Actually yeah, I’ll make a sick flyer in MS Paint 
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I remember being able to buy and feeling like I should my first copy of photoshop as I was making the money off it. Student discount prices are reasonable on Adobe products, probably about what it should cost for everyone.
There is a lot more to making a flyer than the tools, like you can give me a hammer but i’m not a carpenter. You are going to have understand how many pixel per inches to make it, what kind of bleed to run, what print method you want to use, whether it be some kind of photocopy or off set print. 100-200 hours doesn’t really get it, there is much so much learn about designing to do a poor job, that by the time you get to doing a great job three years has passed and all can you do is chuckle at the crap you was throwing down.
All that said, don’t let it stop you, just know it is a long hill to climb.
i use macromedia fireworks, very similar to photoshop, but i just find it easier to use, you can still add all of your text, use vectors etc…etc…
I have probly spent around 400 hours in gimp and I would class myself an amature. I use alot of brushes (royalty free ones) that really helps. I have probly watches over 200 tutorials on it. if some asked me to touch up a photo I wouldnt have a clue lol
that being said if he has not got the money and wants to get a club night going he can make somthing that is passable
400 hours? WOW id like to just make my own flyers for like underground partys like the cardboard feeling flyers really thick and slippery feel to them, you can bend them like cardboard. Not just a piece of paper with a party invite, like some sweet graphics with the dj’s name on them and everyone performing.
I only really do web graphics there really is alot to learn. You can honestly spend a whole month learning about font spacing
Man i just want to be good at something, I’ve got my gear for mixing music taking a while to learn the basics. I want to learn a good trade to go with it like being able to create my own flyers. Or help other people advertise there gigs or partys.
Im running a Mac, so ill check into those programs gimp and the other mac program that was mentioned Pixelmator.
Last year when I was in a band I spotted a flyer in a kebab place for a club night. It was a still of Spock at the ships controls, but a pair of decks were photoshopped over the controls. It was super well done and inspired me to make up some flyers for my gigs. Got GIMP 2 a week later and launched right into it. If your just starting out you will be disappointed if something cool motivated you in the first place, because as was mentioned, 200 hours doesn’t quite make you the master, far from it.
That being said, you can still do something very tasteful if you are aware of your limits, and remember that tutorials will show you something, but it might not be what you had envisioned in the first place. Best of luck man, really wanna check it out when you’re done!
Well i just purchased pixelmator for 29.99
Looks like a awesome program, now I’m completely lost on what to do.
Youtube some tutorials.
For the safety of your ego, don’t refer to the Graphic Design industry as “being able to create my own flyers”. If you are after job security and/or a good paycheck, look elsewhere. While it’s a great job, everything within the creative field that has been touched by the digital age in the past couple of decades (photography, design, music) has taken a severe hit pay-wise due to the technology making the ability to pick up these skills so easy. All that said, if you tell a designer you want to learn the trade of making flyers, they might chuckle at you. It’s called graphic design.
if you want glossy card stock you are going to have to deal with a printer. back in the day i used to use these guys, they had a different name, but same company http://www.clubflyers.com/ as the price to quality was the best and they nearly always got it to me on time. you are going to have to learn to set it up proper and design at the proper resolution to make it work for them. Typically they ran about 15-25 flyers a week for me and were solid on making sure the shipping was straight and they never tried to call my clients to undercut me. Hard to find someone that is straight up in the club flyer print industry.
If you have so much time on your hands you should try being a dentist too. I am sure you can find some tools on ebay to get you started. Or start working on car repair too, find some tools in the garage and just open up a shop.
hmmmm. Maybe we should toss out the dentist idea.
hey dont dis learning car repair, buy urself an old mini for a couple of hundread quid and learn. Be warned it is a couple of year project, but you will end up learning alot. Honestly I do a better job on most things than my local BMW dealership they fuck up everything
these days there pretty much a big mercano kit. why do kids no longer have mercano.
If you do not have Photoshop skills to create a brand new flyer, you also could check out Graphic River and edit the information.
Example:
Don’t come in here and act like a retard.
Thanks for the links.
Lol… OK. You go get that “at home YouTube certification”… I’ll still be here to make fun of you with your next big venture: Asking where to buy the best loops to make tracks with… or better yet: hey everyone, “I just bought this tattoo gun, no clue how to use it, but gonna read through a few of these tattoo mags and see if I can do it too. No worries if I fuck up a few of me mates arms.”
I actually know sombody who did his own tattos. they whernt very good he did them on himself tho. The fact is graphic design is a whole differnt ballpark to being a dentist or a car merchanic. The fact is there is no proffessional body for these trades so you cannot compare them. Anybody can set themselfs up as a graphic designer, I have seen many people pay alot of money for stuff that just aint that good. its like anybody can set themselfs up as a booking agent take this site for instance http://unknownworld.com/ Im not sure if it’s a uni project or a genuine company but sombody might actually contact them thinking its the best way to book LL cool J
The first in that list is actually extremely well known in the design field, but please, keep talking about this topic with the gusto in which you are. It’s starting to get very entertaining.
you dont understand that is an organisation that you give money to and you can put there logo on your site a bit like the federation of master builders in the UK(you just have to say you have been practicing for x amount of time). This is not like being a dentist in which you need a related degree that has been acredited by the NHS. Or to become a penetration test in the UK you need to pass crest exams. This is why the UK’s security industry is so far in advance of the US it the only sector in IT we are ahead. It has been acheived by having a standard that everybody uses and know’s that people who have pass know what they are doing. It got dropped in the US because the failure rate was too high so they now kinda use tiger
You’re actually missing the point. In relation to all of this you’re really not making sense. If you could try an use your brain just a tiny bit you may be able to grasp the point that many people try and make when it comes to this topic. Don’t worry, you’re not the first one to try and revel against the community of people in the art industry. Anyone can try and be a graphic designer, sure, but there are those who are actually good at it and did not just pick up the trade and buy a $29.99 program. Further more, the only thing stopping you from being a dentist is the law in the residing country, which actually varies depending on where you are from (same with the tattoo thing). So there are places where any jackass can just purchase a hammer and nail to hang his dentist sign on the door and his practice is open… same goes for most anything.
Any company who wants a good design, advertisement, logo, etc. is not going to pay some schlep who picked up and decided to start whipping up some half assed designs. There are thousands of those clown out there. There are only certain companies/individuals who are known for talented design work. The problem with people like the original poster and yourself is you think it is ok to pay sh!t money for sh!t designs. In turn we get the terrible club flyers, the terrible logos, the terribly designed websites, and the list of sh!t goes on…