How to make a video card for birthday, anniversary, New Year

Good day!

In the life of every person, at least several times a year there are significant events, holidays. Many people often think about an original congratulation, and in my humble opinion, a good video postcard will be an excellent and unforgettable way to congratulate almost any holiday: be it New Year, birthday, March 8, February 23, anniversary, etc.✔

In this article, I will look at several ways to create such a video postcard. I do not pretend to be true in the first instance, because today there are dozens of different software, sites, various services that offer a variety of options for postcards and greetings.

I relied mainly on the free method, and its simplicity for the most ordinary user (new to the processing of video, audio content).

And so ... 👌

Create a video postcard: step by step

Using programs

Method 1

For the first method, I would suggest one simple and very handy video editor - Video Editing ... In his arsenal there are all those tools that will be needed to create our video congratulations.

Video Editing

Website: //video-editor.su/

One of the best video editor for beginners. It is very easy to work with the editor, as all sections and functions in it are arranged in a step-by-step order!

Thanks to this, it is impossible to get confused in it and the program can be mastered by any user (even if you have never seen a single editor before!).

More information about the editor here (or on the official website)

Installation of the editor is standard and does not raise any questions. Therefore, further in the article I will assume that you already have an editor.

Now about how to create a postcard in it ... 👇

STEP 1: creating a new project

After starting the program "Video-Editing", it offers you several options for actions: select "Video Card: Create a Card with Music and Titles" (see screenshot below).

Video postcard - starting the program Video-Editing 9.25

STEP 2: choose a video for your postcard

Next, a window will open in which you need to upload a video for your project. A lot depends on the choice of video, one might say the very quality and the idea of the postcard!

Anticipating the question, I will answer where you can find a video for a postcard:

own recordings on the camcorder. A good and convenient option is probably the best (👉 how to transfer files from a phone / camera to a PC);
you can find interesting films on your topic, and take from there the piece (excerpt) you like.
For example, in my example I took one well-known Soviet film "Prisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurik's New Adventures"where the phrase is spoken "A student, a Komsomol member, an athlete and just a beauty ..."... Not bad in my opinion ... ✌
👉 To help!
How to cut a video (or cut a piece from a movie) can be found in this article.
Well, and the last option, video clips can be found on the Internet, for example, in VK and put together several into one interesting option. How to download a video from VK, see here.

Actually, we add a video to our project and move on ...

Choose a video for your postcard

STEP 3: choose a theme and template for your postcard

Even in the free version of the program, there are quite a few successful postcards for a wide variety of holidays. All postcards are categorized by theme: children, holidays, travel, romantic, themed, etc.

We select one of the themes, and then the template, and move on.

Postcard theme

STEP 4: set the video location

In this step, everything is simple: you need to use the mouse to position your video in the postcard in the most advantageous way (because by default, the video does not always fit well into the postcard size).

Positioning the video in the postcard

STEP 5: trim the video

If your inserted video is slightly longer than you need, the video can be trimmed at this stage. In principle, an optional item if you have prepared a video in advance.

Cropping video

STEP 6: text on the card

This step is one of the most important stages: writing a congratulatory text. As for the congratulations itself, I will not give any recommendations, but I will say that the text can be placed in any part of the postcard, the font can be changed, the stroke can be made, the color, shadows, etc. can be changed.

In general, it is quite convenient and simple: everything is done in the same way as if it were some MS Word.

Student, Komsomol member, athlete and just beauty

STEP 7: add background music

If you have a video without music, then you can add some good composition (or record your own audio congratulation and include it in the postcard. Fortunately, if not everyone can afford a video camera, then most of them have a microphone).

Adding Music

STEP 8: save the postcard

Well, the final touch is to save the made postcard. There are many options here:

regular AVI file (most videos are distributed in it);
DVD (this option is convenient if you want to burn your congratulations to a DVD and give it as a gift);
create a video for mobile devices (no comments);
HD video (the same as with AVI);
you can even prepare a video for uploading it to the Internet on popular video hosting and social media. networks.

Select video format

In general, the postcard is ready! 👌

Method 2

There is another program where it is also not difficult enough (and in step-by-step mode!) You can create a beautiful postcard - or, better to say, a colorful slideshow. We are talking about the "combine" 👉 Movavi Video Suite.

Below I will show you briefly how to use it ...

1) Installation of the program is standard. After launch - you need to go to the subsection "Create Slideshow / New Project". 👇

Slideshow Maker - Movavi Video Suite

2) Next, add a few photos or short videos to the project (of course, it's better if these are your own materials, for example, from your phone).

👉 To help!

How to Upload Photos and Files from Phone to Computer - 7 Ways!

Add files and click next - Movavi Video Suite

3) After that, you need to choose one of the templates (blank), depending on the reason for which you are making a card (Birthday, Romantic meeting, etc.).

Movavi Video Suite - choosing a slideshow template

4) In the next step, the program will offer to add music (background sound that will complement your postcard).

Add music

5) The final stage: you can edit the titles, set the duration of the video, evaluate what happened. If no further editing is required, click "Further" .

We look at what happened

6) Movavi Video Suite offers several options to choose from, for example, you can make a regular video, or you can upload it directly to the network (and throw a link to the person for whom it was intended! 😉).

Save the postcard (slideshow)

Using online services

As a rule, all services work according to the same principle - first you choose template then load your picture (or a few photos), some have the option to add music, and then they create a full-fledged video that can be sent to the hero of the occasion ...

In general, it seems to me that it probably makes no sense to analyze in detail the process of creating a video postcard on such service sites - especially since they are replete with tips and step-by-step wizards.

👉 Note!

The only thing is that you need to update your Adobe Flash Player if a video will not be displayed on some site. How to do this - see this article.

👉 //www.jibjab.com/

Despite the fact that this site is in English, it is simple and convenient to use it. And the postcards that he allows to create - can please and make a person laugh until he drops! There are different themes and genres: birthday, dance, music, love, gratitude, etc.

In general, I recommend you to get acquainted! By the way, for a high-quality video, you need a good photo of the face of the person you want to insert into the video.

Face in a cool video

👉 //1romantic.com/

And this is a Russian-language site with a large number of variations of congratulations: here you can find video cards, musical greetings, and a slideshow.

In addition, you can choose a theme for congratulations, choose a ready-made postcard, order a congratulation for payment.

In general, using the site is easy and simple, I think you can figure it out without my further participation ...

Ways to congratulate on the site //1romantic.com/

👉 //www.faceinhole.com/

An English-language site, more suitable for creating ordinary animated postcards. Why did I include it on the list? Yes, there are just as many topics here - as there are no other similar sites, the menu on the left is simply huge (of course, I didn't load it completely into the screenshot ☺).

In general, you can find both completely funny and comical postcard templates, as well as for serious occasions.

A huge number of postcard themes // //www.faceinhole.com

👉 //www.got-free-ecards.com/

Another English-language site with a large number of postcards on various topics. What sets this site apart from the rest is that the video cards are READY here!

You just need to select the desired postcard, then enter the e-mail (mail) of whom you want to congratulate (or Facebook profile), schedule a date and send. That's it - the person is guaranteed to receive your gift at the right time.

You can also download your favorite postcard and present it in any other convenient way. In general, in my opinion, a fairly convenient service.

(Note: Postcards come with music, but you can turn it off when viewing)