Timeline for Software to use for creating posters for academic conferences?
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| Jul 18, 2018 at 13:42 | comment | added | aquirdturtle | I've been trying inkscape for a presentation poster and honestly I can't recommend it for this purpose at all. Its text handling is abysmal, and this is obviously necessary for any poster. | |
| May 2, 2017 at 9:30 | comment | added | einpoklum | While I'll agree this is a reasonable fallback it doesn't offer anything that's specific to academic poster layout; and there's no "hand-holding" as in design themes or mechanism for enforcing design consistency etc. | |
| S Jan 21, 2016 at 16:59 | history | suggested | svick | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 13, 2012 at 15:07 | comment | added | Suresh | Ah. Now I realize that an outlaw leather chic is what was missing from my life thus far :) | |
| Jun 13, 2012 at 15:02 | comment | added | JeffE | @tobeni: Exactly. Inkscape's great for simple stuff, and you get more exercise using it, but it's not the right tool for anything really serious, and once you use Illustrator, it's hard to go back. Also, it's kind of clunky, and Illustrator has this whole outlaw leather chic going for it. | |
| Jun 13, 2012 at 13:30 | comment | added | torbenl | @Suresh It is not an Open Source version of Illustrator but it has similar capabilities. | |
| Jun 13, 2012 at 13:25 | comment | added | torbenl | @JeffE => Inkscape always works, does not require a drivers license, and does not pollute the environment :-) | |
| Jun 12, 2012 at 15:27 | comment | added | Suresh | Is there an open source variant of illustrator ? | |
| Jun 12, 2012 at 5:51 | comment | added | JeffE | @Suresh: Inkscape is an open-source Illustrator like a Schwinn is a manual Harley-Davidson. | |
| Jun 11, 2012 at 15:22 | comment | added | Suresh | @torbenl: Isn't Inkscape essentially open source Illustrator ? just like gimp and photoshop. | |
| Jun 6, 2012 at 16:03 | comment | added | StrongBad | @torbenl I think that information would improve the answer significantly since being able to edit the poster where ever you work is critical. | |
| Jun 6, 2012 at 14:26 | comment | added | torbenl | @DanielE.Shub To me free and cross platform matters. I can use Inkscape on MacOSX at work, and on Ubuntu at home - and I do not have to pay for it. | |
| Jun 6, 2012 at 12:42 | comment | added | StrongBad | @torbenl According to inkscape.org Inkscape is a: vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X. Of your bullet points, the two that differentiate Inkscape and Illustrator are free and cross platform, but I don't see how this matters for making a poster. This is nothing against Inkscape. Had you posted first, I would have made the comment on the Illustrator answer. | |
| Jun 6, 2012 at 11:59 | comment | added | torbenl | @DanielE.Shub If Inkscape was an Open Source version of Illustrator, you could have a point - but it is not. | |
| Jun 5, 2012 at 14:45 | comment | added | Yann | +1 I use Inkscape, and there are plugins for LaTeX so you can add vectorized math or content directly from your LaTeX-based publications. Also it's free.... | |
| Jun 5, 2012 at 11:00 | comment | added | StrongBad | I wonder if this would be better as a comment to the Illustrator answer. While there are differences between the two, the work flow for making a poster is almost identical. | |
| Jun 5, 2012 at 9:59 | history | answered | torbenl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |