Flash Banner Designer (formerly Websmartz Banner Designer Pro)

Flash Banner Designer is a comprehensive piece of software designed to help you design amazing Flash banners that can have static or animated backgrounds. They can be embedded into webpages, apps or help manuals by personalizing them with text, images, buttons, symbols and custom background photos.

The program is wrapped in a stylish and user-friendly layout, divided into the editing pad that comes with a grid and page ruler, as well as the editing toolbar. It offers a wide collection of template categories (e.g. job, medical, Christmas, child, mobile, gifts), geometrical shapes and buttons.

When creating a new design you have to pick the banner's format (leaderboard, standard, rectangle), background (solid, gradient, photo), along with the border's tone and size.

If you just want to make a banner quick, you can browse the rich variety of templates from the built-in gallery that comes with various groups, like travel, books, computers, art, retail or dating.

From the toolbar, you have the choice to insert overlays from a few options, such as clouds, dollars, stars or birds. You have the options to enter symbols (e.g. abstract, fashion, hobbies), geometrical forms (square, line, arc, oval, diamond) and square or round buttons. Each item can be customized with colors, sizes and special filters, like shadow, blur, emboss or outline.

Flash Banner Designer also lets to insert pictures from the computer and custom captions to describe your business idea or product. Plus, you can personalize each item with several transitions, such as stay, entry or exit, and set a display time and shadow effect.

Before publishing the banner, it's best to preview it and make the final modifications. Once you're happy with how it looks, you can publish it as an SWF or HTML file.

To sum it up, Flash Banner Designer is a reliable program that comes in handy to those who need a straightforward yet practical application to create and generate Flash banners for private or business purposes. It comes bundled with a large selection of background templates, symbols, buttons and forms.