What design software?

[Evil Chris]

What are designers using nowadays for banner creation?
Apart from Photoshop, what software is the best for animating banners at optimal compression?

[=^..^=]

these days it seems everyone uses flash

[Firehorse]

Flash seems to be the standard.

[Evil Chris]

I don't mean flash. I mean standard animated gif banners.

[WebTitan]

Originally posted by Evil Chris
I don't mean flash. I mean standard animated gif banners.

can still use Flash MX, you can create the nice bits in there, then when you export it, just export it as a GIF file. ;)

[Lunae]

Macromedia Fireworks

[Newton - XXXAmigoz]

Gif Animator / Fireworks

[=^..^=]

Originally posted by WebTitan
can still use Flash MX, you can create the nice bits in there, then when you export it, just export it as a GIF file. ;)

yes im gonna be workign on doing this for some 3d stuff i'd liek in banners

it's a long process but i figure if I can get the compression rates down and still keep it looking tight - I can be first person in my college class to get an 'A' this semester

[SetTheWorldonFire]

ImageReady

anything else would be uncivilized

[Evil Chris]

I love your new sig.

[Rob]

Originally posted by SetTheWorldonFire
ImageReady

anything else would be uncivilized

Here, Here!

[mammy]

photoshop and fireworks are the best for gif banner creation
there are a lot of shitty programms
with shitty to use one time effects like ulead gif animator and so on
but the real profesionals
create their own effects in photoshop

[stevecore]

Ive switched from Microsoft Gif Animator to ImageReady... it's much faster but MGA was great back in the day.

[JulianSosa]

Originally posted by Evil Chris
What are designers using nowadays for banner creation?
Apart from Photoshop, what software is the best for animating banners at optimal compression?

Are you serious?

[SomeCreep]

I hate flash animations, they dont work for people who surf with active-x turned off.