Banner Maker Pro 7.0.3 is a Animation Software product from bannermakerpro.com, get 5 Stars SoftSea Rating, Banner Maker Pro allows you to create professional looking graphics such as banner ads and buttons. Simply follow the tabs at the top of the software to go step-by-step in the graphic making process. A wide variety of options are available for text manipulation such as angling text, wrapping text around a circle, gradients, and 3D effects. The software also comes with a collection of ready-to use banner backgrounds that you can use to get started and then customize them using the manipulation tools and effects. Shapes and text can be dragged around as you proceed to create your banner graphic and Banner Maker Pro also offers support for creation of animated banners. Once finished, the file can be saved as GIF or JPG.

Benefits of using Banner Maker Pro

Banner Maker Pro is the easiest way to make web graphics. You can create an animated banner in just 5 minutes with no graphic skills.

More customizable than other online banner and button makers. Create any sized banner with any image or logo, with any font on your computer, using over 60 different types of animations.

Over 500 backgrounds and stand alone images. Backgrounds include common window dialogs to unique custom created backgrounds that cannot be found anywhere else. Images include over 40 different "click here!" buttons and 40 different common window control images. There are over 300 different backgrounds in different styles and sizes.

Great text effects. Add borders to your text. Add glow, sharp, and diffuse shadows. Set the text at an angle or wrap it around a circle.

Here's some hints and tips on making outstanding looking web graphics and banners.

Tip Number One

The number one banner creation tip is take your banners small? If a banner is too big, it will take a long time to load and visitors to your site may not wait and therefore will not see it, especially those viewers on dial-up connections. Many webmasters also have size restrictions on banners. Generally speaking, banners should be as small as possible with a maximum size of 15K for a 468x60 banner.

Animated vs. Static Images

When making banners, one choice you must make is to have an animated or static banner. Animated banners have a trade-off with size? Animated banners tend to be bigger (in kb) which causes them to load slower. If a banner takes too long to load, a user will never see it. Most banner exchanges will cap the size of a banner at 12KB or 15KB. Complex animations can take many frames, which causes the size of the banner to go up.

My personal preference is to use animations, but to keep the size down by using less than ten frames, not using background images, and keeping the number of colors to an absolute minimum. All graphics should be compressed.

GIFs vs. JPEGs

The two most popular formats for image files on the internet are gifs and jpegs. Each format has its strengths and weaknesses and understanding the differences can mean the difference between a good and bad looking image.

The gif format allows you to have transparent areas and animation. So, if your graphic image needs either transparency or animation you need to use a gif. However, gifs are limited to 256 colors, so pictures from digital cameras or images of people tend to look grainy or have washed out colors when saved as a gif.

The jpeg format is not limited to 256 colors, so pictures look outstanding, but the jpeg employs "lossy compression" on the images, meaning it takes images and in the process of shrinking the file, "guesses" as to what colors should be replaced. This is fine for pictures, but can cause problems for plain text.

To summarize, use gifs for text, transparency, and animation. Jpegs are best used for images (pictures) and gradients.

Other Tips

Don't clutter up the banner with lots of images that distract the eye. Make sure your banner has a clean look.

Include a 'Call to Action' such as 'Click Here', 'Free Trial' or 'Learn More' to encourage a viewer to click the banner.

If possible, check out the color scheme and style of the website where the banner will appear. Keep the style in mind when designing the banner. The license of this graphic software is Free Trial Software, the price is $39.99, you can free download and get a free trial before you buy. If you want to get a full or nolimited version of Banner Maker Pro, you can buy this graphic software.