[Balug-Talk] DTP, vector graphics, bitmap graphics

[Mike Higashi]

On Nov 12, 2007 11:37 AM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
>
> Quoting Andrew Fife (afife at untangle.com):
>
> > Also regarding F/OSS alternatives to MS Publisher, I've used OpenOffice a
> > fair amount in the past and always found "Draw" to be lacking quite a bit
> > relative to MS Visio.  IMHO, the worst application of the OpenOffice suite
> > by far.  However, I think for the purpose of making BALUG flyers it will
> > do just fine.
>
> I'm nobody's idea of an expert on _that_ subject ("Dammit, Jim, I'm a
> sysadmin, not a graphic designer"), but I wouldn't have thought that a
> vector-graphics program such as MS Visio or OO.o Draw would be the right
> tool:  Wouldn't you generally want either a DTP or a bitmap graphics
> program?

I use the presentation portion of OpenOffice.org (rather than Draw)
to make flyers for a science fiction convention. That way, I can export
it as a PowerPoint file if I need to send an editable copy to someone
who's stuck on a legacy OS. If I were starting from scratch, and didn't
need to do that, I'd probably try Scribus first.

OOo Presentation works reasonably well for me, especially since I
rarely add images to the flyers, and usually just concentrate on getting
the right wording and placing the text so the flyers look good.

Mike