Please be aware that the second day of this training has been delayed from 29 November to 22 December due to the train strike.

This course introduces researchers to the selection, creation and editing of images in order to communicate about their research.

We start by identifying the core elements of a powerful visual, by applying basic design and communication principles on visual communication.

We highlight four different types of images (icons, illustrations, photographs and graphs) and explore where to find them or how to create them.

In a hands-on section we introduce some free and powerful tools to edit images, and to combine them with textual elements to create a layout: Inkscape for vector images, Paint.NET for bitmap images, and RAWgraphs for charts.

The final section dives deeper into the use of visuals in the daily research practice, through different use cases: creating captions, legal and ethical aspects of image use and editing, and using images in graphical abstracts and scientific posters.

This course contains a variety of different exercises, including an assignment allowing participants to work on their own visual material, related to their own research.