Photo Requirements and Recommendations

The photos used with the Co-Branding service should be a certain size and resolution in order to produce high quality letters and e-mail. When printing letters, the quality and resolution of your printer also plays an important part in how photos will appear.

·      Photo Type – The recommended type of photo to be used is a JPEG or JPG type. An alternate format that can be used is BMP.

·      Photo Size – The photo size used in letters and e-mail is 90 pixels wide by 132 pixels high. Your photos do not have to be exactly this size but the ratio between the width and height should be around 68% (90 divided by 132). For example, you might have a photo that is 360 pixels wide by 500 pixels high. This can be used because the ratio is around 68% (i.e., 360 divided by 500). If you select a photo that does not have this ratio, Microsoft Word scales the image to fit and it may look distorted. For example, square photos (e.g, 500x500) will be distorted.

·      Photo Resolution – The industry standard for printing photos is 300 dot per inch (DPI). Photos for e-mail can have a lower resolution, such as 96 DPI.

·      Photo Examples– The photos below show examples of images that will be distorted when printed or emailed. The last example shows the recommended ratio between width and height.

·        The photo’s width and height are the same and will be distorted.

·      The photo’s width is greater than its height and will be distorted.

·      This photo has the ideal ratio of width to height.