Overview
- Uses easy-to-understand examples with a gradual progression from basic to complex in designing infographics
- Is suitable for absolute beginners
- Photoshop users will appreciate references back to that application as it relates to Illustrator
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About this book
This full-color book will teach you how to use Adobe Illustrator's various tools to create infographics, as well as basic page layouts for them. This is the first of three volumes which will cover all the fundamentals of Illustrator, an industry standard application used by graphic designers and marketing and communication teams.
How is an infographic different from a logo or any other illustration? What additional thought processes, skills, or software tools should be utilized to create an infographic? In this first volume of Illustrator Basics, you will learn the answers to all these questions. Author Jennifer Harder will walk you through creating basic infographics in Illustrator using Basic Shape tools, Pen Tools, Type Tools, and Symbols.
Upon completing this volume, you will have an appreciation for how easy it is to design an infographic and discover how rudimentary shapes and colors can affect readability while conveying meaningto your audience. You will be able to use this knowledge to create your own infographics using Illustrator’s wide array of tools.
Who This Book Is For
- Discover the tools within Illustrator that are ideal for creating basic infographics
- Develop a logo based upon a scanned sketch
- Gain an understanding of different infographic layouts and the process of reviewing them with your client
Who This Book Is For
Beginner-level designers and others who are interested in learning the process of creating infographics for their company, the classroom, for a visual resume, an article in a magazine, or a webpage.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jennifer Harder has worked in the graphic design industry for over fifteen years. She has a degree in graphic communications and is currently teaching Acrobat and Adobe Creative Cloud courses at Langara College. She is also author of several Apress books and related videos.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Creating Infographics with Adobe Illustrator: Volume 1
Book Subtitle: Learn the Basics and Design Your First Infographic
Authors: Jennifer Harder
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0005-4
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Jennifer Harder 2023
Softcover ISBN: 979-8-8688-0004-7Published: 15 December 2023
eBook ISBN: 979-8-8688-0005-4Published: 14 December 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 495
Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations, 549 illustrations in colour
Topics: Computer Graphics, Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics, Signal, Image and Speech Processing