Banner ad? - Who can help me build one?

[Craig 930 RS]

Something like these, sponsoring a site and I don't have the know-how to build one:

http://forum.specmiata.com/advertisers.php

Thanks!

[stomachmonkey]

Is that the site you'll be advertising on and are those the exact sizes?

[slodave]

Eh, I used to do that. I looked at the link and I might still have it in me. I'd be happy to try and help you out. Just don't ask for it to be ready by 8 A.M. tomorrow. <- The guys I did work for always hit me up the evening before.

[HardDrive]

.gif ads pretty easy. Flash is more time consuming. Depends on the complexity.

[mkaraoglan]

i can whip one out tonight. Pm what you need. i assume .gif or animated gif? (ie: some of the elements change on a timer.)
i'll be doing some stuff for my old company tonight so i'll already be on my computer).

[911Rob]

can you guys tell me how to build a gif ad?
I run Photoshop Creative Suite, but I've never built a gif file.
thanks if you can?

[mkaraoglan]

Originally Posted by 911Rob

can you guys tell me how to build a gif ad?
I run Photoshop Creative Suite, but I've never built a gif file.
thanks if you can?

do you mean an animated gif ad?

for a gif ad you just do a [save for web ] under the [file tab] and pick gif. you then select the type of file in drop down menu at top right. you can chose jpeg/gif/png.

for animated gifs you have to use the layers function in photoshop.
first go under [window] tab and make sure that the [animation] option is selected. that will bring up a toolbar that looks like a slide show.
think of slide one as one animation state, the first slide, then drag that 'slide' to the icon below in the animation tolbar that looks like a folded sheet, that copies the slide and creates the second slide in the animation.
so now you have two identical slides with the same layers.
if you go to the second 'slide' and go to your layers and select what the animation becomes in slide 2 you effectively have two types of layers being revealed in slide 1 and 2. you can set the time interval between the two.

the item labeled [forever] in the animation toolbar controls the amount of loops and you can sleect how long each slide stays on by clicking the '10 second' icon and changing the time

i am sure this is very confusing....

last step is to [save for web] and export a gif.

that's it....

[911Rob]

Nope! I think I got it!
Thanks very much Marc.... I'll give it a whirl.
appreciate your time buddy.
Cheers,

PS: Craig if you need any help with your ad, let me know; i'd be happy to help you out.
I can do any kind of JPeg or Tiff ads very easily and hopefully with some practise, a gif too.
Cheers! rob@rolyn.biz