What software do you use to design posters? What do you like/dislike about that program? How does it compare to other programs you've used?
I've got a couple of poster presentations to make from scratch this summer and I'm wondering if I should use something other than Powerpoint.
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I just used Pages, and was pretty happy with it. Not quite perfect, but pretty good.
To magnify on that previous comment: Pages was fast, stable, and produced a very nice-looking final poster. It handled text flow around images well (which OmniGraffle did not), and text flow from container to container (i.e. true page-layout, which PowerPoint does not, as far as I'm aware). Its grouping and locking features were also useful, and its snapping while dragging worked reasonably well. One missing feature: the ability to position your own non-printing snap guides. Another: metric-based layout (like "I want three columns of equal width with 0.25" gutters between them"; you have to enforce such constraints yourself). It has style sheets, too, which PowerPoint does not as far as I've discovered. It was a little unhappy with the size of my poster (40"x42") but was usable, just a bit buggy with a page size that large.
I've used LaTeX for my ESA posters with no problems. If you want a copy of one of them for a template, let me know!
I've used PowerPoint, Gimp, and LaTeX. The second was really difficult to work with. The third does a great job for simple posters (you can download all sorts of templates). I like PowerPoint the best of all three, because of the versatility and ease of use.
Wow, thanks for all of the comments! I think I'm going to stick with power point for now. I'm not ready to learn LaTeX and I don't have Pages.
I've used Adobe Illustrator. It's a bit of a pain. Publisher is easy but a little too simple; I usually use PowerPoint.
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