I know that Photoshop is the best program to create a banner, but I don't have
that program and I want to make a banner. Can I use Fireworks? What does
Photoshop have that Fireworks does not.

This is something like I wanna do :
http://members.optusnet.com.au/willowb71/banner.jpg

I want to make what it looks like in the background of this banner, all the
images together and like a fade over color so they all match. I have NO idea
how to do this. If anyone knows of a tutorial for this type of banner please
help.

I basically want to see if something like this can be done in fireworks.. Any
help would be be appreciated. I've done a search and can only find tutorials
for basic banners, this one is a bit more advanced.

Thank you