How to Create a Photo Album and Upload Photos

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1 How to Create a Photo Album and Upload Photos How to upload photos, create a photo album, tag friends in your photos, post photos to the wall and share your photos with friends.

2 TOC Click page number to go to page 3 Create an Album 9 Editing Photos 10 Tagging Photos 14 Posting your photos on the wall 16 Rearranging Photos 17 The Finished Album 19 Your Wall 20 FAQ

3 Create an Album Go to your profile. At the top of your profile, underneath the row of photos is the photos icon. Click this icon and it will open up a drop down menu with choices: Upload a Photo, Take a Photo or Create an Album Click Create an Album Please see the Frequently Asked Questions at the end of the tutorial

4 Uploading Photos A new window will popup. Click to start choosing photos for your album. A file window will open. Browse to your photos on your hard drive. Click the photos you want. You can select multiple photos at the same time by clicking them. Selected photos will be highlighted. To de-select, just click the photo again. Click Open when you are done.

5 While your photos are uploading, you can name your album. Type the name of the album in the first line. You can add a location - just start typing the name of the city and it will auto-populate. You can also choose your upload quality Standard is a smaller file, but it will load faster when people view it. High Resolution is better for printing, but will take a lot longer to upload initially and will take longer for the photo to load when people go to view it. The default setting is Standard, so unless you need to upload high resolution photos, it is better to stick to that. Please see the Frequently Asked Questions at the end of the tutorial

6 Album Privacy Settings Privacy settings allow you to choose who you want to share your albums with. You can set individual privacy settings for each album. Click the drop down menu Share album with and select Everyone, Friends of Friends, Friends Only or Customize If you have questions regarding privacy settings please see the tutorial on privacy settings. Please see the Frequently Asked Questions at the end of the tutorial

7 Creating the album After you have finished naming your album and setting your privacy level, click This will take you to a new screen that shows your pictures and allows you to edit the album details. Please see the Frequently Asked Questions at the end of the tutorial

8 Editing Photos After your photos have been uploaded you can choose an album cover, add captions, tag people and delete photos. Under every photo you will see The first photo is the album cover by default. If you would like another photo to be the album cover click If you do not like a photo you uploaded you can delete by checking When you are done click at the bottom of the page Adding Captions To the left of your photo is a big text box that says Caption This is where you can type any brief copy you want to be associated with that particular image. When you are done, click at the bottom of the screen. Please see the Frequently Asked Questions at the end of the tutorial

9 Tagging Photos Tagging photos is a way you can connect a photo of a friend to your friend s profile. When you tag a photo it puts their name at the bottom of the photo, listing them in the photo. It sends the friend a notification that they have been tagged in one of your photos. It puts a copy of the photo on your friend s wall and in their Photo tab. Tagging is a great way to share photos with friends, and then they can share with their other friends. To tag, click the face of the person you want to tag. A box will appear over their face and a window will pop up asking you to type any name or tag.you will see a list of your friends. You can either type the name of the person you want to tag or you can find their name in the list and check the box next to their name. You can only tag one person at a time. When you are done click

10 After you tag your photo the person s name will be added underneath the caption. If you do not want the tag, click remove You can also tag your photos from the Album view.

11 Click at the top of the album. A window will open up directly above your photos. Type the name of the person you want to tag in the box that says Start typing a friend s name

12 As you type the name, Facebook will auto-populate suggestions. Click the name of the person you want to tag. After you select their name, click on the photos you want to tag. You can select more than one photo at a time. When you are done, click Please see the Frequently Asked Questions at the end of the tutorial

13 Posting your photos on the wall When you are done editing your pictures you can post them to your wall. This is called publishing them. At the top of the screen of your new album, there is a highlighted message that lets you know the photos have not yet been published. Click Click to publish your album. if you are not interested in publishing them. After you click your photos will be posted on your wall.

14 You also have the option of saving your album without publishing it. At the bottom of the screen it says If you click If you click you will lose all of your work, including your uploads. you will save all your work. A pop-up window will open and you will also be given the option to publish to your wall or skip. If you skip, you will not lose your work. Everything will be saved, it just won t be published to your wall and news feed. Please see the Frequently Asked Questions at the end of the tutorial

15 Rearranging Photos Rearranging photos is easy. Put your mouse over the photo you want to move. Hold down your left click button to grab the photo and move the photo to where you want it. Let go of the mouse button when you are ready to drop your photo into position. Please see the Frequently Asked Questions at the end of the tutorial

16 The Finished Album Now when you go to your Photo category on your profile you will see your new album. Click the name of the album to open it.

17 You will see the photos you uploaded and your options for editing and tagging. You will also see an area where your friends can comment on your album.

18 When you click on a photo you will open it up. You can see your caption, your tags, and any comments Please see the Frequently Asked Questions at the end of the tutorial

19 Your Wall When you go to your wall you will see a posting with your album and the option to Like Comment and Share. This was also posted on the news feed. If someone tagged you in a photo, you will have a post on your wall that says you were tagged, with the pictures and links to the album. Please see the Frequently Asked Questions at the end of the tutorial

20 FAQ Q: How many photos can I upload? A: You can upload 200 per album. Q: How many photo albums can I have? A: Unlimited. Create as many as you want. Q: Will my photo look better as high resolution? A: Not on screen. When you look at your photo on screen the standard resolution will look just as good as the high resolution, only the standard resolution will load a lot faster. Q: Why would I want to select the high resolution quality? A: If you are wanting your friends to be able to download printable photos, then you will want to upload as high resolution. It will take a lot longer for your photos to load on the page and to upload. Unless you really need to have the higher quality file, we don t recommend this.

21 Congratulations! You did it! You are on your way to becoming a Facebook Master! If you have any questions or comments please us at info@smcubedconsulting.com