How to make a banner?

You can not submit a website on the Internet without your own banner. Such advertising not only allows you to attract visitors, but is the "face" of the site, its image. And about the image is always pretty worried. Therefore, make a banner - the task is the first priority and very responsible. You can do this in several ways.

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Why do you need a banner?

The banner is a graphic image or a text advertising unit that tells about the activities of the site and invites you to visit it. Such an advertisement is very effective because it openly calls visitors to go to the specified site.

It is very important to make a banner attractive. Then they responded significantly more.

Banners can be manufactured by traditional or more advanced technology. Traditional banner is a graphic image in JPG or GIF format. To draw attention to such advertising, developers can make it "alive" - \u200b\u200banimated.

If the banner is made in Flash or Java format, then it is considered to be made using a more advanced technology. In this case, vector graphics are used, which allows you to develop a qualitative animation. Even if the banner has the most small size, the image quality will be high.

A feature of the "advanced" banners will also be the fact that the sound can be applied to them. The track will be played when the user will browse the advertisement or when it will perform certain actions.

Banners, in any format they have not been fulfilled, perform such basic tasks:

1. Attract attention and are interested in the user. Statistics prove that those sites whose banners had an attractive appearance visited more often.
2. Tells more about the company, company. The banner must fully impersonate the principle of the organization, this is a kind of graphic motto.
3. Moves to action. Such advertising should not only call, but also push the use of services or purchase goods.

Create a banner can be several methods:

• order it with a designer;
• make it yourself using a graphic editor;
• take advantage of a special program;
• choose online - service for creating banners.

Having minimal computer spending skills and graphic programs, you can develop a banner on your own. It will significantly save funds and will allow you to get an important experience that in the future it is imperative.

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How to create a banner using an online program?

This is the most popular method to make a banner with your own hands. For this you do not need to download or acquire special programs. Everything functions in online mode.

There are a lot of online services that will cope with the task. One of them is bannerfans.com. It has an understandable interface, a Russian-language menu and the full functionality for the development of high-quality banners.

The advantage of this service will also be the fact that there is an impressive number of examples - templates, on the basis of which you can make your advertisement. This is especially important for beginners when there is no experience and skills to develop your option.

To get your banner, you need:

• select size and background for banner in the editor. They can be selected from the template or manually entered;
• select the category "Text" and set the font size, its kind, color, etc.;
• add effects in the form of shadows, frames, etc.;
• save banner in the required format. You can choose PNG, GIF or JPG.

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Create a banner using auxiliary program

It is not necessary to look for a complex program that can cope with the task. Even simpler, but functionally "savvy" is suitable. This is Easy Gif Animator. The program is paid, but its big plus - you can make 20 test starts for free. This is enough to make several banners.

The program interface is understood even to those who are far from graphic editors. The banner creation algorithm is similar to the process described above. This is the most simple, but an affordable program to quickly create your "brainchild".

You can also select programs:

1. Banner Maker Pro is a simple interface and limited functionality. Designed to create elementary banners.
2. ULead Gif Animator is a challenging management, but a large selection of tools and opportunities to develop a perfect banner.
3. Banner Designer Pro is a professional program to create "advanced" options. Not the easiest interface, but the software has a large selection of tools to embody your ideas.

The banner is the "face" of the company, because its creation must be approached with full responsibility. A large selection of programs, online services and resources will allow a decent end result.