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Pravda Soyuz
17th December 2010, 20:48
I am a student who is interested both in socialism and in graphic design/propaganda posters. But... I am not very skilled at graphic design, especially on complex computer programs. Can someone recommend a cheap, easy-to-use software for creating propaganda posters?
The Garbage Disposal Unit
18th December 2010, 02:29
Scissors
Glue
Local Newspaper

I also highly recommend learning a scam for getting free photocopies.
hack4food
19th December 2010, 08:42
InDesign is available for public use at a lot of university libraries etc. It's tricky at first, but it's what all the pros use for layout. If you don't like that one, check out OpenOffice which is a word processor (free). If you plan on printing from a different machine than you design on, always export to PDF to make sure the flyer copies over correctly.
Spawn of Stalin
19th December 2010, 10:35
Silkscreen
The Garbage Disposal Unit
20th December 2010, 00:02
Penknife
Cardboard
Spraypaint
The Idler
20th December 2010, 19:27
Desktop Publishing Software (http://hunch.com/desktop-publishing-software/)
LibreOffice Draw (http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/)
Unclebananahead
22nd December 2010, 11:17
Sounds like you have a lot of options to choose from. I hope you'll consider sharing the results of your creative efforts with us here.
Q
22nd December 2010, 19:01
Gimp, Inkscape, Scribus.
Nothing Human Is Alien
22nd December 2010, 19:22
You definitely shouldn't download a free program like uTorrent and then use it to download industry-standard Photoshop for free from a site like The Pirate Bay.
The Man
26th January 2011, 03:03
Pixlr.com
FreeEire
30th January 2011, 22:22
Any ideas for duplication? I have access to photocopier but it charges per copy. I've been looking at getting a used one but its expensive costing around €250 before anything else like toner, paper, etc.
pastradamus
30th January 2011, 23:48
Any ideas for duplication? I have access to photocopier but it charges per copy. I've been looking at getting a used one but its expensive costing around €250 before anything else like toner, paper, etc.

Are you a member of a political party? If your not a senior member of one, then I don't see a point in buying a copier and toner etc...Im a member of the independent workers union and I can honestly say that between the whole Cork branch we have but one photocopier!
Sir Comradical
30th January 2011, 23:58
Just use adobe photoshop.
ʇsıɥɔɹɐuɐ ıɯɐbıɹo
31st January 2011, 05:14
Fuck photoshop get Paint.NET
The Garbage Disposal Unit
6th February 2011, 19:34
Fuck [computers] get Paint [. . .]

This.
Widerstand
6th February 2011, 19:45
As for design, I'm pretty certain Photoshop can do it, but I'd much recommend InDesign, it's easier for posters, flyers, pamphlets, etc.

As for printing: Get into some official sort of student body organ and snatch free university copies if you can, it's what many leftists do around here. Other than that, check out some copy shops, sometimes they are quite cheap (some might monitor your activity though, so beware). Talk to local leftists if possible and ask where they do their stuff.