free flyer creation software?

[cofi]

i have to make a couple of flyers for my lil bro i used easy flyer creator(its awesome) when i went to save my flyer it wouldnt let me untll i payed 40$.....im not gonna do that for 1 flyer....does anyone know of any freeware that will allow me to create flyers(preferably with templates)

[00tec]

Does it allow you to print from that software? If so, print to PDF using bullzip.

[cofi]

Does it allow you to print from that software? If so, print to PDF using bullzip.

no everythings locked....super gay if it was like 10 bucks id pay it but 40 is crazy

[hammer03]

get it how you want it, print screen, paste into MS paint or whatever, print from there

:)

[cofi]

get it how you want it, print screen, paste into MS paint or whatever, print from there

:)
HA awesome i will try this out today!

[ghettodub]

GiMP is a free photo/image manipulation application, and has similar features to Photoshop

[00tec]

Or, you could always obtain photoshop...

[Mazin]

There might be a free Template for MS Word?

[cofi]

Or, you could always obtain photoshop...
the last time i tried to obtain anything i gave my computer herpies and had like 40 toolbars in my browser...lol :)

i would like to obtain the original program i mentioned just dont know the right places to go....perhaps a member could pm me some sites

[Byte Stryke]

MS word?
Open Office?

[Byte Stryke]

the last time i tried to obtain anything i gave my computer herpies and had like 40 toolbars in my browser...lol :)

i would like to obtain the original program i mentioned just dont know the right places to go....perhaps a member could pm me some sites


There is no 'i' in Herpes...

[cofi]

There is no 'i' in Herpes...
just because you can read your valtrex bottle dosent make you any smarter then me [Coffee]

[Zundfolge]

GiMP is a free photo/image manipulation application, and has similar features to Photoshop

Or, you could always obtain photoshop...



As a professional graphic designer let me stop y'all right there. Photoshop (or The Gimp) is a photo manipulation tool, not a typesetting/flyer making program.

Unless you're designing for the web, stick with using Photoshop (or The Gimp) to edit the raster images you're going to put into your flyer.

A program like Adobe InDesign or Illustrator would be much better suited to the task but they aren't cheap, let alone free (well not legally anyway [Muaha]).

Much like The Gimp is a free alternative to Photoshop, Inkscape (http://inkscape.org/) is a free alternative to Illustrator and Scribus (http://www.scribus.net) is a free alternative to InDesign. Neither is an acceptable substitute for the Adobe products in a professional environment, but either will do pretty much anything you need when it comes to making flyers, brochures, etc.

[GoldFinger]

A very common & easy to use solution is Microsoft Publisher. If you, or anyone you know, has Microsoft Office then its very likely to have Publisher included in that package. If you're using someone else's computer then you can save it as a PDF, email it to yourself, then you can print copies from your own computer.

[Beer]

[Zundfolge]

A very common & easy to use solution is Microsoft Publisher.
[Puke]

Publisher is the work of the devil.

[GoldFinger]

[Puke]

Publisher is the work of the devil.


[ROFL1]

Since you're pretty serious about publishing I can see where you'd think that, and probably be correct, but for a novice user with minimum requirements...

[Muaha]

[Zundfolge]

If you already have a copy of Publisher and you're not planning on producing anything that a commercial printer will have to print then Publisher will be fine. Otherwise, get something else.

[ghettodub]

As a professional graphic designer let me stop y'all right there. Photoshop (or The Gimp) is a photo manipulation tool, not a typesetting/flyer making program.

Unless you're designing for the web, stick with using Photoshop (or The Gimp) to edit the raster images you're going to put into your flyer.

A program like Adobe InDesign or Illustrator would be much better suited to the task but they aren't cheap, let alone free (well not legally anyway [Muaha]).

Much like The Gimp is a free alternative to Photoshop, Inkscape (http://inkscape.org/) is a free alternative to Illustrator and Scribus (http://www.scribus.net) is a free alternative to InDesign. Neither is an acceptable substitute for the Adobe products in a professional environment, but either will do pretty much anything you need when it comes to making flyers, brochures, etc.

No arguments from me there, as I am a graphic and instructional designer for a living too, but the average person can make a flyer just fine in Photoshop or GiMP. Of course I would rather create my type or graphics in Illustrator, edit my images in Photoshop, and then do the layout in InDesign though...

Are you freelance, or in house?

[Zundfolge]

Are you freelance, or in house?
In house ... for now ... I work for an idiot who is busy running the business into the ground so I may be unemployed soon (at which time I'll call myself "freelance" [Tooth] ).

[ghettodub]

In house ... for now ... I work for an idiot who is busy running the business into the ground so I may be unemployed soon (at which time I'll call myself "freelance" [Tooth] ).

I would love to go freelance, but I tell you, working for a big company has it's perks, like a regular paycheck, heh

[Zundfolge]

I would love to go freelance, but I tell you, working for a big company has it's perks, like a regular paycheck, heh
Honestly I've freelanced in the past and my wife has been freelancing for the last 15 or so years. I hate it. Basically you're going to job interviews once a week and its really feast-or-famine (mostly famine ... no way we could live off my wife's freelance).

Freelance works best when you have a handful of good corporate clients that use you regularly. Most of the freelancers I've met that have been successful left established companies and then turned around and freelanced for them.

[cofi]

i ended up just buying the damn program so if any of you need a flyer made im your guy...lol