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nico-t · 11-11-2008, 08:26 AM

I used to not being fond of them but i did some tests and flash banners seem to get more clicks then static ones - just a couple of tests though.
Anyway, i can design a bit but never made anything flash. Is the learning curve high and what is the most user friendly software to make them? Right now im looking at what seems to be the 2 most popular, adobe flash and flash MX... im leaning towards flash mx because i design in fireworks mx, so the menus etc make probably more sense to me than adobe.

gornyhuy · 11-11-2008, 08:32 AM

Adobe bought Macromedia, so Flash is being slowly digested into the whole Adobe world. The versions you mentioned are just that - different release versions of the same software.

The choices you need to make are:
1)Do you want to learn to author flash banners yourself or outsource to a designer on an as-needed basis?
2)If you want to do it yourself, do you want to actually learn flash or do you want to buy a tool that doesn't require you to learn or buy the whole thing.
examples:
http://www.bannerdesignerpro.com
http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?area=products

nico-t · 11-11-2008, 08:37 AM

yea just saw that mx and adobe are now the same, i forgot that.
thanks for the links, such a tool looks perfect.

JamesK · 11-11-2008, 08:38 AM

Use Swish, it's great for starters

nico-t · 11-13-2008, 08:05 AM

so ive been playing around with swish minimax a bit, one thing im wondering, what are the best settings for exporting..... i get crappy ass exports, it looks slick as hell in swish but when i export it to swf the colors are faded and the text is all mixed up and up and down.

11-11-2008, 08:26 AM	#1
nico-t emperor of my world Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: nethalands Posts: 29,903	flash banners I used to not being fond of them but i did some tests and flash banners seem to get more clicks then static ones - just a couple of tests though. Anyway, i can design a bit but never made anything flash. Is the learning curve high and what is the most user friendly software to make them? Right now im looking at what seems to be the 2 most popular, adobe flash and flash MX... im leaning towards flash mx because i design in fireworks mx, so the menus etc make probably more sense to me than adobe.

11-11-2008, 08:32 AM	#2
gornyhuy Chafed. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Face Down in Pussy Posts: 18,041	Adobe bought Macromedia, so Flash is being slowly digested into the whole Adobe world. The versions you mentioned are just that - different release versions of the same software. The choices you need to make are: 1)Do you want to learn to author flash banners yourself or outsource to a designer on an as-needed basis? 2)If you want to do it yourself, do you want to actually learn flash or do you want to buy a tool that doesn't require you to learn or buy the whole thing. examples: http://www.bannerdesignerpro.com http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?area=products __________________ icq:159548293

11-11-2008, 08:38 AM	#4
JamesK hi Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 16,731	Use Swish, it's great for starters __________________ M3Server - NATS Hosting

11-11-2008, 08:37 AM	#3
nico-t emperor of my world Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: nethalands Posts: 29,903	yea just saw that mx and adobe are now the same, i forgot that. thanks for the links, such a tool looks perfect.

11-13-2008, 08:05 AM	#5
nico-t emperor of my world Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: nethalands Posts: 29,903	so ive been playing around with swish minimax a bit, one thing im wondering, what are the best settings for exporting..... i get crappy ass exports, it looks slick as hell in swish but when i export it to swf the colors are faded and the text is all mixed up and up and down.