If you find yourself in that situation where you want to upload 200 photos to Facebook but you keep getting an “Image uploading failed” error then I have some solutions for you!
This error is mostly caused between a combination of the images being too big and a slow internet connection, i.e. most modern high mega-pixel cameras have a minimum resolution of 1600×1200 and Facebook has a maximum image width of 604 pixels on its photos. So save yourself all the trouble by resizing your photos to an appropriate size before you upload them! Here are two solutions, with the easiest one first and more advanced last.
PowerToys Image Resizer
The image resizer is a handy tool from the Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP pack. Direct download.
- After the program is installed, Open the folder that contains the pictures you want to resize. Select all the pictures you want to resize and right-click and select Resize Pictures.
Resize Pictures
- In the Resize Pictures dialog box, click Small and click OK. In general, Small is a good selection for Facebook.
Choose Small
- The original files are still there, and the converted pictures have just been added to the folders with (Small) added. You can now upload the resized pictures with ease!
Resized images next to originals
IrfanView Batch Conversion
Irfanview is one of the best freeware image viewers and editor in the world due to its small size and ease of use, oh and of course did I mention it is free? Download here
- After you’ve installed IrfanView, open any image in your photo folder and press the B button on your keyboard to open the Batch conversion window:
Batch conversion
- Click the Add all button to add all the photos in the folder.
Add all photos
- Now make sure Batch conversion and Use advanced options is selected and that the Output format is JPG, and then press Advanced
Corresponding options
- Enter the width of 604 like the picture below, and make sure your boxes are ticked like the picture below, press OK. You can save your settings for later use again too!
Advanced options
- Final step! Click Use current (‘look in’) directory and then Start Batch. Your original photos will now be replaced by these ones with smaller resolution and file size, just right for Facebook!The Batch conversion has many other options to as you can see, you can even batch rename your images, or increase the brightness on all your images.
