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Best Poster Ever: Poster Creation in Adobe Illustrator
The document provides a comprehensive guide for creating a scientific poster using Adobe Illustrator, covering essential aspects such as tool usage, layout, and content requirements. It includes specifications for poster elements like titles, illustrations, and text formatting, as well as advice on data presentation and acknowledgments. Additionally, it outlines the printing and sharing process for posters at professional meetings.
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- 1. “Best Poster Ever” PosterCreation in Adobe Illustrator
- 2. Disclaimer S M TW R F S 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
- 3. Gist • What isIllustrator • SfN Poster requirements • Common elements • How to add them
- 4. Disclaimer • Not themagic recipe! • Conglomeration from different sources • Implement your own style • Instruction limited today, but...
- 5. Adobe Illustrator • Vector-baseddrawing program • Industry standard • Vector vs. Raster • Advantages include: • Minimal info = minimal file size • Indefinite zoom • Modification
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- 7. Installation Version Release OSSource 10 Nov 2001 Win, PPC Lab 13 (CS3) Apr 2007 Win, Intel 30 day trial https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=illustrator
- 8. Tool Palate Page Tool SelectionTool (V) Direct Selection Tool (A) Pen Tool (P) Type Tool (T) Line Tool () Rectangle Tool (M) Rotate Tool (R) Zoom Tool (Z)
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- 10. SfN Specifications • Planningand layout • Title • Illustrations • Text • At the meeting http://apu.sfn.org/am2007/index.cfm?pagename=resources_presentation
- 11. Planning and Layout “Aneffective poster balances figures and text.”
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- 13. Planning and Layout Mike’s2006 SfN Poster
- 14. Title • Abstract title(88 pt) • Authors (62 pt) • Affiliations (62 pt) • Session number (66 pt) • Logos
- 15. Illustrations • Clear andvisible graphics • Use color when appropriate • Color Guide Demo • Online tools • Main points clear, details for experts • Numbered (SfN discourages Fig. or Figure)
- 16. Line Drawings -Experimental Setup Photograph FlexiForce Vectorized
- 17. Original Em 0 Rest EPSP Action potential threshold Small-diameter motor neuron Interneuron Large-diameter motor neuron EPSPthreshold Rest 0 Em Rhigh Rlow ∆V
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- 19. IR ∆V ∆V Vectorized Line Drawings- Figures
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- 21. ↑ Descending Drive ↑ Discharge RateVariability ↑Synaptic Noise ↓ Force Production ↑ No of Inputs ↑ Fluctuations in AHP Trajectory
- 22. Spike2 Data • Importantto show raw data in methods • Adjust data in Spike2 to match figure • File, Print, to Adobe PDF • Open PDF in Ai, Copy, Paste into poster • Adjust line thickness, color, add axis labels
- 23. Graphs & Plots •Same as Spike2 • Adjust figures(s) in SPSS, Excel, SigmaPlot, MATLAB • Print/Export as a PDF • Open PDF in Ai, Copy, Paste on poster • Adjust line thickness, color, add axis labels
- 24. Text • Headings or“Take-home” message figures • Legends (16 pt) • Bulleted/Numbered lists • Tables (example included) • Introduction in upper left • Conclusion lower right
- 25. Introduction Nulla metus. Namdictum arcu at tortor. Sed convallis. Praesent commodo metus sit amet sem. Curabitur condimentum lobortis velit. Integer fermentum elit eu leo. Integer nibh. Nunc aliquet, purus at commodo pharetra, orci leo rhoncus libero, nec placerat quam risus eu sem. Quisque at erat. Nunc quis tellus sit amet sapien rutrum pharetra. Quisque tristique, orci vel iaculis ornare, dui libero consectetuer diam, non lobortis elit nibh in tellus. Nullam hendrerit mattis pede. Donec risus tellus, consequat et, nonummy eget, pretium eu, lacus. Praesent tellus. Aenean molestie urna id est. Nulla Nulla metus. Nam dictum arcu at tortor. Sed convallis. Praesent commodo metus sit amet sem. Curabitur condimentum lobortis velit. Integer fermentum elit eu leo. Integer nibh. Nunc aliquet, purus at commodo pharetra, orci leo rhoncus libero, nec placerat quam risus eu sem. Quisque at erat. Nunc quis tellus sit amet sapien rutrum pharetra. Quisque tristique, orci vel iaculis ornare, dui libero consectetuer diam, non lobortis elit nibh in tellus.
- 26. References • J Neurophysiolstyle • Author AR, Author SD, Author WS. Title of the journal article. J Abbrev 276: 23-34, 1999. • PubMed can help you determine abbreviations • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=Journals • Alphabetize
- 27. Results • Tables tosummarize results • Make a table in Word • Print as PDF • Open PDF in Ai, Copy, Paste into poster
- 28. Acknowledg(e)ments • “The authorsthank ___ for assisting with data analysis.” • “Supported by NINDS R01 NS43275 to Roger M. Enoka.”
- 29. Printing • Install drivers •Which computer? • Document setup • Printer setup • Page tool
- 30. Sharing • Handouts atthe meeting • Shrink to legal size, export as PDF • Send to color printer (30 copies) • Links on your online CV • Scribd.com?