Q. What size and quality do I need for my mortgage website images and what’s the best place to get them?
Ans: Size (i.e. height and width) depends on the usage, if an image is suppose to cover entire width of the browser window then the larger the better.
Resolution is measured in term of dpi. DPI stands for ‘dots per inch’. Broadly, the higher the DPI, the more information there is in an image, so the more detail you can see and the sharper it looks.
Technically speaking, ‘dots per inch’ should be used when discussing printed output, and ‘pixels per inch’ is for displays and digital images, but the concepts are all so closely related that they are used interchangeably.
For images on screen, mostly 72 or 96 pixels per inch (ppi) is used as resolution. If an image is less than 72 dpi/ppi, it will appear fuzzy (what we call pixelated). In fact as the technology is moving forward ppi is increasing even for screens. Most new Apple devices have ‘Retina’ screens which have a higher pixel density of between 200 and 400 ppi, as opposed to the 72-96 ppi that is typical for conventional monitors.
Coming to the second part of question, Google “Royalty Free Stock Photos” to get a long list of reliable and affordable image providers. And, yes, of course there are some great free sites too like PixaBay and Unsplash.
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