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BannerZest Pro - 1.3

Create stunning flash banners with your images in a few clicks.

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All Time:	(3.6)
Version 1.3:	(3.5)
Selected Version:	1.3
Release Date:	2008-12-16
License:	Update
Downloads (version 1.3):	787
Downloads (all versions):	12,161
Price:	$129.00

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Product Description:

BannerZest is Flash presentation software for professional and amateur web designers. Turn your pictures into a flash slideshow with a few simple clicks and share it on your website. BannerZest doesn't require you to know or even possess Flash!

BannerZest uses the concept of themes, that work like templates. You don't have to spend hours in Flash for a beautiful animation. Our designers have done it for you! Paste your photos, choose the colors, done!

Whether you are using Apple iWeb, RapidWeaver, Dreamweaver or any other tool, BannerZest will let you put your banners online in no time. Uploading your work via FTP or to your .Mac account is fully supported from within BannerZest. Integrating a banner on a page is as simple as pasting a code snippet prepared for you. Social web sites are supported too.

The PRO version adds the ability to attach a URL to each media in the banner and integrates seamlessly with media viewers such as LightBox and ShadowBox. It also features exclusive themes and a media browser giving easy access to images on disk, in iPhoto, Aperture and Lightroom.

What's new in this version:

new theme: Sakura lets you create a beautiful scrolling banner for your site or blog. (demo here)
spanish localization
fixed a compatibility with our test page and Flash Player 10. The Copy button now works as expected.
< fixed a bug on the back cover of the flex book
bug fixes in the various themes
updated some localized strings

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

Flash Player 9.0.45 or above
256Mb of memory (512Mb or above recommended)
a FTP or .Mac account for publishing

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.3:
Overall Rating:	(3.5)	Features:	(4.0)	Support:	(2.5)
Ease of Use:	(2.5)	Quality / Stability:	(4.0)	Price:	(2.5)

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Dissatisfactory customer support - Version: 2.0.1, 10/7/2009 01:52PM PST

tenshoo

I bought BannerZest Pro in June 2009. In September, Version 2 came out. So, I used version 1.x for just about 3 months. You would expect an upgrade to be out of question. Not so with Aquafadas!

Though I like the product, this policy is ripping off customers!

An amazing piece of software - Version: 2.0.1, 9/29/2009 09:15PM PST

jr.thibault

I have been using this product since the very beginning and I have total satisfaction with it. The new sound capacity is a plus and it gives a professional look.

Keep on developing BannerZest Pro with some more themes in the future.

Pro or No? - Version: 1.6, 8/30/2009 10:36PM PST

roddy_mckay

You don't have to be a Pro to use this application and I would agree that those who can't get it to work are unfairly criticizing this application. I had the opportunity to buy it for half price in a deal and had my first "creation" up and running on an iWeb built site in about 30 minutes.
While the method of getting it to work on your website is not exactly a no brainer, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out. I have outlined the procedure I used for getting a banner to run on a site built using iWeb '09 in a comment to the previous poster.
I do think that it would be hard to justify the cost of BannerZest Pro for use on on or two personal websites but, if you design for others, it is a useful application for quickly producing something different.