Best / Easiest Program For Creating Fliers

D-Jam, post: 32919, member: 3 wrote: EpicDJ, don’t be afraid to go DIY. A lot of what I do now came from wanting to not have to pay someone for things in the past.

D-Jam, post: 32919, member: 3 wrote:

D-Jam, post: 32919, member: 3 wrote:

I remember when I put a hot mix cassette into local stores back in 1994. I paid $600 for 100 cassettes and felt like I overpaid. From there I tried to design my own labels and inserts. I looked for solutions so I could make the cassettes at home on my own using some decent-quality cassette decks and a DAT. I later used a local Kinko’s to print and then manually cut the inserts. I found web sites selling simple plastic bags I could put around the cassettes so I would not have to pay for shrink wrapping.

Granted I didn’t sell cassettes for too long (nor did I ever make any money), but I kept using these new skills to make nice graphics for CDs, flyers, etc. Later this spawned into web design/development and now it’s my normal career.

You did well on your first attempt. Look into free services like pixlr and even freeware like GIMP if you do not want to shell out for Photoshop. Design print pieces in CMYK and web-based stuff in RGB.

Everything on that layout is clean, clear, and legible. Photo is great. Too many amateurs go nuts on text filters and such and thus they end up with a mess. Keep it up.

lol i loved the all white “HOT MIX VOL WHATEVER” from the 90s.Farley “Jackmaster” Funk), Mickey “Mixin” Oliver, Scott “Smokin” Silz, Ralphi Rosario and Kenny “Jammin” Jason. wbmx, lol i have a org copy of Julian Jumping Perez (never new he was so tall until I saw him live at the horseshoe recently, Bad boy Bill [DMC 89 champ boobie scene youtube vid was awesome]. was the best time of my life

Dj R. driver, post: 35217, member: 5499 wrote:
lol i loved the all white “HOT MIX VOL WHATEVER” from the 90s.Farley “Jackmaster” Funk), Mickey “Mixin” Oliver, Scott “Smokin” Silz, Ralphi Rosario and Kenny “Jammin” Jason. wbmx, lol i have a org copy of Julian Jumping Perez (never new he was so tall until I saw him live at the horseshoe recently, Bad boy Bill [DMC 89 champ boobie scene youtube vid was awesome]. was the best time of my life

LOL…you could probably blame me for raising the bar. I put out a mix tape in 1994 with a black and white insert. So it sat there among all the typical plain white labeled cassettes. Suddenly a year later everyone was adding inserts.

I wonder if anyone even sells mix CDs in a store now? I figure the insane amount of free mixes online would pretty much kill that underground market. Even Bill’s entire mix collection is now for sale online as MP3s.

Stick with photoshop, as its a good tool to be knowledgeable in even outside just making flyers. I was in the same situation as you about a year ago. The club wouldnt provide a flyer so i took it into my own hands, and now I insist on making all of them myself and get paid even more on top of the DJing. Other DJs have also offered me gigs in exchange for flyers as well. Tip: While in the process of learning photoshop, its a great time to listen to your recently added music to learn it before the gig your making the flyer for. ++ If you ever need flyer background/layouts .psd’s let me know, ive made quite a few. heres one of mine after just a few months. Nothing fancy but gets the job done 😀