As the second step of DIY Christmas cards, you need to prepare various pretty card elements, such as image, sound, shape, sprite, ActionScript, etc. Now I will introduce you how to extract elements from your captured Christmas card.

Used Tool: Sothink SWF Decompiler for Mac V5.3

Estimated Time: 5 Minutes

Purpose: Extract an image from SWF on Mac (For Windows Users >>)

Step 1: Open the SWF containing desired Christmas card elements

1. Launch Sothink SWF Decompiler for Mac.

2. In the explorer panel, locate the folder containing target SWF, and then the SWF will be listed in the below panel.

3. When you click on the name of the target SWF, all its resources will be automatically decompiled and listed on the right panel. Click to expand the “Image” type resources, and then you can preview the images in the center window.

Step 2: Export the desired Christmas card elements

1. Please check the image you want to use in your own Christmas card.

2. Click the “Export Resources” button on top of the program, and then the “Export Resources” window is appeared.

3. Set path for saving the exported image, and choose the image type. Finally, click “OK”.

Now the selected image will be exported to the path you specified, and you can use it in your own Christmas card. The other elements also can be extracted in the same way with the help of Sothink SWF Decompiler for Mac.

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We hope you enjoy this tutorial of preparing Christmas card elements. If you find any problems, have feedback or need help, send us an email at support@sothink.com.

In this tutorial, I will introduce you how to capture and download fabulous Christmas cards from IE by Sothink SWF Catcher, a free IE extension for you to save Flash to local computer.

For more information on this Flash Christmas card downloader >>

In next tutorial, you will learn how to get preferred elements from captured Christmas card >>

Used Tool: Sothink SWF Catcher – Free extension for capturing and saving Flash from IE

Estimated Time: 5 Minutes

Purpose: Capture and save Flash from IE

Step 1: Capture Favorite Flash from IE

1. After Sothink SWF Catcher has been installed successfully on your computer, from Internet Explorer, open a web page containing the Christmas card you want to save to local.

2. On the IE toolbar, select Tools > Sothink SWF Catcher. Now the Sothink SWF Catcher window is appeared.

The Flash Christmas card contained in this web page is captured and listed on the left. When you click the file, it will be automatically played in the right window.

Step 2: Save Captured Flash to Local

1. In the Sothink SWF Catcher window, check the Flash you want to download from the left list, and set the saving path. Finally, click the “Save” button.

2. Now the desired Flash Christmas card is successfully saved to the path you specified.

Get Sothink SWF Catcher to capture and save beautiful Flash Christmas card from IE >>

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Hope you like this tutorial of capturing and saving Flash Christmas card from IE. If you have any questions, please send us an email to support@sothink.com.

Click here for how to get preferred elements from captured Christmas card >>

Below is one made by ghol:

 View full version here>>

Thanks for ghol. Besides the amazing animated Christmas card, he also shared the resources used in his Flash artwork. He is so sweet to give the wish for all the joys of this beautiful season.

Click here to download the Flash card for Christmas made by ghol>>

Below is one made by Robin Hood:

It is really appreciated that Robin Hood brought sincere Christmas wishes together with his wonderful Christmas card.

Click here to download the Christmas card made by Robin Hood>>

Both two Flash Christmas cards are created by Sothink SWF Easy and are added text effect, action script, scene and background music. It is very glad to know that SWF Easy really helped users to create Flash animation and brought joys.

It is hoped that more and more Flash fans would like to choose Sothink SWF Easy to create Flash Christmas cards and send special Christmas gifts.

Merry Christmas!

Sothink SWF Easy offers numbers of free resources for Christmas, click here to download>>

Wanna use trial for 30 days? Link to download Sothink SWF Easy 6.0>>

Choose a Christmas card (*.swf) as you like. Here we choose the swf file “Christmas Day” and open it in Sothink SWF Quicker.
You can download free Christmas E-card here:
http://www.sothink.com/blog/diy-beautiful-christmas-e-cards-as-christmas-gifts/
or download more Christmas E-card resources on the internet.

2. Edit the card as you like.

After importing the card into the program, you can edit all elements in the Flash movie, such as adding or modifying texts (including words to your friend and your best wishes), replacing shapes or sounds, assigning links, etc.

3. Publish the swf file.

More info about Christmas Flash E-Card Maker>>

More blog info:

How to DIY a Christmas flash card>>

How to share Christmas Flash Card>>

I have a good idea, that is, to make a nice Christmas Flash card by yourself. “It sounds great, but, I don’t know anything about Flash, it may be very difficult for me”, you may afraid.

Don’t worry! I will tell you a quick and easy way, that is, find a nice Christmas Flash card (*.swf) and edit it into your own way. Please follow me.

1. Prepare a beautiful Christmas tree

To make a Christmas Flash card, you should prepare a beautiful Christmas tree at first. The following is a funny Flash game from which you can decorate your own Christmas tree.

Just drag the presents on the bottom to any place of the Christmas tree. Finally, save the snapshot of the decorated Christmas tree as an image to your computer, which will be used as an image element in step3.

2. Get a free Christmas card from web

In this step, you need to find a nice Christmas Flash card (*.swf) which will be edited into your own style. Here I provide you two examples:

I suggest you use Sothink Web Video Downloader to capture the above cards to your computer.

Free download for Web Video Downloader:
http://www.sothinkmedia.com/web-video-downloader/download.htm

3. DIY your Christmas card

Now you can turn to Sothink SWF Quicker, a professional Flash movie maker and editor, for help. After importing the card (*.swf) into SWF Quicker, almost all elements of the Flash card can be edited, such as image, text and background music. Therefore, you can replace the image with the one you prefer or add the Christmas tree you made in step 1, write down your personal Christmas wishes, import new background music and assign a link to your personal blog, etc. All your imaginations will come true with the help of Sothink SWF Quicker.

Free download for Sothink SWF Quicker:
http://www.sothink.com/product/swfquicker/download.htm

Sounds easy and interesting, isn’t it? Why not have a try now?

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!