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Creating Animated Web and Social Media Banners in Photoshop and Flash

by Andy Mitchell

In this Photoshop and Flash tutorial, we'll learn production concepts in creating a banner ad campaign. Software required: Photoshop CS6, Flash CS6.

What you'll learn

In this Photoshop and Flash tutorial, we'll learn production concepts in creating a banner ad campaign. Throughout these lessons, we'll look at steps to create a campaign consisting of several different banner ad placements including Flash animated, GIF animated, static mobile and social media placements. We begin by examining a Flash banner storyboard in Photoshop followed by creating an animated banner in Flash. Afterwards, we'll create a static, non-animated banner in Photoshop. Then we'll go over creating a mobile banner and an animated GIF banner for the same campaign. To conclude, we'll create banner ads for use in social media. By the end of this Photoshop and Flash training, you'll have everything you need to create a full web advertising campaign for your product, site, or business. Software required: Photoshop CS6, Flash CS6.

About the author

Andy Mitchell is an interactive designer in the Atlanta area and currently designs email, banner, and social media placements for an agency in the retail sector. His interest in the interactive dates back to his previous career in audio engineering when he did sound design for “new media”. Andy has worked in both in-house and agency roles creating for clients such as NOPI Motorsports, Care.org, College Board, Quebecor, Benjamin Moore, Callaway Golf, Kodak Dental, Verizon, Coca-Cola, Home Depot, ... more

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