WHAT DO LO-RES AND HIGH-RES MEAN?
The terms may refer to one or more things: 1. an arbitrary description of a high quality and sharp digital image, or a low quality, less sharp, or chunky pixellated digital image; 2. a designation of overall kilobyte/megabyte file size as well as width x height pixel or inch dimensions; 3. a rough indication of the photo’s purpose, hi-res for large prints, large display size, or publication purposes, and lo-res for social media, emailing, thumbnails, profile shots, and proofing purposes.