Creating an academic poster by Pamela Styles

Colour combinations

pamela_styles — 2017-12-08 13:40:32 UTC

Pick out colour combinations for your poster.

Colour trios

pamela_styles — 2017-12-08 13:44:12 UTC

A whole bank of colour trios that work well together.

WebAIM

pamela_styles — 2017-12-08 13:48:23 UTC

Check the contrast between your text and background colours for accessibility.

Creating an academic poster in PowerPoint

pamela_styles — 2017-12-08 14:06:06 UTC

This guide from the University of Stirling provides detailed step-by-step instructions to produce an academic poster in PowerPoint.

Making an impact with your poster

pamela_styles — 2017-12-08 14:08:02 UTC

A useful booklet from the University of Liverpool.

Convert Hexadecimal colour code to RGB

pamela_styles — 2017-12-08 14:10:14 UTC

RGB values can then be entered in PowerPoint.

Workshop handout

pamela_styles — 2017-12-08 14:28:52 UTC

Unsplash - Free Images

pamela_styles — 2018-05-30 13:13:05 UTC

High quality photos you can use for free.

Stocksnap

pamela_styles — 2018-12-05 16:23:36 UTC

Free images

Tools to help you make "colourblind friendly" graphics

pamela_styles — 2018-12-05 16:25:45 UTC

Coblis

pamela_styles — 2019-04-25 15:23:47 UTC

See how your poster would appear to someone who perceives colours differently, e.g. with different kinds of colour vision deficiency

Video: How to create a better research poster

pamela_styles — 2019-07-26 14:07:13 UTC

This <20 minute video explains some of the potential pitfalls of academic poster sessions, and how your poster design can help overcome them. Some unconventional ideas but good to reflect on!

Images: Wikimedia Commons

pamela_styles — 2019-07-26 14:59:42 UTC

Not always as high quality images as something like Unsplash, but range of available images is much bigger.

Designing an Academic Poster Slides

slrobb — 2023-02-28 10:16:12 UTC