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if im purchasing stock photos (still) from say istockphoto does DPI even matter in video editing? If the resolution is high enough, which is suppose if im going to a 4:3 output then their "small" size 850x565px 11.8 x 7.8 @ 72DPI would be good enough right? or wrong? ive been buying the higher sized images 1700x 1129 300DPI then resizing them in photoshop. Im just wasting money paying more money for the 300DPI aren't I? I obviously don't understand DPI very well.
Thanks

Yeah, so long as you don't need to print anything, no need to sweat the 300 dpi stuff.
In fact, for video projects, dpi is completely irrelevant - you could make due with 1dpi stuff - as frame size is all that matters. So, if you're working on an SD project, 850x565 should be fine.
The larger sizes would matter, however, if this is an HD project (since you'll need the larger original frame size -rescaling a smaller image in Photoshop might produce unacceptable results).

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