How To Design A Banner

Chapter 4: Creating Banners With Painting Software

• You could create SWF banners using a Flash package like Adobe Flash.
  
  
• You could create GIF, JPEG or PNG banners using a Painting program. Of course, not all packages support all formats, and some packages do not allow you to create GIF animations.
  
  
• You could use (but it's awkward) the Paint accessory that comes with Windows. Using this program, you could create GIF, JPEG PNG banners. Paint does not allow you to create GIF animations.

1. You may find it easier to create the background first, save that, and then only add the detail on top afterwards.
   
   
2. You may find it easier to work on image that is larger than your final intended banner size, perhaps first marking out the area on the image that is to be used for the banner, and then crop it down to size at the end of the editing process. This is because some software programs may make it awkward to draw very near the edge of an image.
   
   
3. If creating a "fake" banner, I'd suggest you take your screenshots (see How To Make Screenshots) into a separate image, and then copy and paste from there into your banner image.
   
   
4. If creating a GIF animation (assuming you have a program that allows it), sometimes it's easier to prepare each frame in the sequence as a separate image, and then join them all together into one animation only once they have all been prepared.
   
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   Related Software:
   • Macromedia Flash MX 2004 [OLD VERSION]

     Macromedia Released: 2003-09-15 CD-ROM (PC) Macintosh/Windows 2000 Tool for creating effective, rich content across desktops and devices Jumpstart projects with templates & components, and take advantage of the online resource library Add interactivity with powerful scripting Product Description: Allows designers and developers to integrate video, text, audio, and graphics into immersive, rich experiences that deliver superior results for interactive marketing and presentations, e-learning, and application user interfaces. List Price: $499.00 (As of 18:25 Pacific 8 Jul 2008 More Info) Buy It Now

     
     
     
   • SWiSH Max2: Flash Creation Software

     CrystalGraphics, Inc. CD-ROM (PC) Windows Vista/Windows 2000 Creates Stunning Flash Animations and Websites with Ease! Unique drawing tools make adding shapes a breeze! 250 built-in effects to choose from! Operating System: Windows 2000, XP, VISTA (Not Mac compatible) Product Description: SWiSHmax2 is the latest generation of the famous and award-winning SWiSH software line of easy-to-use Flash editors. It has everything you need to create stunning, fully interactive Flash animations. Whether you are creating Flash effects from scratch, or editing existing SWiSH Flash files (such as. SWI files included with some PowerPlugs: Web Templates), use SWiSHmax2 to swiftly and easily generate stylish Flash effects. SWiSHmax2 includes intuitive scripting, drawing and editing tools as well as hundreds of built-in effects that can be applied to text, images, graphics, and sounds. You can also author and distribute your own effects! Import/ Export tools allow versatility in the use and output of SWiSHmax2 files. SWiSHmax2 has a simple yet powerful menu interface that includes useful tools such as the ability to add effects to multiple objects at once, a timeline editor and page tabs that help you manage dynamic content, easy to use input forms, a JavaScript-like scripting language and advanced compression features that help you keep your SWiSH (. SWF) files small. Plus, it even allows you to create and distribute your own custom Flash effects! *CrystalGraphics is pleased to announce that it is only USA distributor of SWiSHmax2 and the only company in the world offering the SWiSHmax2 product on CD-ROM, for your convenience and security. List Price: $149.00 Lowest New Price: $134.10 (As of 18:25 Pacific 8 Jul 2008 More Info) Buy It Now

   
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