Creating Infographics with Adobe Illustrator : Learn the Basics and Design Your First Infographic

• Autore: Harder Jennifer
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : Apress L. P., , 2024; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (513 pages)
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: What Are Infographics? -- A Short History About Infographics -- Ancient History-Pre-1600 AD -- 1601 AD-1800 AD -- 1801 AD-1900 AD -- 1901 AD-2000 AD -- 2001 AD-Present and Modern Infographics -- How Did the Logo Come Along with the Infographic Historically? -- What Is the Difference Between an Infographic and a Logo? -- An Infographic in Its Basic Form -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Preparation for Creating a Logo and Infographics -- Design Considerations -- Color Theory and Harmony Rules with Adobe Color Online -- The Science of Color -- Working with the Adobe Color App -- Color Harmony Definitions -- Base Color Settings and Eyedropper -- Color Modes RGB, HSB, and LAB, HEX Color Codes, and What About CMYK? -- Color Science 2D and 3D visualization -- Adding Your Color Theme -- Other Options: Extract Theme and Extract Gradient -- Accessibility Tools for Contrast and Color Blindness When Dealing with Text and Graphics -- Additional Tips on Color and Fonts -- How Research Plays an Important Role in Your Infographic Creation -- What Topics Are Good for an Infographic? -- Science -- Instructional -- Collecting Your Data -- Working with Your Team and Your Client in Design to Create a Mock-Up Sketch and Mood Board and Keep the Theme -- Other Design Considerations -- Time Frame Considerations: How Long Will Your Infographic Be Relevant to Your Audience? -- How Simple or Complex Should You Make Your Infographic? -- What Kinds of Media Will You Use to Display the Infographic? -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Scanner Basics -- Making Your Sketch into a Digital Format -- Scanner Basics -- Scanning a Sketch -- Scanner Color Modes -- Adjusting Scanned Image -- Saving Scanned Files -- Photocopier or All-in-One Office Printer -- A Digital Camera. ; Your Smartphone Camera, an Additional Adobe App, and a Scanner Bin -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Setting Up Your Workspace -- Creating a New Document in Illustrator -- Workspace Options -- Panels and Tools Overview -- Illustrator Panels -- Toolbars -- Control -- Color -- Color Guide -- Swatches -- Brushes -- Symbols -- Stroke -- Gradient -- Transparency -- Appearance -- Graphic Styles -- Layers -- Asset Export -- Artboards -- Comments -- Properties -- Libraries -- Using Your History Panel -- New Contextual Task Bar -- Menus -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Working with Artboards and Saving Files -- Working with Artboards -- Adding Rulers -- Editing the Artboard -- Linking Your Digital Mock-Up Image to the Illustrator File -- Project: Saving Your Illustrator File -- Saving Duplicates of Your File -- Working with Your Infographics Between Photoshop and Illustrator -- Summary -- Chapter 6: A Basic Review of Illustrator's Shape Tools -- Drawing Tools Overview -- Rectangle Tool (M) -- Rounded Rectangle Tool -- Ellipse Tool (L) -- Polygon Tool -- Star Tool -- Line Segment, Arc, and Spiral Tools -- Drawing Tools That Can Be Used to Create Basic Graphs -- Moving and Selecting Your Shapes on the Artboard -- Selection Tool (V) -- Direct Selection Tool (A) -- Group Selection Tool -- Basic Modification to Shapes -- Arranging Shape and Path Order -- Working with the Control, Transform, and Properties Panel -- Summary -- Chapter 7: A Basic Review of Illustrator's Pen Tools -- Drawing Custom Shapes with the Pen Tool -- Pen Tool (P) and Curvature Tool (Shift+~) Basics -- Join Points on an Open Path -- Add Anchor Point Tool (+) Review -- Delete Anchor Point Tool (-) Review -- Anchor Point Tool (Shift +C) Review -- Curvature Tool (Shift +~) Review -- Swapping Fill and Stroke Colors with the Pen Tool -- Control Panel Anchor Point Options and How They Relate to Related Tools. ; Combining Shapes with the Pathfinder Panel -- Clipping Masks and Compound Paths -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Working with Illustrator's Layers and Additional Drawing and Type Tools -- Working with Layers -- Working in Outline Mode (Preview) -- Project: Trace over a Linked File -- Additional Ways of Adding Color to an Object's Fill and Stroke -- Eyedropper Tool (I) -- Gradient, Pattern Options, and Transparency (Opacity) Panels -- Live Paint Bucket Tool (K) and Live Selection Tool (Shift+L) -- Color Guide Panel -- Recolor -- Generative Recolor -- Adding Text with the Type Tool -- Type Tool and Vertical Type Tool -- Area Type tool and Vertical Area Type Tool -- Adding Placeholder Text -- Type on a Path Tool and Vertical Type on a Path Tool -- Touch Type Tool (Shift +T) -- Control Panel, Properties Panel, and Related Panels for Type -- Convert to Type Outlines -- Retype (Beta) -- Brush Tools That Can Assist in Creating Infographics -- Paintbrush Tool (B) and Brushes Panel -- Blob Brush (Shift+B) -- Eraser Tool (Shift+E) -- Blend Tool (W) -- Object ➤ Intertwine with Lasso Tool -- Applying Appearance -- Creating Graphic Styles -- Creating Symbols -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Creating Your First Infographic Projects -- Project: Creating Your First Infographic -- Project Idea 1: Infographic Resume (One Page) -- Project Idea 2: Historical Infographic (Mine Map/Mine Shaft) -- Summary -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Creating Infographics with Adobe Illustrator
• ISBN: 979-88-6880-005-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910770268503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II