New Facebook Banners is a free to use website that lets you create customized banners for your Facebook Timeline profile. When you visit the site’s homepage, you can start creating a new timeline banner or begin to edit one that has already been made. Either way you get the same number of tools that let you draw, insert text, modify the image’s hue and colors, and add media from your computer or through the site’s partners.

When your banner has been completed, you can click on the “Done!” button in the bottom right; this lets you save the resulting banner on your computer in the PNG image format.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you create and image banner for Facebook Timeline profile.
• Let you start from an existing banner or from a new one.
• Saves banner in PNG image format.
• Similar tool: OnlineBannerGenerator.
• Also read related article: 3+ Ways to Customise Your Facebook Profile Picture.

Check out NewFacebookBanners @ www.newfacebookbanners.com (by MOin from Thumb Press)

Banner Hive is a brilliant website that is completely free to use. Using it you can create banners that span 4 pictures. For each picture you get a headline and sub-headline each. Next you select the look of the banner and effects you want it to have.

With your banner’s headings, links, and effects selected you click the final button and have the site render your banner. Your banner is generated and displayed in resolutions of 250×250, 468×60, and 160×600. HTML codes of each resolution are placed under the banner displays.

You can then simply copy the code and use it on whichever website you want.

Features:

• A user friendly website.
• Requires no registration.
• Creates banners that can be put up on websites.
• Generates HTML codes for banners.
• Banners are generated in resolutions of 250×250, 468×60, and 160×600.
• Similar tools: BannerFans, LiveBannerMaker and Rotatee.
• Also read related article: How To Make Your Own Banner For Your Website.

Check out Banner Hive @ www.bannerhive.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

You can also add some flare to your badge by adding shadows, glows, text and even a peel effect that will make your badge look fresh and trendy. Once down, you can download the badge as a PNG image and embed it anywhere on the web.

The whole process takes less than a minute and does not require you to download any script or sign up for any account.

Features:

• Generate free badge online.
• Choose from several shapes, sizes and colors.
• Add visual effects to your badge.
• No registration required.
• Similar tools: Web2.0Badges.

Visit FreshBadge @ www.freshbadge.com

The LiveBannerMaker makes the entire process of creating website banners a cakewalk.

Features:

• Easily create website banners online.
• No sign up required to create and download banners.
• Add custom backgrounds and effects. Also upload images to the banner.
• Share your banner across various social networks directly from the site.
• Also see our recent post “How To Make Your Own Banner For Your Website“.

Check out LiveBannerMaker @ www.livebannermaker.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

Features:

• Create graphics for free online.
• Customize graphics in terms of size, colors, backgrounds, gradients and layers.
• Add text and badges in variety of shapes and colors.
• Import created graphics as PNG, GIF or JPG image.
• Free, no sign up needed.

Check out KingStyles @ www.kingstyles.com

Currently there is also 400k image size limit per images. The GIFs can be uploaded both from a hard drive or web URL. Below is a list of features GIFWorks offers:

• Transload.
• Optimize for web.
• Revert.
• Insert text.
• Resize.
• Crop.
• Rotate.
• Flip.
• Replace color.
• Add transparency.
• Split  to frames.

Update: The site is no longer functional

Check out GifWorks @ http://gifworks.com

To start, select the banner template, enter banner text and add select provided clip-art images from the library. Then customize the banner by dragging your graphics around. Finally can click on the “Create Banner” button and save it onto your computer. OnlineBannerGenerator is completely free to use and unlike many other banner creators it does not leave any watermarks.

Features:

• Free banner maker for websites.
• Create as many banners as you like.
• Customize banner with different templates, text and clip-arts.
• Download banners onto your computer.
• Completely free and there is no watermarks.
• Similar websites: BannerFans and AnimationOnline.

Check out OnlineBannerGenerator @ www.onlinebannergenerator.com

Features:

• Create animated GIF images online.
• Upload content from your computer, Flickr or YouTube.
• Up to 10 images can be used in the animation.
• Select speed (Normal, Slow, Fast, Slideshow).
• Get direct image link and BB code for forums.
• Free, no registration.
• Similar websites: MakeAGIF and GIFmake.

Check out Gickr @ www.gickr.com

Below is a sample banner created using AnimationOnline.com

Features:

• Instant banner creator.
• Create as many ad banners as you like.
• Customize text and background color.
• Manage all your banners in one place online.
• Similar websites: BannerFans.

Check out AnimationOnline @www.animationonline.com

Just go to the site, select one of the templates, add your text, apply desired colors and styles and when ready download it on to your computer. That is it!

Features:

• Create web badges online.
• Create as many badges as you like.
• Customize, colors, text font, angle… etc.
• Download created badges onto your computer
• No signup.

Check out Web2.0Badges @ www.web20badges.com