Make a birthday card on your computer. Create a greeting card in MS Word

It just so happens that we can not always personally congratulate our loved ones on the holidays. But there is a great way send a beautiful greeting to your mobile or email . A small e-card can be made in many ways. I offer two options:

• using the Xara Xtreme Pro program;
• using Photoshop CS6.

First option

Powerful yet easy to learn, Xara lets you work with vector and raster files at the same time. The program is suitable for creating photo compositions, flash animation and many other art objects. A very user-friendly interface, amazing file opening speed are good reasons to install such a program on your home computer. Xara is very popular with children, they comprehend it intuitively. Drawing in it requires less effort than in the popular MS Paint. The result is more professional drawings.

Open a new sheet for work using the key combination Ctrl + N. A vertical white A4 sheet and a gray field around appeared.
Note: The peculiarity of Xara is that you can lay out graphic elements on the entire workspace. Here, objects do not go out of view if they are moved outside the print bounds. In any Photoshop, everything that has moved beyond the print area has disappeared from view.

On the workspace, create a rectangle 150 by 100 mm. When creating an e-card, remember that it will be sent over the network. So, the image should be light enough. The picture will be small, but readable. To do this, on the toolbar, click the rectangle symbol and drag the desired size with the cursor. We track the exact parameters in the plate of height and length. Color the rectangle blue by clicking on the corresponding square on the bottom panel.

Through the File - Import menu, we collect the necessary decorative elements and photographs on the workspace. They will be placed on the same layer.

Note: to create beautiful and high-quality postcards, it is better to use electronic scrap kits. This is a very handy form of clipart that can be purchased online. One archive contains elements and backgrounds on a specific topic. The components of one scrap-set are perfectly combined with each other. Most of the elements are isolated from the background and saved in PNG format. Such documents in Xara also open without a background, which is very convenient.

We lay out the frames, flowers, photos on the blue background of the future postcard. You can put a part under another one by pressing Ctrl+[, raise Ctrl+]. This method also works in Photoshop.

When all elements are arranged, they can be grouped with Ctrl + J, ungrouped with Ctrl + U.
To place the text, it is better to create another layer. If you turn off the activity of the bottom layer, you can freely work with the text and are not afraid to damage the background.

Activate the text icon (T) on the top panel, drag the line from left to right with the cursor and type the text. Color in red by clicking the corresponding square on the bottom panel. Select the font you like and double-click to activate it.

Congratulations are almost ready. We slightly change the form of writing and size. You can copy the text, assign a white color to the bottom option and a white stroke, a shadow. Put a red layer on top. The text seemed to rise above the background, became more expressive.

Note: Strokes are very easy to work with in this program. There is a thickness scale on the top panel. Colors in Xara are located on the bottom panel. A simple click colors the object, a Ctrl-click colors the line.

Note: You can play with color transitions of the background. Copy the blue rectangle, color it light blue. On the top panel, activate the transparency icon (it looks like a glass goblet on a leg). Stretch transparency from top left to bottom right.
The final step is to export the finished postcard to a raster format through the menu File - Export - JPEG. Choose a resolution of 250 DPI.

Postcard is ready!!!

Second option

If you do not want to use ready-made frames from scrap kits, you can create your own composition from individual elements.
Let's set a new document in Photoshop 10x15 cm with a resolution of 250 DPI. This is a sufficient size for sending via mobile devices.

Let's open the elements and background you like from the scrap-set.

Arrange the elements arbitrarily. To do this, simply grab the image with the cursor and drag it onto the worksheet.

Note: To create a volume effect, we add a shadow to some shapes. By clicking on the layer line, we call up the style menu and set it up as we see fit. Light and light objects can be made translucent. To do this, change the opacity value down. The corresponding window is located in the upper right corner of the layers menu. You can add brightness to individual objects: the saturation and hue settings are activated by simultaneously pressing Ctrl + U. Exaggeration of natural colors in decorative postcards is justified.

A postcard is a great way to congratulate a loved one on a holiday, in this case Happy New Year. Many acquaintances and relatives live in other regions of Russia, cities and even countries, and it is not always possible to meet and celebrate the New Year with them. But you need to congratulate and make it pleasant, and here, more than ever, you will need a New Year's card made with your own hands and imagination.

In the good old days, at school, we made postcards at craft lessons: we drew, painted with watercolors and brought home. Now, there are special online graphic editors with which you can make a beautiful and bright card for the New Year and I would like to talk about them. After all, the New Year is just around the corner and it's time to prepare surprises for relatives and friends.

A unique and individual postcard is the best gift for the holiday, because it is made with your own hands and personally for a loved one. And sending a postcard made by graphic editors on the Internet is very simple, since you will have it in electronic form. You can send a postcard to the recipient by e-mail or in a message from the social network VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Facebook, etc.

Now let's look at 5 services with which you can make a postcard for the New Year or other holiday.

How to make a greeting card online

Pro100tak.com

Pro100tak.com - free postcard designer for all kinds of holidays, including the New Year. I put it in first place, because the most understandable interface and any user who has basic computer skills and can move a computer mouse can make a postcard.

After loading the page of the Pro100tak postcard designer, all the tools and functionality of the online service will become available:

Insert an audio file, that is, musical accompaniment to the postcard.

The background of the postcard can be rotated, darkened, brightened, blurred and changed other parameters, like in all full-fledged graphic editors. And after you have finished creating a postcard, you can save it to your computer by clicking on the appropriate button or send it by e-mail.

And here is a video instruction on how to make a postcard online using the free postcard designer Pro100tak.com:

funphotobox.com

Funphotobox.com is a free online service for creating greeting cards from your photos. Here, the service is a little simpler than the previous one, since the main inclination is to create a postcard using a photograph or some kind of image. You can decorate with snowflakes, which can be done using the Snowflake service.

In order to make a greeting card, you need to select the appropriate holiday-themed template, upload a photo (from a computer or webcam) and then you can save the card to your computer.

funny.pho.to

Funny.pho.to is another service with which you can make a greeting card online for the new year. I already wrote about this service - Pho.to - online photo editor, read at your leisure. Here, too, everything is very simple:

We save to your computer.

- an online service where it is possible to create a greeting card. To do this, select the section of the Photo Frames service (create a photo frame) and select the appropriate category (in our case, New Year's). After uploading the photo by clicking on the Browse button. Enter the Signature and click the Create button.

123Greetings.com

123Greetings.com is the best site to send free online greeting cards to your loved ones. The site has wonderful cards for any occasion, such as Birthday, Anniversary, Wedding, New Year and many other events. The database of the service has more than one thousand beautiful postcards: animated, interactive, flash - postcards and simple ones.

Everything is categorized so it will be easy to find what you need. The service is absolutely free, but completely in English (an online translator will help here). As with the services listed above, 123Greetings.com it is possible to add your own text of congratulations to the card, everything is divided into categories, you can send it directly to e-mail, etc.

In this way, you can make a greeting card for the new year and congratulate your family and friends on this wonderful holiday that the whole world meets and celebrates. Congratulate your family and friends!!!

"brings to your attention an overview of the best services where you can make a postcard online for free, without registration.
A greeting card can be made not only for New Year's, for Birthday, March 8, February 23, St. Valentine, but also for Easter Day, Anniversary, Wedding, April Fool's Day April 1st, May 1st and 9th, Halloween. Even just by sending a friend a postcard made online, for no reason, you will bring him minutes of joy and laughter (and for yourself while making it out).

On online services, you can make flash cards, video cards, holiday cards with a beautiful design ... Just insert a friend's photo into the selected template or pick up a beautiful ready-made card.

Also, take the opportunity, on the occasion of the holiday, to send a cool voice and musical greeting to a mobile or landline phone using the service.

How to make a postcard:

5. - "Congratulations for all occasions." Choose a holiday, then upload a photo to a ready-made template or design a postcard yourself, setting a background color or choosing a picture for it, adding video or music, animation, a congratulatory inscription ... The simple interface of the service will allow you to easily make a funny online postcard and send it to a friend.

6. - "Cool video editor." Choose the theme: festive, funny, cinematic, cartoon, for men, for women. Pick a video or photo effect, upload a photo, crop it, create a photo effect or video. The finished postcard can be saved to your computer or sent to a friend by e-mail.

7. - "Greeting cards with your photos." Choose a template, upload a photo and save the finished postcard to your computer. In addition to postcards, on the service you will create animation, add photo frames, filters and photo effects.

Nowadays, almost every user can easily create a greeting card or an advertising brochure using popular programs and online services. In this guide, we will try to consider the current methods for creating electronic cards.

Method 1. Online Services

The fastest and best way to create virtual postcards is design services. For example, Canva and Pro100Tak are great for this purpose.

Canva

This is a foreign resource that allows you to create booklets, posters, business cards, flyers, brochures, covers for music albums and much more. Here are both free and paid postcard templates.

Go to and create an account using email or social networks:

In the tab Layouts ready-made postcards are presented. Choose any you like with a tag For free:

We can edit and replace various layout elements. We click on the text of the layout and write a congratulation in Russian:

We also remove the extra characters from the top and write the text at the bottom of the postcard:

You can experiment with fonts and text formatting in the editor:

Now let's try to work with the image. Select the image and change its transparency:

If you wish, you can apply a filter, crop, flip the picture, and also change the interval between the background of the postcard and the image:

Once you are satisfied with the end result, click on the button Download:

The image processing will start. We wait a few seconds:

The default image will be saved in the folder C:\Users\%Username%\Downloads\.

If you need to create a postcard again, then click on the main page for this Create design:

We are looking for a section Events and select an object there called Card(see screenshot below):

Pro100Tak

This service is primarily focused on the Russian-speaking audience. Its main disadvantage is that the postcard is saved with a watermark. If you want to remove it, you will have to purchase a VIP status (50 rubles for 30 days of using the service).

Let's try to test this service. We go to the main page of the Pro100Tak service and create a new account, which we will need to export the postcard:

After confirming the account, click on the tab Postcards:

An editor window will appear. Here we can change various elements, apply filters, add our own pictures, change the color tone and edit the text:

There are even prepared verses for various holidays (button Poems). You can insert them into your postcard using the appropriate option:

To save the postcard as an image, click the button. Save to computer:

Method 2: Microsoft PowerPoint

This program is convenient because it provides a huge selection of different effects, styles and decorations, without which it is difficult to imagine a bright and memorable postcard.

So, launch PowerPoint, select Layout → Empty slide:

Double click on the image and select drawing style:

Now let's try to add some text. For this you can use Insert → Inscription or Insert → word art. Let's use the last option:

We can also apply effects or transform our text using the option Format → Animation:

This is just an approximate plan for compiling a postcard. You can experiment with colors, styles, and the background of an image to get more interesting results.

To save the postcard, use the option File → Save as→ in the column File type select the image format (recommended JPEG or PNG).

Method 3. Graphic editors

There are a huge number of graphic editors that offer ample opportunities for creating postcards. Unfortunately, in practice, beginners have serious difficulties with choosing tools, searching for pictures, and arranging, so programs with a built-in postcard function, such as HP Photo Creations, are best for inexperienced users. The only disadvantage of such programs is paid access to the export of images.

Master class "Creating a postcard with an inscription in PowerPoint" with a photo.

1. Opens PowerPoint
Slide #1

2. After copying the picture you are interested in, which will be the background of your postcard, we call the context menu by right-clicking on the slide, the Insert window will open
Slide #2