Finding Free and High Quality Urban Photographs for Posters
In this economy, everyone is looking for ways to spruce up their home without breaking the bank. Creating high-quality posters that feature urban landscapes (especially of the beautiful Pacific Northwest) can be both accessible and cost-effective using free images from platforms like Pixabay. Pixabay offers some royalty-free images, including high quality photographs of urban areas. You can download these images and used them for personal projects. We recommend donating to the artists that make these royalty-free images when possible.
Finding High Quality Urban Photos
To begin, visit Pixabay's website and use the search bar to find images related to urban areas in the Pacific Northwest. For example, you can use search terms like "Seattle skyline" or "Portland downtown" will yield numerous results. Ensure that you select images with high resolution to maintain quality when printed as posters; To ensure that, please note that high-resolution images typically have higher pixel counts, which is crucial for larger prints. You can check an image's resolution on pixabay by clicking on the image’s details.
Considerations for Images
You can use print on demand services like Printful or Printify to make posters with these images. Here are a few things to consider when selecting an image:
- Resolution: Higher resolution images are ideal for printing to avoid pixelation so look for images that are greater than 300 DPI.
- Aspect Ratio: Look at the size poster you’d like to print the image on and choose images with a similar aspect ratio to minimize cropping.
- Composition: Ensure the image's composition won't be cut off during printing.
Creating A Poster For Your Home
Once you've selected a suitable image, you can upload it into your print of demand service. Printful and Canva both have tools that allow you to adjust an image's size, add text, and incorporate other design elements if that’s of interest. Remember to set your project's dimensions to match your desired poster size and maintain the image's resolution.
Examples of Urban Area Photographs from Pixabay
Here are three high-quality images from Pixabay that feature some of our favorite urban areas in the Pacific Northwest:
This image captures the stunning Seattle skyline illuminated at night, You can see the iconic Space Needle against a backdrop of city lights.
A beautiful shot of Portland's downtown area, highlighting the city's architecture and the Willamette River.
This photograph showcases Vancouver's urban landscape with its towering buildings and coastal mountains in the background. The mist is very typical of all our pacific northwest towns.
Conclusion
By utilizing high quality, royalty free images from Pixabay, you can create own posters for your home! Always verify the images you download are royalty free and high resolution and use appropriate software to maintain quality during the design and printing process.