Buy and Download - Peachpit Press Creating Maps Charts and Infographics with Adobe Illustrator Learn by Video

2014
Peachpit Press
Alberto Cairo
12:11
English

Acclaimed data visualization instructor and journalist Alberto Cairo provides you with a brief introduction to Adobe Illustrator’s tools and basic drawing techniques before diving into more advanced instructions specific to creating infographics. For example, if you’re already familiar with Illustrator, you can skip ahead to lessons that teach you how to use Illustrator’s Graph tool to design charts and greatly improve the look of your graphics. You’ll also learn how to trace maps; create complex, explanatory vector illustrations; use advanced coloring techniques; simulate 3D effects to create infographics in perspective; and use Illustrator’s Pen tool to draw just about anything.
The video is wrapped in a unique interface that allows you to jump to any topic and also bookmark individual sections for later review. The unique Watch-and-Work mode shrinks the video into a small window to allow you to work alongside in Illustrator using project files that are included with the video course. And, at the end of every lesson, you can test your knowledge by taking interactive quizzes to help reinforce all of that freshly gained knowledge.
The instructor uses Adobe Illustrator CS6 in this video; however the design principles are applicable to all versions of Illustrator.

3D Extrude Options
Adding and Erasing Anchor Points
Adding Average Lines
Adding Details to an Illustration
Adding Trend Lines
Advanced Coloring Techniques
Anchor Point Handles
Avoiding Bug Crashes
Basic Illustrator Techniques
Basics for Working with Grids
Build a 3D Tower
Change the Stacking Order
Change the Type of Your Graph
Change Your Graph Settings
Color and Stacking Order
Coloring Fire Ants
Create a Background Color
Creating and Saving Files
Creating Background Objects
Creating Basic Shades
Creating Bubble Maps
Creating Gradients
Creating Shades Manually
Creating Symbols
Define Landmasses in a Map
Define Regions in a Map
Define your Frame
Designing Choropleth Maps
Designing Pie Charts
Designing Scatter Plots
Designing Slopegraphs
Drawing Different Paths
Drawing from the Bottom Up
Drawing the First Arm
Drawing the Roof and Antenna
Drawing the Second Arm
Drawing the Sink
Drawing the Windows
Duplicate on the Move
Editing Curves
Exercise- Drawing the Eye
Exercise- Recreate an Existing Bar Graph
Exercise- Tracing
Exercise- Working with Type
Exercise
Explanatory Vector Illustrations
Exploring the Illustration
Finishing the Assignment
Finishing Your Map
Graph Tool Basics
Graphs and Data Maps
Group Objects in a Graph
Grouping
Illustrator's 3D Tools
Importing Photos
Inside a Group
Introduction to Illustrator for Infographics
Isometric Cubes
Isometric Grid System
Isometric Perspective
Labeling Maps
Labeling Scatter Plots
Layout and Composition
Lines and Rulers
Make a Mouth
Manipulating Walls
Masking Objects
Mix Color and Fill in the Outline
Modify Shapes with Anchor Points
Move and Transform
Move Circles on a Bubble Map
Outlining Objects
Pen Tool Basics
Pen Tool Challenges
Pen Tool Shortcuts
Pencil and Eraser Tools
Perform Multiple Selections
Perspective Infographics
Realistic Shading Techniques
Resize Your Graphic
Scale Shapes Manually
Select Objects in a Graph
Selection Tools
Smart Guides
Snap to Anchor Points
Snap to Grid
Storing Swatches
Style Grid Lines
Styling and Annotating Your Graph
Styling Maps
The Align Palette
The Blend Tool
The Color Guide Palette
The Eyedropper Tool
The Horizontal and Vertical Axes
The Layers Panel
The Mesh Tool
The Pathfinder Tools
The Pen Tool
The Reflect Tool
The Revolve Tool
The Scale Tool
The Tools Palette
Tracing Maps
Tracing Roads
Tracing the Elephant
Transform Squares into Circles
Type Basics
Using Artboards
Using Multiple Objects
Using Simple Cylinders
Using Source Photos
Using Swatches for Choropleth Maps
Using Symbols in 3D Objects
Vector vs. Bitmap
Where to Get Maps
Wireframe View Mode
Working with Layers
Zooming In and Out