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The Publish Services panel in the Library
module allows you to send photos directly from Lightroom to Facebook.
First, establish a connection between Facebook and
Lightroom, then create a publish collection of photos
to export. Finally, upload the photos.
Create a Facebook connectionThe Publish Services connection allows
Lightroom to communicate with your Facebook account.
- In the Publish Services panel on the left side
of the Library module, click the Facebook connection Set Up button.
 The Publish Services panel
- In the Lightroom Publishing Manager dialog box, look
under Facebook Account and click Authorize On Facebook.
- Follow the prompts to allow Facebook to communicate with
Lightroom.
- Specify additional export options in the Publishing Manager:
- Publish Service
- A description that appears next to the connection name
in the Publish Services panel.
- Facebook Album
- Choose a Facebook album to which you want to upload.
- Facebook Title
- Set photo titles using a photo’s filename, IPTC Title
metadata, or Leave Blank. Choose the preferred behavior when updating
photos: Replace Existing Title or Leave Existing Title.
- (Optional) To change your Facebook connection settings
at any time, click the + button at the top of the Publish Services
panel and choose Facebook > Edit Settings.
Add and manage photos in a Facebook collectionPhotos that you want to upload to Facebook
are managed in a Facebook publish collection.
- To create a collection of photos to export to
Facebook, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS)
the Facebook connection in the Publish Services panel and choose
one of the following:
- Create Collection
- A collection of any photos you choose. Give the collection
a Name, indicate if you want to include selected photos, and choose
or create a Facebook album to upload to.
- Create Smart Collection
- A collection of photos based on rules you define. See Work with smart collections. Give the smart collection a Name and
choose or create a Facebook album to upload to.
- For a regular Facebook collection
 , drag
photos from the Grid view to the collection in the Publish Services
panel. If you create a smart collection  , the
photos that match your rules appear in the collection.
- To manage your Facebook collections, do any of the following:
To edit, rename, or delete a collection,
right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) it in the
Publish Services panel and choose Edit Collection, Rename, or Delete.
To remove an unpublished photo from a regular collection,
select it in the publish collection and press Delete.
To add or remove photos in a smart collection, change
the rules for the smart collection.
To view the photos in a collection, select the collection
in the Publish Services panel. The photos are organized in the following
categories, or queues, in the image display area:
- New Photos To Publish
- Photos that have not been exported.
- Modified Photos To Republish
- Photos that were edited in the Library or Develop module
after they were exported.
- Published Photos
- Photos that have not been modified since they were exported.
- Deleted Photos To Remove
- When you press Delete to remove previously-exported photos
from a collection, Lightroom marks them as Deleted Photos To Remove.
They are removed from the collection in Lightroom the next time
you click Publish; you must remove them from Facebook using your
browser on the Facebook website.
Upload to FacebookPhotos waiting to be published appear in one
of two queues: New Photos To Publish or Modified Photos To Republish.
Lightroom uploads everything in both queues when you publish a collection.
- To publish to Facebook, do one of the following:
- If prompted, click Replace to update published photos
with newer versions.
Important: If you experience problems uploading
to Facebook using the Publish Services panel, make sure you are
using the latest update: In Lightroom, choose Help >
Check For Updates. Also, see the Facebook Help Center topic Uploading photos
and creating albums for restrictions on photos and albums.
For example, albums cannot include more than 200 photos. See also Error deleting Facebook photo | Lightroom
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