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Overview - more detail coming soon
Adobe Creative Cloud : has Cloud package offers more than twenty collection of desktop creative applications20 desktop and mobile applications for design, arts, photography, web development and other areas. Out of these creative applications, the most frequently used by most the IMOs are:
Adobe applications | When to use | |
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Image RemovedImage Added | Vector illustration : software ideal for logo/icon design, infographic statics infographics (few pages) such as a humanitarian snapshot, dashboard , etcor 3W)or finalizing a static map created on ArcGIS Pro/QGIS. | |
Image Removed | Layout: multipage document publications Image Added | Layout design software, especially useful for desing and publication of multi-page documents such as HNO, HRP, PMR, etc. |
Image Removed | Raster Images: photo/image manipulation Image Added | Raster images editor for manipulating photography and other pixel-based imagery. |
Inkscape is an a commonly used open source alternative to Adobe Illustrator but it has limitations. . While free of charge to download and use, the software comes with certain limitations, such as the lower number of tools and supported file formats. However, the vast majority of the basic IMO tasks are perfectly doable with Inkscape too.
Process
How to get the license?
OCHA offices should make a request as per guidance on OCHA Hub under the section Adobe Licences
Outputs/Resources
Master book of Inforgraphic training, October 2016
Adobe Illustrator (page 12 -39)
Adobe InDesign (page 41 -71)