’ve added an image, you have just over a bazillion (give or take) options for customizing the look. Add creepy, Halloween-centric text, graphics, photo effects, and more.
In fact, for quick access to all things Halloween, click Graphics on the left toolbar. Create has tons of fun (and creepy) graphics you can choose from.
This comes loaded with spooky fonts, graphics, and effects for taking your designs to the next level of horrifying.
Choose your file type (JPG or PNG for images, MP4 or GIF for videos), then click the red Download button and save your image to your desktop so you can share it with the Facebook world!
Related Resources:
- Colors: Palettes, Schemes, Combinations, and Hex Codes
- Free Image Converter: PNG, JPEG, or WEBP
- Free Image Design and Editing Tools
- Free Image Resizer: Small, Medium, Large, and Custom Sizes
- Free JPG to PNG Converter
- Free WEBP to JPG Converter
Make a Halloween Facebook Cover Photo with a Design Template
If starting from scratch isn’t Priority No. 1, or you’re on the hunt for even faster design time, consider using one of Create’s Facebook cover photo templates.
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Start with any Facebook cover photo template in Create. License this image via Leigh Prather.
You can customize them however you want. And, it’s easy to turn a template that you like the look or layout of into a Halloween masterpiece.
Not to mention, you can also start with a Halloween template and crop or resize it to work as a Facebook cover photo. Easy with a capital “E”!
Explore Images on Shutterstock
Uploading Your Cover Photo to Facebook
Speaking of easy, Facebook makes things super simple when you’re looking to swap out your Facebook cover photo.
To do so:
- Open your Facebook page.
- Click Edit Cover Photo.
- Click Upload Photo to select your new Halloween design from your computer.
- Reposition as you wish, then click Save Changes.
Design Tips for Scare-tastic Halloween Facebook Cover Photos
Before channeling your Halloween spirit, here are a few tips for creating Halloween Facebook cover photos that leave an impression, along with plenty of pics that you can use!
1. Choose an Eye-Catching Image
Remember, a Facebook cover photo hangs at the tippity-top of your page and it’s B-I-G. No matter the purpose of your design—celebrating the holiday season, showing off products, flaunting that fresh business logo—you want eye-catching imagery.
In the spirit of Halloween, look at what you’ve featured before as a Facebook cover photo. Could you repurpose an image (or images) to feel like they’ve been hit with a bit of Halloween style?
2. Test Out Different Looks
Social media is a game of engagement metrics. Try out different images—especially if you’re advertising a new Halloween sale—and see what connects most with people. Avoid simple Facebook cover photo no-nos, and be ready to adjust your design(s), as needed.
3. Stay in the Safe Space
Here’s a friendly reminder to not let sizing requirements destroy you. As we mentioned earlier, your cover photo looks different on a computer than it does a smartphone. Using a pre-sized template or blank canvas will help keep your design intact.
However, you also want to be mindful of your design’s “safe zone.” That is, the middle-ish area of your canvas that is sure to withstand any shrinkage across devices. In other words—don’t put your most important visual or text on the edge of your design.
4. Keep Your Design On-Brand
While Halloween and other holidays represent a fun time to try out new looks and show your customers that you, too, appreciate the changing seasons, they’re not a time to veer completely off-brand.
For example, if your brand’s visual identity has always revolved around cute DIY imagery, then maybe a Halloween Facebook cover photo that features a blood-sucking vampire might not be the right path to venture down.
Be sure to have some freaky design fun with your Halloween projects this year. Just make sure you don’t scare your audience so much that they don’t come back!
What’ll it be? Facebook design? Halloween inspo? We’ve got both:
- Facebook Posts for When You’re Running Out of Ideas
- When a Facebook Post Becomes an Ad: How to Design for Boosting
- Boo! FREE Halloween Clip Art Pack — Download Now
- The Clickiest Halloween Costumes According to Data
- 10 Spooky Designs to Get You Inspired This Halloween
License this cover image via Patternice.
This post was originally published onOctober 14, 2021
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