Overview - more detail coming soon
Adobe Creative Suite : below are Cloud package offers more than 20 desktop and mobile applications for design, arts, photography, web development and other areas. Out of these creative applications, the most frequently used applications of Adobe by most of the IMOs are:
Adobe applicationsUse | When to use | ||
|---|---|---|---|
  | Vector illustration : software ideal for logo/icon design, infographic (few pages) |  | Layout: multipage document such publications, reportsstatics infographics (such as a humanitarian snapshot, dashboard or 3W) or finalizing a static map created on ArcGIS Pro/QGIS. |
 | Layout design software, especially useful for design and publication of multi-page documents such as HNO, HRP, PMR, multi-page map atlases, etc. | ||
 | Raster Images: photo/image manipulation  | 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.
Process
Text on best practices here. 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)