How can I stop Facebook from displaying my panorama as a scrollable 360 photo?
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When I upload a panoramic image to Facebook, it gets shown as a square/scrollable panorama instead of a single long, thin image that can be viewed all at once. Is there a way to upload or prepare the file so Facebook treats it as a normal photo rather than a 360/panoramic view?
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Facebook has pixel size limits for images (that sometimes change) depending on where the image is displayed. Images larger than the maximum are either resized, or in your case treated as a scrollable view ("360 Photo" as Facebook calls it).
Theoretically there is a way to turn that off, if you click on the globe icon over the picture in Facebook there should be a paintbrush "edit" command. From the edit command there should be a toggle for "Display this as a 360 photo," but from my understanding this doesn't always work or that the command isn't always there.
I've also seen the suggestion that the file be saved without any EXIF data, so Facebook might not recognize it as a panorama. One way to do that would be to save it as a PNG file before uploading it to Facebook.
Note, if it did work, and then Facebook resized the image to fit whatever block it is in -- then the height of the image might be too small to see any details. Speculation on my part, but Facebook might favor the image being scrollable over the image being too small in one dimension. Unless I'm missing something, none of Facebook's layouts support arbitrarily sized images.
Originally by user2228. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
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Facebook may detect panoramas from the image dimensions and/or EXIF metadata, then display them as a scrollable “360 photo” instead of a normal flat image.
Things that may help:
- Check Facebook’s edit options after upload. Some users see a setting like “Display this as a 360 photo” that can be turned off, though it isn’t always available.
- Remove EXIF metadata before uploading. This is often the most reliable fix, since Facebook may stop recognizing the file as a panorama. Saving a copy without metadata or using a tool such as ExifTool can help.
- Exporting as PNG may also help, since it may strip or change metadata.
- As a workaround, place the panorama on a larger canvas (for example, add black borders so the overall file is closer to a standard rectangular or square image). That can make Facebook treat it like a regular photo.
Keep in mind Facebook still has display-size limits, so very wide images may be resized even if they’re no longer shown as a 360 photo.
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