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1. Introduction to the Course: Hello, and welcome
to this class on designing beautiful greeting
cards using Vista Create. In this course, you'll
learn how to confidently create eye catching greeting
cards for any occasion, whether it's a birthday, holiday celebration
or personal messes. We'll start by
getting familiar with the Vista Create interface first and understanding the key
tools you'll be using. Then you'll learn how to plan
your layout properly using simple placeholders
so your designs look clean and well balanced
from the beginning. From there, we'll explore how to add graphics,
customize textiles, work with backgrounds
and shapes and apply effects to give your card a
polished professional finish. Finally, I'll show you how
to export your design in the right format for print
or for digital sharing. This class is big enough
friendly and you don't need any prior design
experience to follow along. By the end of this course, you'll have created your
own custom greeting card and gain the confidence to design many more in the future. So let's get started.
2. Getting Started with VistaCreate: So in order to go
ahead and utilize Vista Create to create
greeting cards, you need to have a
Vista Create account, and you need to access
Vista Create, of course. And to access isterCreate on
the browser of your choice, you can simply go
ahead and type in vista create.com
and press Enter, and you basically get onto the homepage that
you see right here. So now what you need
to do is you need to sign up for an account, a free account in order to start creating
your greeting card. So I'm going to go
ahead and click on Start Designing right here. So now you can see that create
an account is an option. Let me just go ahead and click. And then it gives me different options to go
ahead and create an account. So over here, you
can see that you can create an
account with email, the traditional way,
or you can just sign up with one of these social
media accounts that you have. So let me just go ahead and
click on Sign Up with Google. This is what I'm
going to do here. And then once I go
ahead and click it and then click on
Continue R here, just like this, then
what happens is that a new account will
be created right here. So once this is done, I can go ahead and choose which line of work I'm
actually working with. So let me just select education in my case and click on Save. And then you get onto the
pace with Visa Create. So let me just allow the
notification route here as well. And over here you can see
that immediately I have an account here
because I have uh, sign up with a Google account. So now, over here,
you can see that this is the homepage
of Wise Create. It's a web application that you can easily
stop designing with. So here you can see that I can access out various
preset formats here. And for greeting
cards right here, I need to go ahead and
select print ready. Um, I can go ahead and select print ready
presets rat here. So here you can see that there's different sort of presets
that you can go ahead. So preset sizes that is. We are going to go ahead and create everything from scratch. If you want to create
out using template and just edit out what
there's in the template, you can use the
template as well, but that is not what
we're going to do. And here you can see
that there's this card as a print ready size
template rot here. So let me just go ahead
and click R here, and you can see the size here. You can choose different
size as you want. Uh, I just want to utilize
what I have right here, just like this. So this is fine. And you can see that this
is a greeting card format. So I can go ahead and
click on Blank Card to create it from Blank R here. Let me just go ahead close, and this is what you
have right here. So now, um, in the homepage, as I selected it, you can see Bowe templates is
an option as well. If you were to click on
Browse templates for that particular size
of the card here, you would see different
templates right here. But anyways, I'm
going to close that because I'm creating
one from scratch. And this is the interface
that you see in Vista Create. So this is the main canvas
where you add in your content. Let's say, for example,
you can go ahead and add in different objects and shapes by clicking
and dragging it, by resizing it, you can add in text and so
forth right here. And that is what we're going
to work around with as we are progressing
through the course on creating a greeting card. So here you can see that you can access out templates here. Again, if you want to, you can access out your
uploads from this section. You can access out different
photos from this section or sets from different photos
that you can use for free. You can even add in
videos if you want to. You can add in music, if you're creating animated, let's say, greeting cards here. And you can go to Object to set for different objects
that you want to add in. You can see different
backgrounds here. Can see different
text options and textles that you can
choose from here. There's different styles that you can actually
go ahead and apply as well and even work
around with brand kits. And then if you
have favorite items that you have from your design that you want to
use in the future, you can go ahead and add
it to your favorites. And you can see that there are different AI tools that
you can use as well. But for that, you do need to
have the premium version. So this is what you
have right here, and then for our design, we're going to go ahead and create a greeting
card for Easter. So let me just go ahead
and add in a text. Let's say, for
example, so I can go ahead and add in
element right here. As I click on it,
text is added in. So let's say I'm going
to go ahead and say happy Easter right
here, just like this. So this is what you
have right here. And now what we're
going to simply do is add in different elements
as needed to go ahead and create a Easter
greeting card that we can go ahead and print out or share online as we please. So this is what we have, and in the next video, we're going to go ahead
and see how we can go ahead and then choose the right type of
contents so that we can start creating out
the card as needed.
3. Planning Your Greeting Card: We now have our
new project here, and we can start designing. But before you actually get
into the actual design, it's a good idea to actually
go ahead and brainstorm what you want before you add in all of the fancy
graphics and colors. So the messes Happy
Easter is already here. Let's say this is
exactly what I want. But let's say I want
it in another line. So over here in the text box, let me just press Enter
in between the words, and it will go to the next line. Let me just resize it and place it on the
center right here. So we got a basic
message right here. Apart from that, let's
say, for example, I want to go ahead and add in a message right
here on the bottom, as well, which is supposed to be in a text format as well. So to do that, I'm
going to go to text and add in a text R here. So over here, let's say, I'm going to type in a message, hissing, joy, joy and renewal. Let's say, for
example, right here, is sing Joy and renewal. Let's just go ahead and resize the textbox here just like this. And as I do that, I can go ahead and then click
and drag to resize it. And let me just go ahead and keep it over here on the bottom. I'm not going to go
ahead and worry about any graphics or anything
else right now. Let's say, on the side, I want to add in some
kind of a pattern. So I'm just going to go
ahead and add in, let's say, for example, some shapes right here as a placeholder
right here. So let's just go
for a square sheet, and let me just go
ahead right here, put it right here,
drag it out right here and drag it on the side,
right here, just like this. So let's just go ahead and
drag to fill up the left side. So here I want something
like a pattern, and we're going to search for different patterns later on. Let me just go ahead and
right click and duplicate the sap as well and then
drag it onto the side. So now, you can see that
I got a basic layout. Let's say I want to resize out my text ra here just like this
and keep it on the center. So once this is done, let's say, over here in between, now I want bunny
and on the side, I want flowers and so forth. So for that, let me just
go ahead and drag in. Let's say, for
example, this obelsp as I click on sap,
there's the obilsp. So let's say this is going
to the egg right here. So I'm just creating a
wire frame first before actually throwing in designs and other fancy graphics in it. So apart from that, let's say there are different
sort of saps, as you can see here. This kind of looks like flowers, so I'm just going
to go ahead here and keep some
flowers right here. So let's just go
around over here. And let me just go
ahead and duplicate it. Keep the flower around over here, just
like this, as well. It doesn't have to be exactly
symmetric right here. So these are the
placeholder for flowers. And let's say over here
on the side of the egg, I do want a bunny itself. So let's just use
the circular save for this one as a placeholder, and then I'm going to go ahead
and push it forward here. And maybe I want to
change the color of this here so that
it is distinct, that it's a place for the bunny. So let's just go ahead
and change this out here. So this is basically our layout right
here, which is ready. And let's say this
is what I want, and these are the graphics
that I'll be happy with. So now, as our basic
wireframe is ready, as we move along now, we're going to go ahead and add in different graphics
as necessary and then turn it into a proper greeting card with different sort of effects.
That looks wonderful.
4. Adding in Graphics in Placeholder Areas: Now that our layout is decided, let's just go ahead and replace the placeholders that we
have with actual graphics. So to do that, let
me just go ahead onto the left hand
side onto objects. So here, what I can
actually do is I can go ahead and search for different
components as I like. So, let's say, for example, if I were to type in Easter egg right here and press Enter, then you'll see different Easter eggs here,
just like this. The one with the diamond
are the premium ones, while the one without are
the free ones to use. So let's say I want this one. So I'm just going
to go ahead and click and you can see
that the graphics loads. Let me just go ahead in the placeholder
section right here, just like this, as you
can see, right here. But I cannot actually
see right here. I cannot see the
other placeholders. So for that, you can actually
utilize the move layer. So I can go ahead and then,
let's say, for example, send to back rat here, send backward, send backward. And you can see
that as I do that, it pushes it back, um, uh, more compared
to other layers. But this is just a placeholder, so let me select
it and delete it, and you got the Easter
egg right here. Apart from that, over here, I want the Easter bunny. So let's just go ahead and
search for Easter bunny here. And you can see that
there's different Easter bunnies that you get. So you can go ahead and
choose the one you like. So let's say I want this one. So let's just go ahead
and click on it, and then you can see
that it loads up. Let me just go ahead right here, resize it out
accordingly right here. And then select this
and delete it out. And there you go. There's
the Easter bunny right here. Apart from that,
now I want flowers. So let's just go ahead and
go for flowers right here. And there's different sort of flowers that we can bring
in, as you can see. So this is what you have. So let's say I want
this type of flower, so let's just go
ahead and click. And then this is what I want. So this is basically
the flower that I want. So I'm just going to
go around over here. And then I'm going
to send it to back, select out the placeholder,
delete it out. And you can see that it
looks wonderful right here. Let's say I want to go ahead and duplicate this
flower itself. I'm simply going to right
click Duplicate right here, and then this is what
you have as you can see, you can go ahead and resize
it out a bit right here. Let's not crop it out. You can even rotate it out a bit right here so that
it looks different. And now I'm simply
going to go around over here and send it to back here. Send backward here, select
this and delete it out. This is what you
have as you can see, and then these are the places where I want to add in patterns. So for that, I'm going to go around over here and
type in pattern, let's say, for example, and there's different sort of
patterns you can bring in. Let's say I want this one, so let's just go ahead and click. And then I'm just going to
go ahead and resize this out a bit here and add
in the pattern t here. I can even press
Control C and Control V to duplicate out the pattern
right here, just like this. Control C and V, and
this is what you have. Now I'm going to hold CIF to select out all of them together, press Control C and V and drag them out right
here on the side. So you got the pattern as well. So over here, let's say, I don't want the placeholder anymore. So let's just go ahead
on to move layer, send two back, select
this out and delete. And I'm going to do
the same for this. I'm just going to go around, send two back and then
select it and delete. And you can see
that immediately, it starts to look interesting. So with the sap rot here, you can see that you can
even change the fill color. So you can go ahead and change
this out as you can see, so you can go for more
of a red color rot here. And there's two colours here. So you can go ahead and suza
the colors as you want. So let's just go ahead and
select out orange itself, orange and red, and
this is what you have. So apart from that,
let me just go ahead and delete
these patterns out again and then paste it out right here. Just
like this again. So let's just go
around over here, click and drag it right here, keep it just like this. And I'm going to press
Control C and again, and then go ahead and
click it right here. So there's the other pattern. So let's just go ahead and then copy and paste this
out right here. Just like this. So
let's just go ahead and use the arochis
to bring it out. Keep it right here. So let's just go around over
here. And there you go. I'm going to press Control
C and V right here, and then I'm going
to go ahead and overlap the pattern right here, just like this as well. So you can see that I got the color teens and so
forth, just like this. So this is one way to
bring up the graphics. But let's say, you want to upload out your
own graphics as well. If that is the case, then you
can actually go to uploads. Then click on Upload
Image or video. Then you can navigate
to the folder where you have your files, you
can simply select it. Click on Upload here, and the files will be uploaded
here. Just like this. So you can see that it
is being uploaded here, and let's say I want to replace this egg with this egg rat here. The bunny is even better. Let's say, for example,
so I can simply click and the egg
will be loaded out, as you can see,
let me just press Control jet because I
accidentally dropped it. So let's just go
ahead and resize it, place it out right here. And I'm simply going
to go ahead and send this backward rat here just like this and then select
this egg delete it. Similarly, I'm going to
delete out the bunny. Let's just go ahead and bring
in this bunny rat here, which is much more cheerful, as you can see right here. For the flowers, let's say, I don't want to add this flower, this flower is okay itself. So you can see that I got the basic layout of the
greeting card ready now. So now next we can go ahead
and stylize the text. And then we're going
to go ahead and add in some gradient backgrounds
as well as needed. An interesting
background as well. So that is what we're going
to do in the upcoming video.
5. Create Changing Text Style: So now that we have added in the graphics in
our greeting card, let's go ahead and format out the text so that it
looks interesting. So here it says happy Easter, but let's say I want to add in text in an
interesting way. So for that, I can go
to the text section, and here you can actually
see that there are different presets of texts
that you can use as well. For example, you can see
that there's this one, there's this one here, different styles of text, the presets that you can
choose from rat here. So for the main
message happy Easter, let's just go ahead
and delete out the default and use
the one from here. So I'm just going to go
around and let's say, for example, use this one. As I click on it, you can
see that this text loads up. There's young wow and
free as you can see here. So you can go ahead and
use this if you want to, or if you want other
one, let's say, for example, like this one, you can go ahead and click, and that is added in
round over here as well. So now, these are
actually separate like, let's say, for
example, text boxes. You can delete them
out right here and then resize it
out right here, just like this and
keep it on the top. So here, what I'm going
to type is, let's say, in all caps, I'm going
to type in happy R here. Let me just go
ahead and pull out the text that textbox so
that there's some space. So this is what I have.
And I'm going to go ahead and resize
the text out here. And let me just
go ahead and move the text box here,
just like this. And for this one, I'm
going to see Easter. So EASD E R right here. Go ahead, and then I'm going to go ahead and pull this out, resize it out, and you can see that there you
go. There's Easter. You can go ahead and resize
and place it right here. You can see that the flour seems to be getting in the way, so let's just go ahead and push the flowers aside
a bit, right here. And then I'm going
to go ahead and drag this down. So
this is what I have. I can hold Sif to select
both of the text, and then I can bring
it down right here. So now I can actually
select this and then go to the text color and change it to the color that
I want, as well. So let's just go around for more like an orange color here. This is the color code, as you can see, so let me
just go ahead and copy it, and then over here,
I'm going to go ahead and paste the color
code to reflect it out. So let's just go
around over here and paste the color code
here just like this. Press Enter, and that
color code gets applied. Apart from that,
you can also take the sampler tool right here and then simply take a
sample right here to apply the same color
if you want to as well. Let's just go ahead,
select the Easter, use the rakes to
move it a bit down, just like this, and
this is what you have. So now, apart from that, for
whissingjoy and renewal, I want to go ahead and change it to a handwriting like font. So I'm not going to use the presets that
I see right here. I'm just going to go ahead and
make the changes manually. So for that, I can click
in select this text here. And then, let's say, I double clicked and
select selected all. So now I can go to the
font section rot here and select out a more
handwriting font rot here. So this is a bit two style, so let's just go around and
select another one rot here. This one seems a bit better, or you can go for
this one rat here. And there's different sort
of styles, as you can see. This one is a bit light. It looks like handwritten as we want and so forth,
as you can see. So now I can go around over here and then
select this out, and maybe I can go around and change the
color of this as well. So I'm just going to go around
on the text right here, go around and take a
sample, and let's say, I'm going to utilize
this color right here. So I can pull this
out right here, just like this to
resize it out and place it right here,
just like this. And this is basically
how you can go ahead and chans out the
textile as you like. So now we're going to go
ahead and move further in the next video and then make change to the graphics
as we need, as well.
6. Adding Background and Shapes: Far, we have designed the
greeting card until here. But let's say, I want to
make a few tweaks to it. For example, this flower
is touching the Era here, so let's just go ahead and move it right around over here. So you can make such adjustments as many times as you want. But apart from that, let's say, I want to go ahead and
add in some background. H some interesting background so that it doesn't
look so plain. So for that, I'm going to go
to the background section. And here you can
see that there's different backgrounds
that you can add in. You can even go for
colors and apply out flat color backgrounds
here and use the colors from
the image as well. And then you can
actually go ahead and add in video
backgrounds as well, just like this if you
want a moving background. But in my case, I want
a static greeting card, so I'm just going to
go around over here. And go for photos. So let's just go
ahead and scroll down until I see a type of
a background I one. So there's different sort
of backgrounds like, let's say, for
example, these ones, as you can see, which
is quite light. You can go for this
one, as you can see, but I do want a background in which I can actually
read my lettuce. So I'm just going to go around
over here and let's say, for example, select
this one and so forth. The one with the diamond
are uh, the premium one. So I'm just going to go ahead and select this one, let's say, for example, or let's say, for example, this
one right here. So you can see that there's
many different sort of backgrounds that you
can actually select from. You can make it much
more shuttle, as well. So I can go around over here, taint around the opacity so that the background is not
popping out too much. So let's say this is
what I want right here, so I have the background set. Apart from that,
for the patterns, let's say behind it, I do want
to insert a shape as well. So to do that, you can simply go around over
here onto Object. And then over here in shape, you can click on Show More and select out the
shape that you want. You can go ahead and
then click and drag this out right here,
just like this. And then you can
go ahead and click and drag it over
here on the bottom. And this is what you have. You got the shape right
here, just like this. So now I want to go ahead and then send this to back
right here, just like this. So it actually comes up behind
the patterns right here. So now I'm going to go around over here onto the
fill and choose, let's say, for example,
a color that I want. Let's say, for example,
this one right here. And for the border,
let's just go around and select another color as
a light one right here. So let's just go for this one or this one, as you can see. So you can go around and
select out a light color. So let me just go ahead and select out more of a
yellow color right here, just like this and much more softer color
around over here. And then apart from that, I'm going to go around
over here onto, let's say, fill and then choose a lighter color
right here as well. So this is what I have,
and let's say I want to go ahead and then
duplicate this. So I'm going to right
click duplicate right here and keep it on the
rut side as well. So this is what you have. So now I'm going to go ahead
and send send to B here, and you can see that
it is there as well. Let's just resize out the
flowers that I have right here. Just like this. And this
is what you have now. So that is basically how you can go ahead and
add in some shapes. So let's just add in
a simple shape rat here and I'm going to
go ahead and let's say, for example, use it as a
background for the text. So let's just go ahead and send this to Brat
here, just like this. And as I do that, let me just select white color. Let's say, for example, change
around the opacity here, just like this as well. So as I do that,
you can see that I have some background IMS
right here, added in. I got some siefs added in. I got some background
Sep here as well, which makes the greeting card much more interesting
to look at. So as we move along now, we're going to see
how we can refine the design even further
and then move towards adding final touches and
then finally exporting out our greeting card so that we can share
it out with others.
7. Adding Effects: Now let's just go ahead and make the design more interesting
by adding in effects. Let's start with
the text a here. Once I click on the text, you can see on the
top there's effet. Click on it, and then you can go ahead and choose different
effects as you wish. For example, you can
add an outline color, and you can see
that as I add it, it says transparent text. Let's just go ahead
and remove it. And then in the outline color, let's just go ahead and add in a darker shade of orange itself. So you can see that
it is more distinct. Let's do something
with East as well. So let's go to effects, and then you can add in glitch. Let's say, for example, change the size of the
glitz right here, and you can see that
that is what you have. Or you can change the angle right here, just
like this, as well. So you can see that this
looks much more interesting. Apart from that, let's
start with like, let's work around
with the bottom text as well. Add in effects. We can add in an outline
or a shadow right here. Or a text box right here, make it curve or let's say, add in a reflection right here. Let's add a reflection
to this one, change around the size a bit, change around the
distance right here, just like this, as you can see. So this is what you
have, and you can change around the transparency
level right here, just like this as well. So let's just ans around the distance, and that
is what you have. But this is not really
looking that greek, so let's just use another
effect right here, like a shadow, let's
say, for example, teens around the distance, and then teens around
let's say, for example, the color of the
shadow here and change the blur level of the shadow rot here as well, right here. Change the distance, and you can see that that
is what you have, and it can change
the angle as well. So this is the effect
that you have right here. So apart from that, let's say, I want to teens how, let's say, for example, the flowers look. I can go around over here, go to Edit Imis and then you
can see that I can add in different filters so that the flowers look
different color. So I can go for, let's say, a brighter one right here or this one or this one right here. So you can change as you want. You can change the brightness
as you want, as well. Change around the contrast
as you wish as well, and even change the tint
as you want right here, just like this to change around the color of
the flower as you. Just make this subtle
change as well to this one. So let's just go around and
change around the tint, and this is what you have. Let's just go with
the bunny, as well. So let's just go ahead
and choose, let's say, for example, a brighter
or a darker bunny. So you can go for a brighter
color and other things. You can change the filter
intensity as well, and you can see how that
actually looks right here. You can even blur it out
if you want to right here. So with the
background, let's say, I want to blur the
background a bit right here, so that it is much more subtle right
here, just like this. So this is basically what
you have right here, and then we've added
in some effects. So let's just go
around onto ditims, change around the
egg a bit as well, make it much more brighter, and so forth, right here. So this is basically how you can go ahead and
add in effects as you wish to tweak out the contents that you
have in IST to create. So as we progress along, we're going to go ahead and
do some final refining, and then we'll go
ahead and export our greeting card in the
format that we want.
8. Exporting your Design: So now that our design is ready, it's time to go ahead
and export this out so that we can go
ahead and print it. Let's say, for example, if
you want to share it online, then there are specific formats that you can choose as well. So in order to export this, you can simply go to
the Export button right here on the
top right hand side. And here you can
see that there's different formats that you
can instantly download to, like there's PDF Print, there's PDF Standard, PNZ
and JPZ for online sharing. Click on Download as
and then click on the format here to
see more options. You even have Jeff and
MP four AdjecNs here. So P and Z is for drawings
and flat graphics. JPZ is more for sharings in social media sites when you specially have more detail
elements such as pictures. And then in our case, I want to go ahead
and print it out, so I'm simply going
to select PDF print. And I'm going to add in Crop Marks and bead as
well because I want crop Marks and Bad so that I can go ahead and then have a
guideline when I print it out. So as I select this, I'm going
to go ahead and click on Download and then the file
will be downloaded here. No matter which
format you choose, it is the same process. Click on it, and
then you see the bleed marks right here
at the right here. So if I were to go
ahead and zoom in, you can see the card right
here just like this, which is ready for print
as we need it for. So that is how you can go ahead and export
out your design. And by saying that we have
come to the end of the class. And now it's your turn to
create a similar design. And in the next video, I'm going to exactly
tell you what you have to do for
your class project.
9. Project Description Vistacreate: Now that we have come to
the end of this class, it's time for you to
do your class project. So for the class project, you'll be designing
your own greeting card using Vista Create as we did. For any occasion you like, it doesn't have to be Easter. It can be any occasion
in your reason or it can be an international holiday
or a particular, let's say, for example, event
like birthday, anniversary, a thank you card, or anything that's
meaningful to you. So what you need to
do is you need to stop by creating a new canvas, of course, so create a new
design and plan your layout. So that is add in,
um the placeholders, use simple saps as
placeholders to sketch out where your images and texts will go first as we did
in this course. And this step actually helps you organize your design before
adding final elements. So next, replace those
particular placeholders with graphics from the
library as we did. So we added in, let's say, the textures here,
different graphics. We can add in your own
graphics as you want, as well, and so forth. So replace those placeholders with graphics from the library or upload out your own image if you prefer. I
leave that up to you. And then, of course, add in your main reading
messages as well. For example, I've written, we sing you Joy and renewal. You can go ahead and add
in whatever you want. Add this out the font, add out effects to it, change out its color, or experiment out with the preset text that
you have here as well. You can even utilize
these if you want to, and then get the
style that you want. And find a look that actually matches to your chosen occasion. After that, make sure to
choose a background as well. Make the background interesting, choose a particular background
color only if you want to, and also make sure to add in decorative shapes if needed to enhance your design as well. You can also apply effects to your images that
you have brought here or text to give your card a more polished and
professional finish. And once you're happy
with your design, exported as a JPZ or a PNZ or a PDF format
as what you need. And when you're done, upload your final greeting card
to the project gallery, and along with a short note describing occasion you
designed it for as well. So all the best for it. I'm excited to see what you
create. Have fun design.
Pratik Pradhan, Digital Artist
