HeyOrca currently supports all photo file formats by converting any uploaded photos into the recommended formats as outlined by Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
To ensure your photos upload with the best quality, we recommend these settings:
- Supported image media types: JPG, PNG, GIF
- Image Height/Width: 720px, 960px or 2048px wide
- File Size - Facebook will compress anything over 100KB
HeyOrca will also support the following maximum file sizes & compress the photos and gifs to meet Facebook’s requirements
- File Size: 25mb
- Image Height: 8888px
- Image Width: 8888px
Check out Facebook’s recommendation on photo formatting
Twitter Photos
- Supported image media types: JPG, PNG
- Image size <= 3MB - Twitter will compress anything larger
Twitter Gifs
- Supported image media types: GIF
- Resolution should be <= 1280x1080 (width x height)
- Number of frames <= 350
- Number of pixels <= 300 million
- Filesize <= 15Mb - Twitter will compress anything larger
HeyOrca will also support the following maximum file sizes & compress the photos and gifs to meet Twitter’s requirements
- File Size: 25mb
- Image Height: 1280px
- Image Width: 1080px
Check out Twitter's Guide to Uploading Media Files
LinkedIn (Business & Personal pages)
- Supported image media types: JPG, PNG
- Gifs not supported
- Filesize <= 10MB - LinkedIn will compress anything larger
- Image Height: 1200px
- Image Width: 688px
HeyOrca will also support the following maximum file sizes & compress the photos to meet LinkedIn’s requirements
- File Size: 25mb
- Image Height: 1280
- Image Width: 1080
Instagram Photos*
- *Images will download to your phone before posting
- Aspect Ratio: 1.91:1 and 4:5 (a height between 566 and 1350 pixels with a width of 1080 pixels)
- If your photo isn’t within that aspect ratio, Instagram will crop it
Instagram GIFs
- Instagram does not currently support the file type .gif - to upload a gif, first, convert it to an MP4
Check out Instagram’s Guide to Posting Images
Instagram Buffer Integration Photos
- Minimum Size: 250 x 250 pixels
- Maximum size: 1920 x 1920 pixels (8GB)
*GIFs are not compatible with the Instagram Buffer Integration.
Here are the recommendations for GIF uploads, based on GIPHY best practices:
- Uploads limited to 15 seconds, but we recommend no more than 6 seconds.
- Uploads are limited to 100mb, but 8mb or lower is best.
- The Source video resolution should be a maximum of 720p, but we recommend 420p or lower.
Google My Business Photos
- Single Image posting capability
- Minimum Size: 250 x 250 pixels
- Maximum size: 5200 x 5300 pixels
Have more questions? Reach out to support@heyorca.com anytime👌