# Using images for AE work 300dpi?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-images-for-ae-work-300dpi/178383>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 10, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-images-for-ae-work-300dpi/178383 "2006-02-10T01:12:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![sebus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@sebus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sebus)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-images-for-ae-work-300dpi/178383/1 "2006-02-10T01:12:51Z")

</div>

when I purchase stock images for some AE work, does it have to be 300 DPI ? or is 72 going to look good ? i use 300 dpi for print work but not sure for AE since this will be my first project.