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For my invitations I want to make 2 postcards (4x6) that are like the "Greetings From..." series. One for our DW locations and one for our at-home reception.

I found a picture online that I want to use for the background but i'm unsure of the size and quality required to make it work.

Here is a link to the Photo

The size is 484x383 p and 72 dpi

If anyone could give any guidance I would greatly appreciate it!

In general, photos you find online are going to be a lower resolution than what you'd probably want for printing purposes.  It would be best if you had a photo that you took off a camera, or one that you scanned because it will be a much higher quality picture.

If you're just using the photo for a background and you're going to tone down the colors, it might work, but it does seem too small to print postcard size.  You should do a test print of that image, even on your home computer to see if it prints pixelated or fuzzy at all.

If you do a google image search you can filter your results by image size and choose to view only large photos.  It still won't be quite the same quality as a scanned image or photo off your camera, but it will work better.

Hope that helps!

@Carnival_Bride:  

This is the idea that I am going for:

Our DW is in Key West but our reception is at home in St. John's, NL. Sorry for the Giantness. I found it in a shop on Etsy.

 @BuzzBuzz:  I will try printing it out and see what happens. It is a small city though so I maybe be able to track down a local photographer that has something similar. If I bought a printed photograph (5x7) and scanned it would that be adequate?