making a banner for a website?

[cookiepuss]

yeah...how do I dos it?

what's a good program I can use?
any free programs I can download/use online?

[Waus]

Photoshop? Trial version of Photoshop?

You had the boss that didn't like buying software, right?

Pretty much everyone in the industry (as far as I know) either uses Photoshop of Flash to make their banner ads. You could use a different program, but I can't think of any off the top of my head that are both free and good - but then again whenever I didn't have a licensed Photoshop I was using a pirated version.

Size guide -
http://www.simplygraphix.com/banners_sizes.html

[faz]

Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/) is seen as the best free alternative to photoshop

[silence7]

Paint.net
http://www.getpaint.net


Ultimate Paint
http://www.ultimatepaint.com

[cookiepuss]

oooooh thanks for the input!

I made a makeshift one at some sort of free banner.com type thing. it will do for the moment...but it sucks just a little cause you can't manipulate the code to get rid of the sites own advertisement on your banner.(n)

So i am looking to redo it.