Well, one piece of open source software I'll certainly be using is Audacity, for editing audio files. It's as good as anything around for simple podcast editing. GIMP is *not bad* for photo editing although I'm much more familiar with Photoshop (and more qualified to use it).
When it comes to design for brochures and booklets (for example) I'd use Adobe Fireworks to create any graphics or images I'd need. I'd use Acrobat to be able to work closely with designers, especially during an iterative design process (such as the ongoing one for our 2012 annual report) rather than listing everything in long open office documents. For video editing (vox pops and so on) I'd use Adobe Premiere.
Hopefully the above answers Tom M's question too. Beyond those pieces of software I can't imagine I'd use the rest of Adobe CS at the moment - although Dreamweaver may be useful for designing emails to members and donors.
On 17/04/2012 13:23, Fae wrote:
On 17 April 2012 13:18, Thomas Daltonthomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
I believe our existing policy is to use open source tools whenever they exist and are fit-for-purpose. Just because they aren't the industry standard shouldn't be a reason not to use them.
Cool, name something that is fit-for-purpose.
In the meantime, Stevie's request seems entirely sensible rather than expecting Wikimedia UK to fork out several hundred quid in licenses without seeing if we can get one as a donation.
Cheers, Fae
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