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["Scott Boggs" <scott AT scottboggsdesign.com>]

I would first think of using Flash for your animation. But you could toggle from Photoshop to Image Ready and fade the text using tweens. I believe that Image Ready can create .swf files which you could place in the HTML.

Below is the <object> code that Flash generated to place a .swf file ("file_name.swf") in an HTML page. You'd need to change the file name, width, height, and bgcolor (if it's not white). This  .swf file is in the same folder as the HTMl file.

<object classid=""clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"" codebase=""http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0
" width="550" height="400" id="
file_name" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="
file_name.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><embed src="""
file_name.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="
550" height="400" name="file_name" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>

Maybe that will help.
Scott

On 10/5/06, Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org> wrote:

Normally I would pay a professional to do banner ads, but I'm working
on a personal project with no budget, and was going to give it a try
myself.  I'm looking to just fade some text in and out in a banner
ad, but am having trouble finding the right tools.  Are people
creating GIFs these days, or is this better done with Shockwave?  I'm
fluent with Photoshop, but that doesn't seem to get me all the way to
animated banner.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

___________________________________________________________________
Michael Czeiszperger
Chapel Hill, NC
michael AT czeiszperger.org



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