If there is a need to congratulate friends, acquaintances or loved ones on some holiday via the Internet, then one of the options may be a postcard. In a nutshell, a flash card is a multimedia banner with animation, sound, text. There are programs that allow you to create this kind of congratulation in a few clicks of the mouse, and there are a little more complicated, but the result is much more interesting.
Adobe Flash Professional
This program is a very powerful tool for working with animation and vector graphics. With the help of Adobe Flash Professional, they create flash-games, various kinds of banners (with and without sound), websites, menus, etc. However, like all professional programs, it must be closely studied in order to get the results of work. Video tutorials, of which there are a lot on the Internet today, can save the day.
It is not possible to describe in detail the whole process of creating a postcard in this particular program, so let's consider only general principles. With Adobe Flash Professional installed and running, create a new blank document. To do this, on the launch bar, find the “Create New” item, select, for example, ActionScript 3.0 or just Flash Project.
Pay attention to the toolbar on the right. There are all sorts of shapes, brushes and lines - it is with the help of them that you will have to draw a picture. The scene in the middle will be where all the work will take place, place lines, shapes here and paint with a brush to create a drawing. At the top right, there is a LIBRARY menu, here you can create "symbols". A part of the picture can be placed in a symbol, and a breakdown into several symbols is needed so that later you can easily animate the picture.
Pay attention to the lower middle section of the program. This is where TIMELINE is located, or in other words, the animation panel. From left to right, you can draw frames, add more and more new layers to the scene from top to bottom. Each new layer can be renamed, hidden, put a "lock" on it, so as not to accidentally spoil the other part of the picture while working. Make the first frame on TIMELINE, paint what is needed, then select the second frame, paint again. Proceed until you end up with an animation.
Using the File menu item, you can save the result to a Flash movie with the required format. Be sure to study a few video tutorials to be sure to understand how this program works. At a minimum, you need to know well the entire interface and animation methods, of which there are also several types.
Aleo Flash Intro Banner Maker
If you don't want to understand complex programs, but you need to quickly make something bright and interesting, then use Aleo Flash Intro Banner Maker. There is already a template for a postcard, in it you can change the background, text, text output method, choose animation templates and some effects from the list.
There are quite a few prepared presets and templates here, and if you wish, you can cook up something funny in a hurry. You can additionally insert audio files and active text links into the animation. You will find everything you need for work in the program menu, which is located on the left side of the program.
Sothink SWF Easy
This program is a cross between Adobe Flash Pro and Aleo Flash Intro Banner Maker. There are many presets and templates here that you can use to create something really professional looking. At the same time, huge knowledge is not required, everything is quite intuitive.
There is a certain "timeline" on which all actions of the "artist" are recorded. In some ways, the principle of work in this program looks like work in a usually video editor. If you still have difficulties, you can easily find training videos on YouTube. After watching them, even a child will understand the program.
