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All the files available on Fotolia are royalty free, meaning they can be used:

• With no limits on time
• With no limits on copies
• With no limits on geographical location

Files available on Fotolia can be used on all kinds of media:

WEB

• website and blog illustration
• Creation of newsletters, banners, icons...
• Creation of all kinds of professional digital documents (ex : slide show presentations)
• Creation of templates (websites or others) intended for resale (extended licenses)

PRINT

• Creation of advertising media (magazines, booklets, billboards...)
• Magazines and press article illustration
• Posters and other kinds of decorations for resale (extended licenses)
• Creation of all kinds of professional printed documents

VIDEO

• Illustrations on TV shows, TV advertising...
• Movie illustrations or decorations
• Illustration of professional animated documents
• Illustration on web videos

PRODUCTS

• Packaging illustration
• advertising product illustration
• Creation of derivative products (posters, t-shirts...) intended for resale (Extended licenses)

The license required depends on how the file will be used:

When you choose a license on Fotolia, please select the appropriate size for your needs.

When you buy an extended license, we provide you the largest size we have available.

When you buy a vector file, you can enlarge it or make it smaller without any quality loss, it will fit all printed sizes.

Files that are sold in subscription are provided in a size between 2 MP and 4 MP.

magazine printing / web displaying

Magazine ads generally needs images in 300 DPI to allow high quality prints.

For standard licenses, you can refer to the chart below to choose the correct license and size:

License	Size in MP	DPI	Minimal display in pixels	Minimal print in cm
	0.12	72 dpi	400 x 300	1.33 in x 1 @ 300 dpi
	0.5	72 dpi	800 x 600	2.66 in x 2 in @ 300 dpi
	2	300 dpi	1600 x 1200	5.33 in x 4 in @ 300 dpi
	4	300 dpi	2400 x 1600	8 in x 5.33 in @ 300 dpi
	8	300 dpi	3100 x 2500	10.33 in x 8.33 in @ 300 dpi
	15	300 dpi	5000 x 3000	16.66 in x 10 in 300 dpi
	30	300 dpi	7800 x 3800	26 in x 12.66 in @ 300 dpi

Large Posters and Prints

Large prints are generally viewed at distances greater than 3 feet. Thus, the Dot Per Inch (DPI) can be less than 300 DPI, depending on the distance between the image and the viewer. For example, an image which will be seen at a distance greater than 3 feet can be 100 DPI without any quality loss.

For more information about DPI, we invite you to read this article on Wikipedia.

All files available on Fotolia must comply with the following rules:

• Files must not be used in a way that places any person in the photo or the author in a bad light or depicts them in a way that they may find offensive (pornography, violence...)
• Files must not be used to support political parties or religious organizations
• For security reasons, in a web use, files must not be displayed in a size bigger than 640x480 pixels