Want a custom design for your web banner? Want to create a banner ad to showcase your products or services? Want a customized MySpace banner? Or just creating a banner for signatures on message boards? There are many free banner creators or banner generators on the web. Here are 10 of my favorite banner generators I have tried.
Here is a website where everything you need to make a banner is available on one page. If you just began creating banners, this may be a good place to make a very simple banner. There are only a few elements you can modify in your banner. They are the background color (solid or gradient), three lines of text, and two graphic elements from their gallery. Although very limited in variety, it is an excellent tool for fancy-less banners. Your banner comes in a small file size which is often required for banner exchanges and advertising networks.
Here is another easy-to-use website to create your banner. At Search Bliss, there are several banner backgrounds you can select from. The backgrounds contain some graphics. You simply need to add the two lines of text to your banner. You can modify the font type, font size and font color to complete the overall look of your banner. You have a choice of saving your banner in GIF or JPEG format.
At the PC Man Website, you have a choice of five banner sizes to choose from. There are hundreds of banner templates you can use for your banner background, including cartoon images and "Click here!" signs suitable for banner ads. You can customize three lines of text, each of which you can change the font type, size and color independently. Once you have completed your banner, simply right click and save the image. It's that easy!
At Crecon, there are some interesting banner backgrounds, some of which includes photo images. You can change two lines of text which you can modify its font type, size and color. If you have your own image, you can also use them for your own background and create a fully customized banner. All files are in the GIF format.
Banner Sketch must be one of my favorites so far. You can select beautiful picture banner templates listed by category. However, you are limited in the banner size. You can select from two banner sizes, namely (468 x 60) and (234 x 60). What I like about Banner Sketch is that there is a fantastic selection of fonts to choose from, unlike the other banner maker sites I have visited. I found some great typewriter fonts I was looking for, jersey fonts and Harry Potter fonts, The Godfather font, Matrix font, and many more. You get to customize three lines of text and can even rotate the text if you like. The codes for your banner will be e-mailed to you. The codes are for websites, forums, links, etc. An excellent banner maker website!
At My Banner Maker, there are eight banners to choose from. You have a choice of solid or gradient background. You can also select nice fonts here. The good thing about the fonts is that the font style or design is displayed in the sample instead of the font name. So you can change to the one you like instantly rather than browse the font list for hours before finding the right one. You can also change the border width and color as well as add special effects such as glitter text, blinking text, black and white, blur, negative, edge detect, plastic wrap, brighten, and darken. You really have to explore these effects for yourself to know what they all mean. You have a choice of creating a normal banner, or forum banner, or MySpace banners. A cool tool!
What I like about Pimp My Profile is that you can customize your banner size completely. You can also change the background color, border color and width, and lots of fonts to choose from. Some of the fonts are unusual too. If you prefer your own background image, you can also upload it here and customize the text. You will then be given the HTML code for your website or blog header and BB Code for forums. There are many other generators on Pimp My Profile. There are layout generators for various social networking sites such as MySpace,
Hi5 and Friendster. In fact there is a whole section of generators especially for MySpace users which includes extended network banner, MySpace layout snatcher, comment box generator and auto bulletin. Besides this, there are other graphic generators such as flash slideshow, shadow text, glitter text generators. This is a fantastic website to create your own banners and other cool stuff!
If you want to write more than two to three lines on your banner, go to Banner Fans. Here you can create up to six lines of text. You have a choice of a solid or gradient background or even upload your own image for the background. You can also customize the border designs with solid, dashed, double solid or double dashed designs. Shadows and effects can also be created. You can simply download the banner image created or get the codes for MySpace header, your websites, blogs or even forums.
At Quick Banner, you can only customize one line of text. If you want more lines, you have to use other banner generators. You can change the font color and size. You can also customize the font style. Similar to My Banner Maker, the font style is displayed rather than the font name, which makes it easier for you to select the best font for your banner. The second step is to choose a free banner template from their collection. Unfortunately, there is not much templates to choose from. Nevertheless, you can still create a nice-looking banner here.
At Banner Break, you have a selection of banners to choose from. You can then customize one line of text unfortunately. You can change the font type and size, slant it at an angle, create a text outline and shadow. The banners created can be used for forums, websites, blogs and MySpace extended network banner.
The best part about all these banner maker sites is that they are all free and easy to create. Have fun creating your own banners for your websites or ads!
