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All the files offered on Fotolia are royalty free, it means they can be used:

• Without time limit
• Without diffusion number limit
• Without geographical limit

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

WEB

• websites, blogs illustration
• Creation of newsletters, banners, icons...
• Creation of all kinds of professional digital documents (ex : slideshow)
• Creation of templates (websites or others) intended for resale (extended licenses)

PRINT

• Creation of advertising (magazines, booklets, billboards...)
• Magazines and press articles illustration
• Decorations
• Creation of all kinds of professional printed documents

VIDEO

• Decoration of TV shows, TV advertising...
• Movies illustrations or decorations
• Illustration of professional animated documents
• Illustration of web animations

PRODUCTS

• Packaging creation
• Advertising products creation
• Creation of derivative products (posters, t-shirts...) intended for resale (Extended licenses)

License to acquire depends on the purchased file use:

When you choose a license on Fotolia, please verify the size corresponds to your needs.

When you buy an extended license, we provide you the biggest available size for standard licenses.

When you buy a vector file, you can upsize or downsize it without any quality loss, it fits with 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 printings 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:

License	Size in MP	DPI	Minimal display in pixels	Minimal print in cm
	0,12	72 dpi	400 x 300	3 cm x 2 cm in 300 dpi
	0,5	72 dpi	800 x 600	6 cm x 5 cm in 300 dpi
	2	300 dpi	1600 x 1200	13 cm x 10 cm in 300 dpi
	4	300 dpi	2400 x 1600	20 cm x 13 cm in 300 dpi
	8	300 dpi	3100 x 2500	26 cm x 21 cm in 300 dpi
	15	300 dpi	5000 x 3000	42 cm x 25 cm in 300 dpi
	30	300 dpi	7800 x 3800	66 cm x 32 cm in 300 dpi

Big size prints

Big size prints are generally seen at a distance bigger than 1 meter. Thus, the Dot Per Inch (DPI) can be less than 300 DPI, according to the distance between the image and the viewer. For example, an image which will be seen at a distance bigger than 1 meter can be in 80 DPI without quality problem.

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

All files proposed on Fotolia must be used in conformity 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 associated to political parties or religious organizations.
• For security reasons, for web use, files must not be displayed in a size bigger than 640x480 pixels
• You need to write the copyright provided by Fotolia for all your uses.