I recently came across a product from a french company called Aquafadas called BannerZest Pro. The application esentially lets you simply and easily create flash banners for website headers etc. using a simple Mac interface with drag and drop as well as featuring a quick and easy to use inspector panel. It also comes with a lot of cool themes that you apply just with a click.
The Themes
You can choose from a lot of different themes in BannerZest Pro and they are all some very nice themes. From standard slideshow themes to some more creative waterapperance themes and to the famous Cover Flow effect. All just by dragging some images in and then choosing a theme from the inspector panel and it will be applied instantly.
Summary
I definately think that the BannerZest Pro application is a really positive looking application that I might even end up using on some different occations. I’m a little disappointed for its name though, that you cannot get that many templates that can let you make a web banner. There are definately more slideshow themes in it, but considering this and the constant evolvement of the application, it is definately a great program that I think suits itself for anyone that wants to make a slideshow or banner quickly in Flash!
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I created the website as a hobby, and wanted something special on it,so I came accross Bannerzest and used it. It is very simple to use for non professionals like me. I’m sure I’ll integrate a couple more banners. The very good thing you see a preview of your work before you download it on your website. Can really recommend it. Please excuse my english I’m a 60 year old from Germany.