Printing Posters at the Library
Poster printing is available at the Student Multimedia Design Center during the SMDC desk hours (up until an hour before closing). You can wait for your poster to be printed or come back later to pick it up. Bring your poster as a PDF file in a USB flash drive and make sure the poster is sized correctly before printing!
Pricing is $5 per linear foot for glossy or matte. A 24" x 36" poster will be $10.
For more information, visit the large format printing page. For questions about printing, fill out the AskSMDC email form or call the SMDC desk at 302-831-8832.
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Design Principles
This video covers four principles of design: proximity, repetition, alignment and contract.
Learn how to apply these principles to enhance your own graphic design projects!
Free Design Tools and Resources
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CanvaOnline graphic design platform that allows users to create social media graphics, presentations, posters and other visual content. Free and paid versions available.
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VismeAllows users to create infographics and presentations
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PiktochartAllows users to make infographics and visuals using themed templates. Good for beginner designers. Free and paid version available
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Adobe ExpressCreate social graphics, websites and videos on the web and mobile versions. Free version available.
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SlidesGoA variety of free presentation templates for Google Slides and PowerPoint
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Creative Commons Image SearchSearch for Creative Commons licensed images through a variety of sites, including Google Images, Flickr, and Wikimedia Commons, and use the content in your own multimedia projects.
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Google ImagesOn the results page, go to tools > usage rights and select different licenses.
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UnsplashFree, high resolution images that do not require permission to use. Attribution is not required but encouraged.
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PexelsFree, high resolution images that do not require permission to use. Attribution is not required but encouraged.
Icons
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Noun ProjectOver a million curated icons; available under Creative Commons attribution license.
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FlaticonFree vector icons; attribution required.
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VecteezyFree vector graphics, images, video, and more. Filter results by license type > free license.
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Adobe Color CCIncludes a color wheel for generating color schemes; can choose from different types of schemes, including analogous, monochromatic, complementary, and more.
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CoolorsAllows you to generate color schemes; particularly helpful for finding hues and shades of a color.
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PalettonA designer tool for creating color combinations that work together well.
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Accessible ColorsAccessibility is an important consideration in design; this site lets you know if your text and background colors create a contrast ratio that meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0.
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ColorBrewerTool for developing color palettes for data visualizations.
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Google FontsExtensive catalog of open-source designer web fonts.
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Font SquirrelCollection of free fonts licensed for commercial use; check license to learn more about how each font can be used.
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Installing Fonts (FontSpring)Quick info on font file types and how to install on PC and Mac.
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Meet the IpsumsFun dummy text generator to use as placeholders in your projects
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Adobe FontsCurated by Adobe for use in their editing suite of programs. Must have Adobe Creative Cloud subscription.
More Resources
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Graphic Design guideUD Library guide on graphic design principles and resources.
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Video Projects GuideUD Library guide on video creation- it covers planning, production, finding content, and editing.
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Student Multimedia Design CenterLocated on the lower level of Morris Library, the SMDC provides multimedia equipment to borrow, production studios for recording and editing, media creation software and help at the SMDC desk.