Creating photo albums on Facebook is a great way to share memories with your friends in a fun and organized way. It only takes a few minutes to create a Facebook photo album and you can come back to edit the album any time after you create it. If you want to know how to start sharing your memories with friends in no time, just follow these steps.
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Method 1 of 1: Creating Photo Albums Through Facebook
Step 1. Go to your Facebook page
Visit facebook.com if you haven't already. If you are not logged in, type in your email address and password and log in.
Step 2. Select "Add Photos/Videos
" It's at the top of the status bar in your News Feed.
Step 3. Select "Create Photo Album
" This is the option on the right of the screen. You will be directed to your computer's hard drive.
Step 4. Select your photo
Browse your hard drive for photos. If you have iPhoto, you can also find your photos there. Once you've finished selecting photos, you'll be taken to a new screen to start creating your album. You can select the photos individually or select several photos at a time:
- To select individual photos, click a photo and press "Open."
- To select multiple photos in a row, click the first photo and hold down the Shift key, and click on the last photo you want to select. If you select two photos in a sequence that is far apart, you will automatically select all the photos that are between the two photos. Click "Open" when you are finished selecting multiple photos.
Step 5. Fill in some information about your album
While waiting for your photos to upload, you can fill in some basic information to help your friends find out more about the album. Use the options at the top of the screen to provide the following information:
- Your album title.
- Description for the entire album. If you'd like an introductory note or slogan for the album, type the caption under "Say something…"
- Location where the photo was taken. You can enter as many locations as you want.
- Album date.
- Keep in mind that you can go back and add as many photos as you like. To do so, click "+ Add more photos" at the bottom left of the screen and select more photos using the same method you used before.
Step 6. If you wish, you can choose to have your photos appear in high quality
If you want to do this, click the "High Quality" box at the bottom of the screen. It will take a little longer for your album to load, but the photos will appear in higher quality.
Step 7. Fill in some information about each of your photos
If you like, you can open individual photos, or just a few photos, to give more information about them. Here's what you can do:
- Tag the people in the photo. Click on the faces of the people in the photos and type their names to tag them.
- Write a caption for the photo. You can do this by typing in the white space below the photo.
- Add the date when the photo was taken. Just click the little clock on the bottom left of the photo to enter this information.
- Fill in the location where the photo was taken. Click the inverted tear-shaped symbol in the bottom right and add the location of the photo. You can also type the location under the title, which says, "Where was this taken?"
Step 8. Choose the order of your photos
You can leave your photos as they are, or you can customize them after they are uploaded. To move the photos, you can click on each photo and drag it to where you want it. You can also click the "Order by date" option at the top right of your screen to sort the photos chronologically by the time and date they were taken.
Step 9. Select your album art
By default, the first photo in the album will be your album cover. If you want to change it, click the arrow in the top right of the photo you want and click "Make Album Cover."
Step 10. Choose your privacy settings
Click "Friends" or current settings at the bottom, and browse through the settings until you find one you like. You have the following options:
- Public
- Friends
- Custom -- this option allows you to select other options such as "Friends of Friends" or to make the album only visible to the people on the list.
Step 11. Click "Post Photos
" Your photo will be sent to Facebook. You can revisit your albums to add, delete, or edit your photos at any time.
