Best Software for Poster Design

GotBainne?

Hi,

I have to design a Research Poster for a conference. I am not a graphic designer, but a mere science student, so I was wondering if you guys could advise what would be the best software to use for these purposes; Inkscape, OpenOffice Draw, Microsoft Visio, or Adobe Illustrator, bearing in mind I am a TOTAL novice.

A research poster would look like something like this;

Poster Example

Another Poster Example

Thanks for your help!
GB?

bette

This would do the job nicely

There's a steep learning curve with DTP but there a great forum here where are are some really, helpful people who can guide you along.

p

You can actually do an OK job with Word.

Something like Illustrator or InDesign would be good if you had access to them.

Kenny Logins

bette wrote: »

This would do the job nicely

There's a steep learning curve with DTP but there a great forum here where are are some really, helpful people who can guide you along.

I'd go with this too.

Try to avoid MS office software, they often output terrible PDFs if you use transparency or drop shadows, which can create printing problems.

Dublin_Gunner

A few years ago I actually used Sertif Pageplus 9 iirc

Its like a cut down version of InDesign, but I outputted perfect PDF's that I g
got printed just fine, so probably a good bet.

iscom

I would agree for pure ease of use and good value you can't go wrong using PagePlus I have been using it since PagePlus 2 and now am using the latest version which is PagePlus X5 (15)
A good way to judge software is the ability to use without having to read the instructions, but don't underestimate how good this software by it's east of use and low price. From doing detailed DPT to creating website to editing and creating photo images to producing pdf files, it ticks all the boxes for me.
I have a HP A0+ printer producing posters and photographs up 36" x 72" all from PagePlus
You can buy older version of PagePlus ( 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14) for under €30
I hope this is of some help