Our new project was to create an animated ad banner advertisement to promote an event, a service, a product, or a business. In our ad banner we had to use an image and text. We used the programs Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Flash Professional to create the ad. I chose to do my advertisement on condo rentals in Perdido Key, Florida because summer is coming up and people take vacations, especially to the beach. Perdido Key, Florida is not a place many people know about so that’s why I chose to do my banner on this. The audience for my ad is for everyone but mostly for adults. This is a good place for people to go and relax. I chose the ad banner tutorial called simple sunset image effect. The exact size of my banner is 400 x 300. I used a picture that was taken of Perdido Key Beach in Florida. Here is the original photo I used. I used text on my banner to say what my ad is about and where the picture is. To create my banner, I used the Align panel tool so my picture would fit “the stage.” I used the convert to symbol tool to make my picture a movie clip. I used the create a new layer tool to make the text layer. I had to keep that layer above my image so the text would show up on my picture. I used the adjust color tool to make the brightness of my image -50, I changed my contrast to 60, my saturation is 10, and my Hue is 10. I also used the create classic tween tool when I was almost done with my banner. I added a drop shadow to my text on my banner and rotated and skewed the text. I had to use these tools on my ad banner because I did not have enough tools used in the tutorial. The ad above is my finished piece. The way I added my banner to my blog is I first had to upload my Flash animation to a website. I did this by going to google.com, then signing in to my account. Next, I created a site with a blank template and gave it a name. Then I clicked on "more actions" and "manage site". I then clicked on "attachments" and then clicked on the "upload" button. I had to upload the .swf file and use the URL for the code our teacher gave us. I then click on the HTML tab on my blog post and copy the code into the box. I had to change the URL part of the code to the code of my website and change the width and height of the code to the size of my banner. The banner should then appear to my blog. The entire ad took me a class and a half to make. This concludes my blog.
