============================= SmartAge Banner Studio Readme ============================= Great-looking banner ads that get clicked on often don't have to be hard to make. With SmartAge Banner Studio, you can quickly create professional-looking banners - even animated ones! Banner Studio is a free downloadable tool that lets you create a banner right on your PC, where you can make changes and see immediate results. You'll have the flexibility to create whatever design you want, with pictures, circles, lines, and animation. Plus you can save your banner in two formats: GIF format, so you can upload your banner to banner ad-services like SmartAge SmartClicks and Media Buyer, or Banner Studio's own BNR format, which lets you edit your banner at a later time. Requirements and features: Using Banner Studio is simple. All you need is: - A Windows 95/98/NT PC - About 8MBytes of disk space And you'll have access to: - Static or animated (moving) graphics - 468x60 pixels of banner space (SmartAge and IAB standard banner ad size) - Rectangle, ellipse, and freehand drawing tool - Multiple text fonts and colors - Ability to Import pictures - Saving in GIF format (for submitting to banner networks) - Banner Studio BNR file format (for saving and revising later) =============================================