what programs do you guys use for animated banners/buttons?

just want to create a few simple buttons/banners.. what software are you guys using?

 

I use and LOVE Xara Webstyle. See it here: http://www.xara.com/products/webstyle/

 

I use Photoshop to design them, then I animate them with Flash.

 

Is that what you used for your avatar?
Pretty cool.

 

Actually I animated it a long time ago using artful gif animator. The graphics are from an old video game.

 

Photoshop and Image Ready for me

 

I saw the demos at the ZARA website and that program looks pretty cool, just dont know if I want to spend $80 on it.

I already have photoshop and I have flash around here somewhere.. just have to install it, so I think I'll go with them.

thanks for the info

 

dont like the background and the text colours.... but the layout is nice.....

 

same here, though i use 6.0

 

Ulead gif animator is good for Gif animated gif's.

http://www.ulead.com/ga/runme.htm

 

I'm a big fan of Macromedia and I use Fireworks 8. I find it's easy to add and edit the layers of the animation.

Fireworks 8

 

Photoshop & Image ready are my favorites

 

Ditto. I use Adobe wherever possible.

 

I use Fireworks - animated banners and buttons are no problem.

 

Macromedia Fireworks (now Adobe), way more efficient than using Photoshop and Image Ready.

 

Adobe Imageready for animation

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I use MotionGIF.

 

adobe and flash

 

Babarosa (can be found free at www.download.com)

 

gif movie gear is very easy to use