plan601e session 3 demo
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SESSION 3 DEMO:FLOW CHARTS AND SMALL MULTIPLESPLAN601E VERBAL AND VISUAL: INFORMATION GRAPHICS (SESSION 3)
Palettes organize tools, colors, layers, type, and other settings.
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TOOLS
OBJECT
COLOR
STROKE
LAYERS
Move around the artboard with zoom, pan, or scrolling; the mouse wheel can also be used to scroll.
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ZOOM / PAN
Shapes and lines are made up of “paths” and “anchors”; paths and polygans can be moved with the selection tool.
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SELECT
Anchors are the handles on paths and polygons; they can be moved with the direct selection tool.
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DIRECT SELECT
Paths have a “fill” and “stroke,” which can be assigned colors.
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FILL / STROKE
COLOR
Paths (and “strokes”) can also be assigned “line weights” and dashes.
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STROKE
STROKE
Direct selection can move several anchors at the same time.REVIEW OF ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR TOOLS
DIRECT SELECT
“Paste in front” is way of copying paths and keeping them in the same position.
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EDIT
Another way to copy polygons is to move them with the selection tool + option.
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SELECT
Another way to copy polygons is to move them with the selection tool + option.
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LAYERS
Polygons can also be arranged within the same layer by selecting then right clicking and utilizing “arrange” tools.
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ARRANGE
Use the “text tool” to create text boxes; modify text in the menu or character palette.
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TEXT
TEXT
TEXT
Select, right click, and “group” polygons and text to move them together
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GROUP
SELECT
Dragging the “pivot” on a group of polygons while holding shift scales them propotionally.
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SELECT
Select the group, right click, and select “scale” to scale by percentage.
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SELECT
SCALE
Hold shift while rotating to “rotate” the group at 45 degree increments.
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ROTATE
Create “guides” by clicking on the vertical and horizontal rulers and dragging into the artboard.
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RULER
Right click anywhere and select “show / hide grid” to show a background grid.
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GUIDES / GRIDS
The “align” palette has tools for aligning polygons by their centers and edges.
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ALIGN
The “align” palette has tools for aligning polygons by their centers and edges.
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ALIGN
The “pathfinder” palette has tools for combining polygons in various ways into “compound shapes.”
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PATH- FINDER
Hover the cursor over various tools to see the “short-cut” command.
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SHORT CUT
Let’s make a chart that explains the process for reporting a landlord complaint to 311.
CREATING A FLOW CHART WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
(Source: MFY Legal Services, 2008)
Steps: 1) find some interesting data.CREATING A FLOW CHART WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
Steps: 2) look at a precedent.CREATING A FLOW CHART WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
Steps: 3) sketch out your ideas for the diagam and graphic conventions.
CREATING A FLOW CHART WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
Steps: 4) set up grapihc conventions in Illustrator.CREATING A PIE CHART WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
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Steps: 5) make a layer for text, use text tool to write out steps, arrange with selection tool.
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TEXT
Steps: 6) use rectangle / ellipse tools to make polygons for text.
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6ELLIPSE
Steps: 7) use eyedropper to select and coordinate boxes with graphic conventions.
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EYEDROP
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Steps: 8) add arrowheads in the Effects > Stylize menu.CREATING A PIE CHART WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
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PEN
Steps: 9) add arrowheads in the Effects > Stylize menu.CREATING A PIE CHART WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
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Steps: 10) adjust dash settings for lines.CREATING A PIE CHART WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
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Use the grid and align tools to clean up diagram shapes and lines
Steps: 11) use the grid and align tools to clean up diagram shapes and lines.
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Give your diagram a descriptive title.CREATING A FLOW CHART WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
(Source: MFY Legal Services, 2008)
Let’s make a diagram displaying traffic accident data.CREATING SMALL MULTIPLES WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
(Source: http://crashstat.org/)
Steps: 1) Find some interesting data that has a temporal dimension.
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Steps: 2) “place” a screenshot of the stats map in the artboard.
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Steps: 3) trace background elements for the diagram; add annotation; create scaled elements.
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Steps: 4) group the background elements and drag holding shift + option to copy.
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Steps: 5) make a layer for dots and place dots on background to represent annual data.
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Steps: 6) use type tool to add annotation and clean up with align palette.
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Let’s try out a different convention for representing data values, such as line weight.
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STROKE
Steps: 7) use eyedropper tool to apply new graphic conventions.
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Be sure to create a label for the data source.CREATING SMALL MULTIPLES WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
(Source: http://crashstat.org/)