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Post by kylem56 on Apr 10, 2020 12:52:12 GMT -6
Hey coaches
I have always relied on paying guys to do graphics for schedules, posters, etc. For those of you who already do these, what program do you recommend? I don't mind paying a little bit if its reasonable and easy to figure out.
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Post by larrymoe on Apr 10, 2020 13:06:19 GMT -6
Hey coaches I have always relied on paying guys to do graphics for schedules, posters, etc. For those of you who already do these, what program do you recommend? I don't mind paying a little bit if its reasonable and easy to figure out. Probably not what I used to create the logos of two of the schools I coached at- Microsoft Paint.😃😃😃 |
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Post by bobgoodman on Apr 11, 2020 10:59:54 GMT -6
Hey coaches I have always relied on paying guys to do graphics for schedules, posters, etc. For those of you who already do these, what program do you recommend? I don't mind paying a little bit if its reasonable and easy to figure out. If you have Windows or Linux, for most purposes I know of no better than the suite of programs that is Libre Office, which is available at no charge. For the most sophisticated graphics manipulation there's the GIMP (Graphic Image Manipulation Program), which is also free, but hardest to learn, and Libre Office Draw has by now incorporated most of the functions the GIMP had. Both programs are conversant in a vast number of file formats for exchange, printing, and incorporation into other graphics and documents. Paint programs (Microsoft and imitators) are good only if you're good at freehand drawing. If you want to do freehand and are good at it, if you have a scanner you're better off working on paper and scanning it than using a Paint program or the like. The advantage of the other programs is the ability to produce shapes automatically rather than freehand. Desktop publishing programs used to be the state of the art for layout and artwork, but I doubt they'd be worth the investment today, now that word processing, drawing, and slide presentation programs ("office") have incorporated the functions only the desktop publishing programs used to have. |
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wingfi
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Post by wingfi on Apr 11, 2020 12:38:06 GMT -6
I personally recommend Adobe Spark. They have a lot of templates which all look good and help me not to overthink that kind of design stuff. They plop their watermark in the bottom corner but you can pay ten bucks a month to get it removed (I personally don't subscribe but if I was putting up something that would be mass distributed I might consider it). The base program is free so you can mess around with it and see if you like it.
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Post by Chris Clement on Apr 12, 2020 15:37:28 GMT -6
Google drawings is not bad if you’re not getting too crazy with it.
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choprip
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Post by choprip on Apr 15, 2020 19:10:04 GMT -6
pixlr is a free browser based program that is like photoshop, but with less features obviously. Probably has everything you could need.
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Post by coachwoodall on Apr 15, 2020 19:12:43 GMT -6
Hey coaches I have always relied on paying guys to do graphics for schedules, posters, etc. For those of you who already do these, what program do you recommend? I don't mind paying a little bit if its reasonable and easy to figure out. Dude I know that does a bunch of this on the side as a MS coach and HS SID uses MicroSoft Publisher Though I have never done anything like this... |
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ssm
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Post by ssm on Apr 15, 2020 21:24:03 GMT -6
There's a few sites that I have used in the past. canva.com & postermywall.com are the two best that I have found. There are paid & free options for both. I used canva to create social media posts & poster my wall for fliers & schedule posters.
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