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Title: leaflet design software
Post by: Emil Dinev on May 02, 2011, 05:24:01 pm: I was wondering if anyone knows of a good software for designing leaflets, postcards etc. It doesn't have to necessarilly be free but wouldn't spend a fortune on it.
Any thoughts appreciated!

Cheers
Emil
Title: Re: leaflet design software
Post by: Mike Halliday on May 02, 2011, 05:39:32 pm: you need to chose a programme that is accepted by the printer you are going to use, its no good designing a leaflet in MS publisher which cannot be opened by the printer

photoshop is widely accepted, but is hard to learn.

but if you are going to print them at home the MS publisher is good
Title: Re: leaflet design software
Post by: Russ Chadd on May 02, 2011, 06:20:35 pm: I use MS publisher (Office 2010) and its great for creating perfectly good enough fliers, i find it easy to use and it now allows you to output to a range of file types including PDF which all commercial printing firms will be able to use .
Title: Re: leaflet design software
Post by: Mike Halliday on May 02, 2011, 06:32:07 pm: Russ the must have updated Publisher in my version you don't get a save in PDF option, i have to go online to convert it to a Jpeg which is accepted by my printer (printcarrier)
Title: Re: leaflet design software
Post by: AshWhite on May 02, 2011, 08:31:52 pm: If you design a flier on Vistaprint, then order some (minimum quantity - very often FOC), after the order has been placed you can open a preview, copy the whole page and paste it into MS Word.

Just an idea, if I realised you could do this I woulda saved myself approx £100 :'(
Title: Re: leaflet design software
Post by: Jamie Lindsay on May 02, 2011, 09:10:32 pm: use serif draw and the turn it into a pdf... you can get serif for free but only trial version but I think my flyer is ok but im obv gona say tht haha
Title: Re: leaflet design software
Post by: Jamie Pearson on May 02, 2011, 10:15:58 pm: Adobe Illustrator is what I use.

Plenty of good cracks out there and templates are easily found.

Make sure to get the bleeds right on anything you design.

It will take a little while to get used to it but there are plenty tutorials available online.

Stuff mocked up using this before sending to a designer/printer saves loads of time when changes need to made.
Title: Re: leaflet design software
Post by: Emil Dinev on May 03, 2011, 12:56:49 pm: Thanks all for your thoughts. I have zero knowledge on Photoshop but could try palying around with MS publisher.

Thanks again.
Emil
Title: Re: leaflet design software
Post by: AJB on May 03, 2011, 02:58:37 pm: I use this to create leaflets, rather than the pdf creator.

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/editor/index.htm
Title: Re: leaflet design software
Post by: Nick Attwood on May 04, 2011, 08:43:47 am: Quote from: Mike Halliday on May 02, 2011, 06:32:07 pm
Russ the must have updated Publisher in my version you don't get a save in PDF option, i have to go online to convert it to a Jpeg which is accepted by my printer (printcarrier)

Mike to save as PDF in office / publisher 2007 you need to install microsofts plugin (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4d951911-3e7e-4ae6-b059-a2e79ed87041) im sure there is also one for earlier copies aswell just search microsofts download centre.
Title: Re: leaflet design software
Post by: garyj on May 04, 2011, 09:55:21 am: The PDF isn't obvious in Publisher, see if you have have 'publish as' on your drop down menu, you access it from there rather than 'save as'.