Catholic Social Media (CSM) Liturgical Banners
Catholic Social Media | Prenger Solutions • 2025 • Contracted design work
A series of liturgical banners created to support Catholic social media content, focused on preserving clarity and reverence while working within the visual and technical constraints of modern platforms.
Deliverables
Liturgical banner set
Primary challenge
Image degradation from compression
Context
Production work for Catholic media
In this case study
- 1. Problem
- 2. What we did
- 3. Outcome
Problem
Catholic Social Media commissioned a set of liturgical banners to accompany their seasonal and feast-day content distributed through Facebook. The project came with a specific challenge: most of the source material consisted of older religious paintings and artwork that had never been prepared for modern digital formats. Resolution was limited, color profiles were inconsistent, and the imagery simply wasn't sized for contemporary social platforms. After the initial delivery, Facebook's aggressive compression made things worse, muddying fine details, flattening color, and reducing the legibility of both the imagery and any text overlaid on it. For content rooted in sacred art, that kind of degradation isn't just a technical problem. It undermines the dignity and reverence the work is meant to carry.
What we did
- The work began with a full audit of the source imagery to understand what we were actually dealing with. Most pieces required manual restoration before any design work could begin. Low-resolution files were carefully upscaled and reconstructed to meet modern size requirements, with attention paid to minimizing artifacts and preserving the character of the original artwork rather than simply scaling it up algorithmically
- From there we produced the full banner set aligned to the requested liturgical seasons and feast days, treating each composition as its own problem. Color, contrast, and text treatment were tested iteratively against Facebook's compression behavior, adjusting until the final output held up after upload. Typography was set to remain legible without competing with or disrespecting the sacred imagery underneath it.
- Throughout the process the guiding constraint was reverence. These aren't generic graphics, they're meant to accompany content rooted in the life of the Church, and every design decision was made with that in mind.
Outcome
The final banner set delivered a meaningful improvement over the source material, maintaining clarity and visual consistency even after Facebook compression. Each banner preserved the integrity of the original artwork while meeting the practical demands of a modern social media production workflow. The work gave Catholic Social Media a cohesive, dignified set of assets ready for seasonal and feast-day distribution across their platform.
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