Banner ads for 2007 Tcl/Tk conference

[Ken Jones, Avia Training]

I remembered that for the 2005 Tcl/Tk conference in Portland, Brian
Griffin worked with one of the sponsors, Mentor Graphics, to come up
with some banner ads to promote the conference. I hadn't seen any for
this year, though. And every once in a while I get the itch (and more
rarely, the free time) to play around a bit. Keep in mind that I'm not
a professional graphic artist, though, just a dabbler.

I ended up with two half-banner sized (234 x 60 pixel) GIFs that I'm
not too embarrassed of. I started out by searching for various stock
photos on the Internet that could be used freely without royalties.
The ones I selected can be used for commercial purposes, and don't
require attribution. Then I scaled and cropped them down to the same
half-banner size that we used in 2005; big enough to be noticed, but
not big enough to overwhelm a page. And finally, I put in some simple
animated text to attract attention (which is the whole point, isn't
it?).

Each one is less than 17KB in size. I have no problem with anyone
using them to promote the conference. I don't really have time to
create any other designs or sizes, so if they don't suit you... well,
don't use them. About the only thing that would get me to make any
changes is if anyone reports a typo. :-)

You can grab them off my web site at:

http://www.avia-training.com/images/2007-conference-jazz.gif
http://www.avia-training.com/images/2007-conference-depths.gif

I must admit that I particularly like the way the "jazz" one turned
out.

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[Larry W. Virden]

And, if you would like to learn more about the fall Tcl conference,
visit http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2007/ . Come sign up for the
tutorials and the conference. This is not just a conference/workshop
for experts in tcl, c, etc.
This is a place where someone who wants to learn more tcl, meet
members of the TCT, and generally raise your familarity of Tcl can do
so.