Swish is perfect for this. Even the pro version is not that expensive. Norman --- Norman W. Bunn norman.bunn at craftedsolutions.com 803.405.1008 ---------------------------------------------- www.CraftedSolutions.com Crafted Solutions, Inc. Web Design & Development Web Site Hosting & Custom Solutions "Get the results the Internet promises; get the 'Net Result' from Crafted Solutions!" ---------------------------------------------- Dejan Kozina wrote: > Advanced Effect Maker has a freeware version at > http://www.effectmaker.com/application/download.html > If you are willing to code you may use ScriptSWF from > http://sswf.sourceforge.net. > > That's what's free; for 'cheap' try Swish Lite from > http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?area=products&product=lite. > > djn > > Dave Merrill wrote: > >> Any recommendations for free or cheap authoring tools for Flash banners, >> intro thingies, slide shows, menus etc.? Not full Flash apps, just these >> kinds of eye-candy or screen widget kinds of things. > >