Designing Logo & Banner

[Amethyst]

Hello all i am very confuse here there are alot of tools that we could design logo and banner? could anyone help me which one is the best for a newbie like me?

i would like to start out by creating a header banner 780x140 for my site ..well im actually not much into graphic but would like to try our creating on for my self...Thinking of a football banner ... i have several football jpeg and would like to mixed them witheffect and write text on them so that i would be a banner for my header...The current banner i am using is just a temporary ones..

my site: http://www.ht-arena.com/braveheartrangers

any suggestion will be apprieciated...

thanx

Tytus

[girlx]

you would normally use photoshop or illustrator for this. i use photoshop. to start, go to file> new and put in the measurements of your banner. it will open a canvas for you. you use the layers palette to add elements to your canvas, and the toolbox to affect those elements (change color, add type, etc.)... if you don't know anything about photoshop this is a good time to learn! i taught myself. use their help files or the vast resources on the internet. you can probably type "how to create a banner" into google and get tons of info.

[Explorer]

photoshop cs

or

fireworks mx

and for animated gif files

flash mx

Explorer

[horse]

780 width will be too wide on a resolution of 800 with margins and scrollbars.

Try 760

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[francois]

hi'

fireworks mx and xara webstyle4 along with the integration of dreamweaver ...

nice to work with these tools

francois

[Amethyst]

hey everone thanx for the tips yes i will try it and teach my self for the banner...regards

tytus