Free graphic design software

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

OK - so I've entered this small competition where I need to design an A3 poster and an A5 booklet cover.

Now I don't need/want professional graphic design packages such as PS, Corel Draw 10 to create my poster but I want something more than MS Word functionality.

Thanks for the help in advance.

 

[CodeMaster]

Try Gimp
http://www.gimp.org/

 

[nic777]

Scribus - GPL software

http://docs.scribus.net/

Not graphics program and more functionality than Word

I have not used this extensively but I think its what you are looking for.

 

[JStrike]

Posters and book covers are more the job of software like MS Publisher (Or Apple Pages if you use a Mac)

The Gimp is an image editor similar to Photoshop (With less features and a terrible interface ), which is total overkill for what you want to do. More importantly, it is not meant for what you want to do

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

Yeah, was trying out GIMP and it seemed to much like PS (without all the advanced features).

Luckily I have MS Publisher on my laptop so I'll have a stab at that

Nic777: Looking now at the link you provided.

 

[killadoob]

if you want something good and to look nice you need a good proggie

gimp is ok but corel will do

down.cd should help you out

 

[Alkern]

It has been mentioned.... but scribus is like MS Pub

 

[JasonH]

GIMP is the best free alternative to Photoshop, i just find the layers system lacking