Poster design

[oreomac]

I have designed a poster for the univeristy course I'm on, people where I work are impressed with it & want to put copies of it on the wards at the hospital. I don't know the best application to use, I only have what came with my iBook & office. My poster is A1 size but needs to become A2 size. I just don't know if this is going to be possible.

 

[hodgjy]

I always use PowerPoint for my posters. The best is Adobe Illustrator, but sometimes that's a beast to use.

If you have PowerPoint, use that. Otherwise, OpenOffice.org also has a presentation package that is PowerPoint compatible, and it's free.

To make a poster in these programs, just set your page size to custom, and set the dimensions.

 

[redeye be]

Maybe your local copy-centre can help, paper copy to smaller size or scan it in for editing.
How did you make the poster?

 

[oreomac]

Maybe your local copy-centre can help, paper copy to smaller size or scan it in for editing.
How did you make the poster?

I used a cardboard & then cut out letters, printed the text etc. I didnt' see how I could print it A1 size.

I'll give powerpoint a go, hopefully it will be ok

 

[Blue Velvet]

A1 & A2 are exactly the same shape. When you print it, there may be an option in the print box to scale it down by 71% (70.716% to be more exact )

 

[klaus]

Hello,

Just a correction, A1 is not the same shape as A2 That would be saying A3 is the same shape as A4

A1 is the size of 2 A2 posters. Since you are downsizing, you could use indesign for the page setup, and then export to a pdf and go to your local printshop. They'll have plotters which can print up to A0 (twice an A1). They'll fix you up in no time!

Care to show us a preview of the poster? You made me curious!

Cu

 

[Blue Velvet]

Hello,

Just a correction, A1 is not the same shape as A2 That would be saying A3 is the same shape as A4

Which it is. I didn't say anything about size.

You misunderstand me and perhaps I was unclear, but they are the same shape in the sense that their sides have the same ratio to each other which is the square root of 2.

So scaling the artwork up or down would be entirely appropriate.

 

[AppleMatt]

Hello,

Just a correction, A1 is not the same shape as A2 That would be saying A3 is the same shape as A4

UK paper measurements are done in ratios, so they are the same shape and they have the same scaling factor.

AppleMatt

 

[russed]

their sides have the same ratio to each other which is the square root of 2.

wow i never knew that, but thinking of it, it makes perfect sense!

you learn something every day!

 

[oreomac]

Thanks for the help, it was so easy. I've now put it to A1 size & then it can be scaled. The only thing I don't know how to do is when I typed the text in word for the poster I made, i put it in oval shapes can that be done in powerpoint? I've only ever used powerpoint a couple of times & then it was just doing a slide show with bullet lists.

 

[iGary]

Which it is. I didn't say anything about size.

You misunderstand me and perhaps I was unclear, but they are the same shape in the sense that their sides have the same ratio to each other which is the square root of 2.

So scaling the artwork up or down would be entirely appropriate.

Zing!!