My Research Poster

[Tanzy]

After whirling around the lab for half a year, tomorrow will be poster presentation and submission of dissertation.

This is a sneak preview of the A0 size poster I'll be presenting and I hope to get the much covorted poster prize, considering that I am up against little resistance. I can't change anything now as it has already been printed and laminated, so it's too late to correct mistakes but feedback will be useful for the future. .

It was done on Photoshop 7.0 and the EPS file was 1.08 GB!

どうぞ よるしく.

[Achilles Tang]

Bah.... it sucks.

NOT. Nice. Almost like a shampoo ad.

[iewnehz]

our sea turtle...can summary??

haha

see liao oso dunnoe wad it's toking abt

[kee]

hahaha...

wording abit blur..

[Tanzy]

AT,

Damn! Should have known to use MoMuse instead of that stupid leaf.

This is the third draft. The first one had a hot pink sakura background for the spring season to get as much attention but I figured that it won't sit well with those old foggies, so I switched to something more tame.

iewnehz,

This is the super summary! Maybe you will understand it better if you read my actual lab report.

kee,

Ja, good point, slight problem with the word colouring but on the poster the letters are 2 cm tall. I didn't want to use bright garish colour to spoil the natural theme.

[marinebetta]

Why not a funky marine fungus for the background....since the compound in question comes from one....

....and I though you only presented positive research results. Failures also can, ah?

[Tanzy]

Why not a funky marine fungus for the background....since the compound in question comes from one....

....and I though you only presented positive research results.  Failures also can, ah?

Have you seen a marine fungus? They look like a lump of turd.

My supervisor will rip me to shreads tomorrow! She wants a positive result but I feel that this compound is too poor a candidate. NCI needs <4 mcg/mL for IC50 whereas this compound is 4.4 mcg/mL. Just slightly off but I think it's quite unremarkable considering that anticancer drugs work in the nano and pico grams range.

I'm just presenting my opinion.

[marinebetta]

Have you seen a marine fungus? They look like a lump of turd.

That would attract a lot of attention....

[KingFish]

I have to agree, it does look like a shampoo or shower gel ad, aimed at womenfolk, if I may add

You said it yourself, the cronies would not take to it.

What about an old fashion double helix or something ... lots of formulas

Fonts may be a little out of place though

[marinebetta]

I have to agree, it does look like a shampoo or shower gel ad, aimed at womenfolk, if I may add

Tanzy's supervisor is "womenfolk"

My supervisor will rip me to shreads tomorrow! She wants a positive result

[Achilles Tang]

I think using grey & light orange/yellow as your font colours is a mistake... it doesn't jump out... the old fogies will be straining their eyes.

The words could have been easier seen if a rounder/broader font has been used instead of a thin & tall font.

[Tanzy]

Hmm, ja, the font seems too anorexic. What's a good font to use? I hate TNR and Arial. Do you design posters for people?

Last year was Helix overdose because it was 50 anniversary for the discovery of the DNA structure. Everywhere in KCL, you'll find helix posters and articles on it. My building is Franklin-Wilkins, named after 2 of the 4 researcher who help elucidate the structure.

[KingFish]

Well ... tell them what they want to see and hear, odds are you will probably get their attention

If its helix they want, its helix they get ... provided they still have not gotten over it

Better, use someone / discovery close to their heart as background, now they listening ...

[Achilles Tang]

Hmm, ja, the font seems too anorexic. What's a good font to use? I hate TNR and Arial. Do you design posters for people?

Yup, as a matter of fact, I do design posters for people!

How about impact or franklin gothic?

[Tanzy]

How much do you charge?

[Achilles Tang]

You're serious?

[Achilles Tang]

それをあなた自身しないか。私は百ドルのために助けることができる。

[Tanzy]

That's 1/3 of my printing cost for that damn thing! It's done already. Perhaps next time.

My poster looks kinda dark. I hope it's a bright and sunny day tomorrow.

What software do you use? Photoshop only lets me go up to 360dpi for A0 size. The poster looks dithered. What allows you to go up to 720 or more?

Below is the first draft background and the text were overlayed on with flower shapes. Looked real cheesy.

[Achilles Tang]

God no... not that kind of backdrop!!

What's wrong with you? You setting up a florist shop or a promoting a spring season festival??

[Tanzy]

It's spring right? There's a cherry tree outside my school in full bloom right now. 桜満開！ It's whitish though. Maybe a picture tomorrow.

You must admit it's hard to ignore a poster with that kind of background.

[ervine]

Actually you don't need to save it as an EPS file... we (architecture students) send A1-A0 sized posters for printing all the time and a JPEG saved at a reasonable high quality will surfice... as for DPI 150 is okay, 200 is better 300 is too much...

Coz at A0, nobody is going to come <20cm from your panel, thus the small imperfections are negligible.. more so if you have large text...

Yup... but all the best for your submission..

[Tanzy]

Actually you don't need to save it as an EPS file... we (architecture students) send A1-A0 sized posters for printing all the time and a JPEG saved at a reasonable high quality will surfice... as for DPI 150 is okay, 200 is better 300 is too much...

Coz at A0, nobody is going to come <20cm from your panel, thus the small imperfections are negligible.. more so if you have large text...

Yup... but all the best for your submission..

Thanks for the tip but I was wondering it photo quality posters are possible.

[KingFish]

You must admit it's hard to ignore a poster with that kind of background.

Yeah, makes me wanna go out and look for a new shampoo called Scorpinone

Well, good luck in your presentation

[AquaRa]

tanzy wad's ur job/

[Tanzy]

Professional money spender = Student.