How to Make a Flyer With Software
Flyers are used for advertising grand openings, concerts, sales and more. Handing out flyers is a cheap way to advertise and leaves people with a memento from a show or music concert. Use graphics software for the most professional-looking flyers. Adobe Photoshop is a bitmap graphics program, meaning the drawing is made up of pixels and is measured by pixels per inch (ppi). Vector programs like Adobe Illustrator are not made up of pixels, but points and paths, making it ideal for text. Use both bitmap and vector-based programs to make your flyer.
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Instructions
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Background Design
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Go to "File" > "New" to open a new document in Photoshop. Type the desired height and width in the designated boxes. Adjust the resolution to 300 ppi, which is the standard resolution for printing. Hit "OK."
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Go to "Image" > "Mode" > "CMYK" to change the color mode of the document from RGB to CMYK, which is best for printing.
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Select the "Brush" tool from the Tools palette. Click on the "Brush" drop-down to change the brush type and size to your liking. Double-click on the "Set Foreground Color" box at the bottom of the Tools palette to change the brush color.
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Draw a design using the Brush tool, experimenting with different brush types. Make sure to leave a designated spot on the flyer for text placement.
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Click on the "Create a New Layer" button in the Layers palette to separate outlines, color and other elements onto individual layers. Move layers in the Layers palette by click-dragging them in front of or behind existing layers.
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Create a new layer, then go to "File" > "Place" and select a photograph or other image from a folder. Hit "OK" to place the image onto the Photoshop palette. Click-drag the image to move it around the palette, or click-drag a corner to resize the image.
Text Placement
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Go to "File" > "New" in Illustrator and adjust the height and width so it is the same size as the Photoshop document. Hit "OK."
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Navigate to "File" > "Place." Select the Photoshop document from the folder and hit "OK." The Photoshop design will appear on the Illustrator canvas.
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Select the "Type" tool from the Tools palette. Click-drag a text box in the designated text area on your flyer design.
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Go to "Type" > "Font" to change the type font. Click on the "Font Size" drop-down to adjust the size of the font. Double-click on the "Fill" box at the bottom of the Tools palette to change the color of the text. Click on the "Align Left," "Align Right" or "Center" buttons in the Paragraph panel.
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Type in the text box, including a larger-sized headline, medium-sized subhead (if necessary) and smaller-sized information. Make separate text boxes for each line of text.
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