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How or where or what do i go or use to create banners and icons?

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2006-08-18 15:54:30, Category: Programming & Design
i want to learn how to make them...and i want to know where to start like what program to download or something....email me mistik1605@sbcglobal.net

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  1. TalentedChimp

    On 2006-08-18 16:04:28


    Banners? The above answer tells you that. Icons? If you want your icons to look good at any resolution you need to make them in a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) program, this allows them to be resized and exported to various formats (.bmp, .png, .jpg). Google and read.

  2. gruumsh

    On 2006-08-18 18:54:50


    For icons, I use MicroAngelo. http://www.microangelo.us/ For banners (and just about any other graphics I need anywhere) I use Adobe/MacroMedia Fireworks. http://www.adobe.com/products/fireworks/ Fireworks also does a great job of things like kerning and aliasing, to make the blending of logos into a backdrop very smooth. As examples of both software, check out the icon and logo of the blue floppy disk, on my site, here... http://www.gunthersoft.com Then, to see the logo blended into a different backdrop, see where the Google ad says "advertise on this site"? Follow that and you'll see the same floppy disk graphic, only blended into Google's page instead. That's the kind of thing you don't get with simpler programs. Both MicroAngelo and Fireworks have free trial downloads available.

  3. Crazydog

    On 2006-08-18 16:00:21


    any image editing program...

  4. tke999

    On 2006-08-18 16:04:51


    First, you need software to create art for your banners and icons. Photoshop is the most widely used application for this. It's very robust. However, something as simple as MS Paint which comes with Windows can also do the job. Second, you need to know what are the guidelines for which the art has to comply. In other words, how big can a banner be? Go to http://www.iab.net/standards/adunits.asp to find out about the creative sizes of various pieces of advertising creative. That's it. It's pretty simple and can be fun.