ONU Animated Interactive Greeting Card

References: Jeff Rieman, Ph.D. Director of Information Technology, Ohio Northern University, Phone: (419) 772-3100, email: j-rieman@onu.edu
George Gulbis, retired Director of Information Technology, email: g-gulbis@onu.edu

At the request of ONU's Office of Communications and Marketing, I used Adobe Flash Pro to put together an online "seasons greeting." In the first scene, I ask users to drag and drop Santa's clothing onto the statue of ONU's founder. I also created frame by frame animation within Flash for an eye wink and smile on the mascot at the end. I used Photoshop to add snow to a snowless photograph I took of the founder statue. I also found a technique for making snow fall within Flash. I used Flash tools for illustration. I walked out to our stadium in deep snow to get the photograph of the polar bear statue at the end. The eCard is set to the tune "We wish you a merry Christmas." It was viewed over 3500 times on ONU's web server.