Difference between revisions of "Making the Ecard"

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==Step By Step guide to make a Flash Card==
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Making the ecard is easy.  If you're making a photo ecard, all you need is an image file that is either .jpg, .gif, or .png and a sound file. Select an appropriate image for the message that you're trying to convey.
  
# Open a new Macromedia Flash File.
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If you’re making a flash ecard use Macromedia's Flash software to put images and animation together. Embed the music into your .swf file.  
# [http://192.168.0.40/mediawiki/index.php/Dimension Select a dimension] which you feel might suit your visualization and the final card.
 
# Create the [http://192.168.0.40/mediawiki/index.php/Layers following layers].
 
# Insert the required [http://192.168.0.40/mediawiki/index.php/Frames Action Scripts] inside the frames.
 
# Start designing the card. Create layers, insert frames, import / create objects (images, clips, buttons), in the Movie library, make animations.<br />'''TIP''': Please rename the layers so that it can be easily identified. Like if you insert a Background of a forest, rename that layer as Forest background. Please use the same convention for the objects you create import in the library.
 
# Now Preview the card and Publish. You must publish the card as Flash Version 7 or above.
 
  
Thats it! You are ready to submit your card for inclusion in the main system.
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Make sure the visual and the audio part will work hand in hand when you put them together.
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Create an image file to be used as the icon and another one to be used as a thumb. They should be relevant images from your ecard. Keep in mind also that these images will be enticing ecard senders to view and send your ecard.

Revision as of 05:54, 3 September 2008

Making the ecard is easy. If you're making a photo ecard, all you need is an image file that is either .jpg, .gif, or .png and a sound file. Select an appropriate image for the message that you're trying to convey.

If you’re making a flash ecard use Macromedia's Flash software to put images and animation together. Embed the music into your .swf file.

Make sure the visual and the audio part will work hand in hand when you put them together.

Create an image file to be used as the icon and another one to be used as a thumb. They should be relevant images from your ecard. Keep in mind also that these images will be enticing ecard senders to view and send your ecard.