Everything is very simple: I suggest using bright, wise, rare photos and drawings by the authors, which are not essentially postcards, but so mesmerizing that to come up with them wishes or look for suitable quotes or parables- HUGE fun and great relaxation
Such a "postcard" and congratulations will be copyright, unusual and, I am sure, will delight your loved one much more than the familiar picture.
And since you invest your good mood and time in the search and creative process.
By the way: practice has shown that without a good mood it is almost impossible to find really worthwhile pictures. It is as if the pictures themselves are attracted to the inspired mood and you start to find them in the most unexpected places.
Where to find such photos: in this article I will share some of the best links that have been found since we started working on our site and some fishy spots.
In this case, you should not rush, the most important thing is to pay attention to the photos and immediately save a good photo or a link to it, slowly creating your collection.
If you like this idea - I invite you to plunge into the world of beauty!
Sources of photos for postcards.
Favorite source good photos is of course flickr.com. You need to search for a photo by keywords(ex: happy, love, flowers) or watch the last 7 days.
Very comfortably:
- go to the page, browse, click on those that you liked
And then we press the button " RELOAD"at the top of the page and see more!
It is convenient to view flickr periodically, a little at a time. Finding something eye-catching can be completely unpredictable.
Nevertheless, it takes a lot of time to find photo pearls, and therefore I am always glad to sites that publish their successful finds.
Kind over matter - the best site found in this direction... I have already written about him more than once in articles about positive postcard promotions, remember?
Amazing pictures on Kind over matter are found by tag photos.
For example, this picture, which the readers of my LiveJournal liked so much, was found thanks to Kind over matter, for which many thanks to them!
Photo Harmonic discharge by next_in_line "s photostream
and another one: 
Photo On winds of North by next_in_line "s photostream
What to wish: the first photo immediately asks for the wish of harmony and integrity, and for the second - more miracles in life and the ability to enjoy every moment of life.
What to do with found pictures on Kind over matter ?
We click on the link to the name (or the picture itself), and as a rule, now we can see it in a higher resolution. Here you have two options: send a link to it or save it locally and send the picture itself by email (for example).
How to save a picture found on flickr.com:
save the entire web page, and the photo you need will be in the folder with pictures.
A blog that feels good to talk about over and over again is the Star Collector.
What is convenient, quotes, parables and pictures are collected here at the same time)) Excellent material for congratulations!
Pictures on this site
Here's an example of how this can be used to congratulate a loved one:
Given:
picture and quote:
"The Leprechauns are said to bury their treasures where the rainbow touches the ground."
Let's add: "I don't know if this is really so, but I know one thing for sure: there, when you touched my heart, love was born - the most valuable treasure that I possess!"
Everyone, someone with pleasure will plunge into the life of a pearl seeker and begin to collect their collection for electronic congratulations,
I wish you good luck and great discoveries!
Photo by .Seth Rader
UPD: a couple more links to good selections pictures:
Many thanks! And come again!
And also you have the opportunity to go to this link and write there about your ideas, comments and suggestions about our site
Today we'll talk about how you can download pictures or postcards to your computer, send them via e-mail or post it on a forum, blog, etc.
The question seems to be simple, but for some reason it causes difficulty for many people. For example, let's choose this postcard with congratulations to ko.
So, we have chosen a postcard in order to download (save) it to a computer, in an Internet browser. Mozilla Firefox, click anywhere on the picture with the right mouse button (pkm) and in the menu that opens, select the item: Save image as ... Select the folder where you want to save the image and click "Save". Likewise, the image can be saved in the Internet Explorer (Internet Explorer).
In the Opera browser, select: Save Image, then the location where you want to save the selected image.
Now let's see how you can send a postcard by email, insert it on a forum or blog. To do this, we need to get a link to the selected postcard or image.
The easiest way to do this is through the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V. There is a small rectangle under each image called “ Copy link". The picture is clickable - click to enlarge.
You can select a link with the mouse by pressing left button(lkm), or just put the cursor anywhere in the rectangle and press the key combination Ctrl + A. In this case, you will immediately select everything that is inside the rectangle, as shown in the figure.
To paste it in the right place, be it a blog, forum or social network, press RMB - Paste, or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + V. If you send this link by e-mail, then the person who opens it in his browser will see, for example, the following picture.
Congratulations on any holiday with a postcard has always been considered a manifestation of respect and attention to loved ones, friends and just acquaintances. And if earlier for the delivery of such postcards it was necessary post services, then today there are electronic cards with which you can congratulate loved ones quickly and in a timely manner. Moreover, such a congratulation cannot get lost anywhere, and will come right on time, and the process of creating an email message can be quite interesting.
How to make an electronic postcard on a computer
Creation of postcards in in electronic format is not a complicated process and is carried out as follows:
- v search engine The Internet, a request is entered for a site that creates and sends electronic postcards (for example: postcard.ru or mail.ru);
- using special servers, a postcard is created to your liking, which can be decorated with different patterns, as well as choose the most attractive template, choose color range with a nice font for congratulations text;
- if desired, electronic cards can be supplemented with musical accompaniment; it can be selected from the music catalog according to the recipient's taste;
- to create the most interesting thematic plot, you can use a graphic editor, but the idea of congratulations should be thought out in advance;
- the finished postcard is placed in an interactive letter and then sent to its destination.
So that the creation of postcards in electronic form does not cause difficulties, and also has beautiful view it is important to consider the following points:
- it is best to use a graphic editor if you have certain knowledge and skills to work with this program, since its study can take a lot of time;
- creating postcards using a ready-made template will be much easier and faster, and it can be adjusted according to your taste;
- it is best to make postcards that are neutral in content, which will appeal not only to their creator, but also to those for whom they are intended;
- when creating postcards, the main thing is to know when to stop and not overdo it with the number of pictures, the volume of text, as well as maintain a certain color scheme.
But in any case, whatever e-cards do not turn out in the end, they will be a wonderful congratulation on the holiday of loved ones, because it is beautiful, effective and unusual.
How to make a card in a Word
You can make a postcard in a Word, but here I want to note why it is better not to do this.
Word is text editor so there are some complications with graphic objects when they are laid out. And the result can be viewed only by opening the postcard in. And if your addressee does not have this program, then he will not be able to see the postcard, or it will open in a distorted form in another word processor... The expected pleasant experience will be spoiled.
But what to do? We will use a program for creating presentations - PowerPoint. A postcard created in PowerPoint can be saved as a picture and will be available for viewing on any computer and on the Internet.
How to make a postcard in PowerPoint
It only takes a few steps to create a postcard:
1 Open the PowerPoint Presentation Maker
First option
- Start - All Programs - Microsoft Office- Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 (you may have a different version, but it doesn't matter - all actions are universal)
Second option
- There is a search in the start menu. Start typing the name of the Microsoft PowerPoint program there and if it is installed on your computer, you will see it in the search results.
2 Choosing a layout
Since we are using a program to create presentations, the markup will be present on the original slide. We don't need it. We remove.
Home - Layout - Blank Slide
3 Setting the background image
Let's take some beautiful drawing as a background for our postcard. Go to the tab Design - Background Styles - Background Format
In the settings window on the tab Fill select Pattern or texture
In the section Paste from: push the button File and select the desired picture from the folder. Click the button Insert and press the button Close in the window Background format.
The selected picture will be stretched to fit the slide. The background is ready.
Now you can do a little magic on our postcard to give it an even more original look. To do this, add several additional elements: Santa Claus, the text of his congratulations and the title of our postcard. Well, to make it clear that congratulations from Santa Claus, let's make a callout for the text.
4 Add decorations and text
Let's get started. Insert a picture with Santa Claus.
We execute the command Insert - Picture and move it to the bottom left corner. We reduce its size a little.
Making a callout Insert - Shapes... Resize the shape to the desired size.
Now you can add the greeting text with the command Insert - WordArt. Select a sample font for the text and replace it with our congratulations. Resize the text box to fit the callout.
We make the title of the postcard in the same way.
Well, the postcard is ready. All that remains is to save it as a picture and can be sent by email.
5 Save the postcard
To save, select the command File - Save As ... Give a name to the postcard and, most importantly, change the file type to Figure in JPEG format
We choose Current slide only.
Now let's save the presentation so we can use it to create other postcards.
Video tutorial for creating a postcard
Now watch these steps in the video below. From it you will learn: how to insert a picture, change its size, how to add text with congratulations.
Dear friends! Create beautiful original postcards and delight your loved ones and friends with them. I did a selection of blanks for New Year's cards... There are collected: Backgrounds, Santas, Snowmen, Fir-trees, Decorations, Symbols of the year and text greetings. But selection of blanks for February 23... Another small selection of blanks for March 8... Download and practice creating e-cards
Another selection of New Year's images with transparent backgrounds for quickly creating original cards. Download archive of 28 images
By the way, the MicrosoftOffice package includes a wonderful Publisher program, in which you can also make a beautiful greeting in the form of a postcard, I already wrote on the blog in it.
How to find pictures for a postcard?
To make it as easy as possible for yourself to create a card, look for pictures with transparent backgrounds. Such pictures most often have the format png file or gif. The first format is preferred. It retains gradients well (smooth color transitions).
To search, go to Yandex. Select a search section Images(block 1). Enter key request- what image are you looking for. For example, the year of the pig is New Year's pictures. V search hints you can choose the most suitable request.
Image search in Yandex Filters can be used in the images found. Click Show Filters (block 2). Will open additional panel... Now we select the parameters for the selection of images.
We select drawings by size. We don't need large sizes for the e-card. Therefore, I advise you to put Average or Small... On the thumbnails of the pictures, you will see their true size.
Filtering the size of pictures What size is preferable? On average, most monitors are 1366x768. So try not to take larger pictures. Because when you paste it on a slide, it can close it entirely.
Choose the orientation yourself. Everything is clear here. But in A type don't choose White background... It is easy enough to remove it.
Filter by background But it is still better to choose a picture without a background. To do this, in the filter File choose PNG image.
Filter by file type Yandex will show pictures according to our selection criteria. In sketches, all pictures will have a white background, but this is not the case. Click on any of them for an enlarged view. Now if the background instead of white you see the cells (chess), then this picture with transparent background.
Displaying a picture with a transparent background in the search engine It is preferable to use it for your greeting card collage. Click on it right button mouse, choose a command Copy image and paste on the slide.
You can do the same in another search engine.
Create an animated postcard
The way to create a static postcard was described above, but you always want something more. Let's try to liven it up a bit and add falling snow. To create an animated picture, we need to work a little more and make several slides that differ from each other in the position of snowflakes on the slides. With a quick change of these slides, the effect of falling snow will be observed.
To save such an effect in a picture, you will need a different file format - GIF, which is able to store and display animation in the browser. But Power Point has no animation support when saving to this format. Therefore, in the presentation editor we will make blank frames, and to create animation from them we will use online service... Watch the video tutorial below.
I hope this information is useful to you. I congratulate everyone on the future and past holidays!
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Now we will talk about how to send a postcard by e-mail, because in this way you can send not only static, but even voice or animated congratulations.
Universal option
All actions of this kind can be performed using a computer or mobile phone... If you decide to send a postcard by e-mail, and it is of a static type, then you do not have to worry about how the recipient will view it, as well as whether it is installed on his computer. Flash program Player.
Instructions
To start solving the problem of how to send a postcard by e-mail, you should create it. Draw a picture yourself in or download a ready-made image you like from the web. You can also take a picture of the picture. Next, ready for the letter you send. To do this, click "Browse", navigate to the folder with the postcard file, specify it and click "OK". You may also have to click on the "Attach" button if this process does not happen automatically. Wait for the download. Make sure that each field of the email is filled in and click Submit.
Animation
Next, we'll take a look at how to email a postcard in GIF format. This solution allows you to put in a file a simple animation, which consists of a series of changing images. The transfer of postcards of this kind is carried out according to the instructions indicated above. The only difference is that you should choose ready-made solutions in GIF format... The fact is that the standard graphics editor operating system not enough to create animation. From now on you know how to send a postcard by e-mail, we hope that thanks to the information provided, you can make the life of your loved ones even more joyful.