LinkedIn Cover Photo Maker

The two LinkedIn banner sizes

LinkedIn publishes two distinct cover sizes. Personal banners on individual profiles use 1584 × 396 pixels — a 4:1 aspect ratio. Company page covers are 1128 × 191 pixels, roughly 5.9:1. The two are not interchangeable: uploading a personal-shaped image to a company page (or vice versa) results in either letterboxing or aggressive cropping.

What the mobile crop does to your banner

On desktop LinkedIn shows the full 1584-pixel-wide banner. On mobile (where 60%+ of LinkedIn views happen), the banner is cropped to a centre slice roughly 840 pixels wide. The outer 372 pixels on each side are clipped. If you put a logo, slogan, or name in the outer band, it will be invisible to most of your audience.

This tool overlays a dashed safe-zone guide on the preview so you can compose with the mobile crop in mind. Keep critical visual elements inside the centre band and you're safe across every device.

Common LinkedIn banner mistakes

• Putting text at the edges. Mobile users see none of it.
• Using a vertical photo. The 4:1 aspect ratio means vertical photos get massively cropped — at best, you get the middle slice of the original.
• Forgetting your profile photo sits over the lower-left. Your face overlaps the banner. Don't put critical content where it'll be covered.
• Uploading too small. LinkedIn upscales below-spec uploads, which makes them look blurry. Always upload at 1584×396 or larger (LinkedIn downscales gracefully).
• Using a busy photo. The banner is decoration — anything visually loud competes with your profile content. Calm photos, gradients, or single-colour fills read best.

What to put on your LinkedIn banner

The highest-performing personal banners on LinkedIn fall into four patterns:

• A clean abstract background matching your brand colours — no text, no logo, just visual identity.
• A wide, low-saturation photo of your work environment (office, studio, conference stage) with no people in it.
• A one-line value proposition in large readable type, centred in the safe zone — "Helping fintechs scale to Series B" works; "Senior Manager" doesn't.
• A horizontal photo of yourself at work — speaking on stage, on a podcast set, at your desk — positioned to the right of where your profile photo will overlap.

Generate the banner photo, not just crop it

If you don't have a good wide photo to crop from, the AI Studiocan generate one. Pick the Editorial or Outdoor style and you'll get usable 1024×1024 outputs — but a 1024-px-wide source will be slightly soft when stretched to 1584. For better results, generate at 2K (Master Studio tier) and crop the centre band.