Here’s a wish of good luck and success to anyone who are about to have final papers, exams or certification tests… Caffeine please…

Just like other anigreetings, it can be customized! You may type or handwrite your own words on the head band and the monitor screen appeared in the animation. Feel free to try it out.

When you’re done with the customization, AniGreetings.com will brew you your version of this animation. AniGreetings are more than traditional animated ecards. You may send it through email, or download it into your PC and share it via YouTube or other video sharing hosts.

I believe by now many gmail users have come across this imaginary Gmail Paper service. As it says it doesn’t have flashy animated ads, I don’t think it can print movie file attachments either. They’ve probably overlooked the fact that animations can actually be printed on flipbooks (flipable stacks of paper)! They can print a movie file on one side of the flipbook, and an animated ad on the other side of the flipbook.

Of course, audio can’t be printed… and they should put a limit on the “printable length” of the movie clips.

Just to introduce this thank-you anigreeting that turns you into a brilliant hip hop break dancer avatar in 3D! We’ve 2 versions: one for male and another for female. What you need is a mugshot of yourself (e.g.: a passport photo of your face directly facing the camera) captured by your digital camera. Go to section 1 of the male or female version, upload the mugshot, then outline the boundary of your face using the mask tool provided. Preview the outcome and make adjustment if necessary. What we do is to map the image of your face onto the 3D skull of the dancer to make a realistic illusion. Whenever the head turns, your face goes with it.

While this anigreeting is primarily for making thank-you notes/ecards, considering using it for expressing your thanks with birthday greeting to someone who is about to have his/her birthday.

Here’s a version that I’ve made for the subscribers of my YouTube channel. Have fun!

Miss Bunny shows off her homemade, super heatlhy easter chocolate & wishes you a happy easter in advance!

Just like other anigreetings, you may type or handwrite your own words on the canvas & on the piece of chocolate appeared in the animation! Feel free to try it out yourself.

When you’re done with the customization, AniGreetings.com will brew you your version of this animation. AniGreetings are more than traditional animated e-cards. You may send it through email, or download it into your PC and share it via YouTube or other video sharing hosts.

Introducing sand-crafting using pogo sticks! Don’t try it yourself unless you’re trained by the professional!

If you’re looking for a birthday greeting e-card or animation on behalf of a group or team, and if you’re looking for something beachy, then this one may fit your need. It’s not only for birthday greetings anyway.

You may customize the greeting captions appeared at the last seconds of the animation. It’s not limited to words entered from keyboard, but words hand-written on a sheet of paper!

When you’re done with the customization, AniGreetings.com will brew you your version of this animation. You may then send it through email, or download it into your PC and share it via YouTube.

.icio(I made a hilarious Chinese new year greeting message tailored for the year of the Pig. Unfortunately it’s hilarious only if you understand Chinese language & a bit of Chinese new year culture. I wished I could translate it into English without losing its hilarity… Sorry about that) 

小弟創作了一段給豬年度身訂做的惡搞版祝福語句，將用於AniGreetings動畫賀卡發給某些親朋戚友。以下是賀卡的預覽 :

我已把這個anigreeting上載YouTube:

若你打算發anigreetings給你的親朋戚友，不妨參考一下。假如你是屬雞，收件人是屬馬，那麼用「雞朋」、「馬友」或會比用「豬朋」、「狗友」更合適！如想個人化此豬年財神AniGreeting動畫賀卡，請按此。

Here’re a collection of popular Chinese new year auspicious greeting and blessing phrases in Chinese along with an English translation for each. Phrases that consist of 4 Chinese characters are most commonly used formats, although there’re phrases that consist of 5 or 7 characters.

4-Character Phrases (吉祥語句)

恭喜發財 : wish you have good fortune

財源廣進 : may there be more sources of income/revenue

年年有餘 : may there be surpluses every year

歲歲平安 : may you live safely and peacefully every year

和氣生財 : harmony brings wealth

招財進寶 : wish you can attract plenty of money and treasures

一帆風順 : wishing you every success

心想事成 : may all your wishes come true

萬事如意 / 萬事勝意 : wish everything works out as you’ve expected

身體健康 : wish you have good health

生意興隆 : may your business flourish and prosper

步步高陞 : may your career grow  

學業猛進 : wish you the best on your study (for students)

年生貴子 : may your family have new gem members this year

To get an idea of how to say any of the above phrases, click here to go to an experimental online Chinese text-to-speech system from MS. Copy the phrase over there, select Chinese, then click “Synthesize”.

Consider sending a Chinese new year AniGreeting, personalized with any of the above phrases, to each of your friends and love ones to show you care! AniGreetings are more than traditional e-cards. You may personalize an anigreeting with not only photos and words entered from keyboard, but also your handwritings and drawings. As your friends and love ones may save a copy of your anigreetings to themselves, you give your recipients a sense of possession of your greetings. They’ll feel that you seriously care about them by sending them anigreetings.

In 2007, 18 Feb marks the first day of the Chinese lunar calendar year. In China, it’s a traditional period for family reunion and blessings just like christmas in other countries. It’s quite a funny period as people suddenly become superstitious on the Chinese new year day and the next few days that follow. It suddenly becomes a taboo to say anything negative to anyone. At the same time, many people suddenly become interested or knowledgeable in feng shui or other fortune-telling subjects. Many “experts” will even come out to the mass media and try to predict what will happen in the next 12 months, pretty much for the sake of gaining visibility among the community…

Anyway, I’ll also follow the tradition and stop saying anything bad from now on. Here comes my Year-of-the-Pig blessings for you in an anigreeting (a 3D animated video greeting card/e-card), with the help from one of the most popular Chinese new year god called the God of Wealth (財神) cast by our best loved pet of the year:

By the way, just a reminder that you may customize the banner shown at the last seconds of this animation. Personalize it with the name of your relatives and friends and send them a copy! Yes, they may save a copy for themselves. You may even add your handwritten words onto the banner. If you’re an expert in Chinese calligraphy, this is a great opportunity to show off your skill to your recipients! Sounds interesting? Click here to learn more, or you may try personalizing this animation right away.

(Edited 16 Feb 2007): I’ve just posted a list of commonly used Chinese greeting words or phrases here. Feel free to use any of the phrases as part of your greeting message.

Life’s not always well planned, especially in the quest of the romantic Love River. So I guess you’ve finally made up your mind to make (perhaps) a life-time confession or commitment to your existing or potential partner after days of indecision. However, it’s only a day away from Valentine’s Day. If you send him/her a gift and/or paper greeting card, chances are that it won’t get there by Valentine’s Day. Of course, in some cases you may call him/her up to meet in some special places, but what if either one couldn’t make it due to various reasons? I definitely understand that traditional ecards simply aren’t fit for serious use, as they lack personal touch and don’t give recipients a sense of possession. In situations like this, you should consider sending him/her an AniGreeting.

An anigreeting is a 3D animated short greeting video that can be personalized, downloaded (in its personalized form), and delivered to your recipient(s) in a matter of seconds. You may personalize one or more sections of the animation with your typed and/or handwritten words, drawings, or photos. AniGreetings are tailored for serious senders as the recipient may save a copy of an anigreeting, as if it’s a paper greeting card that can be kept. To add warmth and personal touch, you may also write your confession or commitment by hand rather than typing, then embed your piece of handwritten message into the anigreeting. No anigreetings are created equal with your handwritten messages in them.

Here’s one of the latest anigreeting of the Valentine’s Day collection. You may customize the unrolled banner as shown at the last seconds of this anigreeting.

Each personalized anigreeting needs to be “brewed” prior to delivery. When you plan to customize and send an anigreeting, please allow up to 12 hours for the personalized anigreeting to be brewed prior to delivery. Normally, the brewing time is around 2-3 hours. However, as it gets closer to Valentine’s Day, the brewing time will be considerably longer. You may want to consider going for the urgent option, which costs more, but guarantees delivery within 8 hours.

When Mr. Cupid comes, even Mars and Venus can get together!

My wife and I created this anigreeting in the hope that any conflicts or misunderstanding (if any) arised between you and your partner in the past will, at least, be eased by this Valentine’s Day. Of course, we sincerely hope that those bitter spots can be settled by then.

Just in case you’re wondering what anigreeting is: An anigreeting is a 3D animated short greeting video e-card that can be personalized, downloaded (in its personalized form), and delivered to your recipient(s) in a matter of seconds. You may personalize one or more sections of the animation with your typed and/or handwritten words, drawings, or photos.

Please click here if you want to personalize this anigreeting.