Earlier this week I received some email about a new web graphic software site, QuickWebCreations. and since I don't own any of the expensive web graphic software packages and have yet to figure out how to use some of the free ones, I was very interested.
After reading the sales page and seeing how inexpensive it was I decided to try it out.
Now I have to admit that this graphic software service doesn't do everything you can do with a professional graphics package like layering or inserting images and placing them where you want however, for a lot less than $10 you can design some pretty neat Web 2.0 graphics with this online graphic software tool.
Using the QuickWebCreations web graphic software you can create headers, buttons and backgrounds with some Web 2.0 effects like:
- Filling your text or background with up to 4 different solid or gradient colors. For instance, if you chose to use 2 gradient colors you could have part of your test change from red to yellow in the top half and from yellow to orange in the bottom half.
- Outlining your text with 1 to 4 solid or gradient colors.
- Reflections. That's the mirror like effect you see on many of the Web 2.0 graphics.
- Shadowing.
- Adding directional lighting so things appear brighter in 1 area and darker in another.
- A Gloss Overlay. (I'm still playing with that 1 to understand it.)
Now unless you're already familiar with some of the terminology used in a web graphic software package there is a learning curve to using QuickWebCreations to produce the results you want. But the learning curve is minutes rather than days, weeks or even months.
All in all Quick WebCreations does a lot more than expected, is very easy to use, priced so anyone who really wants to put some Web 2.0 graphics on their site can afford it and produces some neat Web 2.0 images.
I'm very glad I checked out this new online resource and joined. In fact, I've already added a new header image to my newsletter using this super tool.
So if you're looking for an affordable and easy to learn tool to produce some shiny new graphics I highly recommend the new web graphic software, QuickWebCreations.
To Your Success,
Susan
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