# Open source flyer design

**URL:** <https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-source-flyer-design/2091>\
**Category:** Design Lounge\
**Created:** [October 26, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-source-flyer-design/2091 "2020-10-26T17:25:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![adamj-codethink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@adamj-codethink](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/adamj-codethink)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-source-flyer-design/2091/1 "2020-10-26T17:25:45Z")

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Hi all,

I am new to the design world, but love open source, so i was super happy to find this community!

I am looking for assistance with building flyers using open source, something like: [https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.template.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F03%2FCareer-Recruitment-Agency-Flyer-Design.jpg&f=1&nofb=1](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.template.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F03%2FCareer-Recruitment-Agency-Flyer-Design.jpg&f=1&nofb=1)

Does anyone have any advice/tools that i could use to get started?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![frankiefab100](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/frankiefab100/32/1973_2.png) [@frankiefab100](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/frankiefab100)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-source-flyer-design/2091/2 "2020-10-29T09:39:44Z")

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You can achieve that using any design tool - Adobe illustrator, Photoshop, Corel draw etc. With each portion of the layout grouped together as custom files.

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**Author:** ![duncan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/duncan/32/2427_2.png) [@duncan](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/duncan)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-source-flyer-design/2091/3 "2021-07-19T12:44:50Z")

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I’d rather promote open source solutions in this ‘Open Source Design’ forum. So instead of the software you mention that would be Inkscape, GIMP, Krita & Scribus.

For a flier where all graphics already are ready then Scribus would be a suitable solution. Of course for simple things LibreOffice is also fine.

Any project using a proprietary file format cannot really be opensource.

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**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/erioldoesdesign/32/2895_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-source-flyer-design/2091/4 "2021-07-22T18:45:03Z")

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Hey Duncan - while I personally agree that the preference is to use OSS tools to create design work I think every designer is on their own journey to using more OSS tools to make design work and while adobe etc. are not open source tools they are still what is ‘design industry standard’ so exceedingly hard to move away from.

I just want to ensure we’re helping designers that are very new to OSS understand and feel supported and valued even though they may still use proprietary tools 😃