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![Let’s make two pie charts: one showing proportion of citywide population represented
by CD3 and another showing the proportion of CD3 represented by your census tract.
pop. data
Steps: 1) open template.
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MENUS
CREATING A PIE CHART
WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
2) Paste population data into table.
creating a pie chart
with adobe illustrator
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cd3 vs.
[city - cd3]
tract vs.
[cd3 - tract]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/plan601esession2demo-141020180022-conversion-gate02/75/Plan601-e-session-2-demo-7-2048.jpg)
Plan601 e session 2 demo
- 1. SESSION 2 DEMO: CHARTS, GRAPHS, AND ICONS PLAN601E VERBAL AND VISUAL: INFORMATION GRAPHICS (SESSION 2) session 2 demo: charts, graphs, and icons PLAN601E Verbal and visual: Information Graphics (session 2)
- 2. copy exercise files make a local copy of folder: session 2 exercise files
- 3. charts in adobeillustrator overview of tools and panels creating pie charts and bar charts using excel data
- 4. More detail onCourse Blog under ‘Resource Library’ introduction to adobe illustrator
- 5. 1) Create anew document. 1 creating a pie chart with adobe illustrator menus
- 6. 2) Use theChart Tool to make 4” x 4” pie chart. creating a pie chart with adobe illustrator 2 chart tool
- 7. Let’s make twopie charts: one showing proportion of citywide population represented by CD3 and another showing the proportion of CD3 represented by your census tract. pop. data Steps: 1) open template. 1 MENUS CREATING A PIE CHART WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR 2) Paste population data into table. creating a pie chart with adobe illustrator 3 cd3 vs. [city - cd3] tract vs. [cd3 - tract]
- 8. 4) Ungroup eachchart three times. object menu creating a pie chart with adobe illustrator 4
- 9. 6) Create apalette. 5) Select part of chart you want to color with select tool; Use eyedropper tool to color the polygon. 6 6 creating a pie chart with adobe illustrator 5
- 10. Let’s use thesort functions in Excel in order to visually organize census data based on our own study area zones. 1) Clean up data utilizing Find & Replace. creating a bar graph with adobe illustrator 1 find / replace
- 11. Let’s use thesort functions in Excel in order to visually organize census data based on our own study area zones. area a area b area c creating a bar graph with adobe illustrator 2) Insert a column to add a letter code for each census tract’s zone
- 12. Let’s use thesort functions in Excel in order to visually organize census data based on our own study area zones. 2) Insert a column and add a letter code for each census tract’s zone 2 creating a bar graph with adobe illustrator
- 13. Use the sortfunction to organize census data based on the study area zones. 3) Sort the data based on the new column. creating a bar graph with adobe illustrator 3 sort
- 14. Let’s generate somepercentages for households 4) Hide extraneous columns; add a column; sum family and non-family HH with non-relatives; 5) Divide new column by total HH. creating a bar graph with adobe illustrator where non-relatives are living. 4 5 5 formula
- 15. 6) Use ChartTool to create 6” x 4” Stacked Chart. 6 creating a bar graph with adobe illustrator 6
- 16. 7) Paste in-familyhouseholds in first column; total HH into second column. 7 creating a bar graph with adobe illustrator
- 17. 8) Build acolor palette. Close table window for bar graph. 9) Ungroup graph 3 times; use the wand to select the in-family bars; use eyedropper to color bars with your palette. 8 9 8 creating a bar graph with adobe illustrator
- 18. s 10) Usethe wand to select the horizontal tick marks along the x-axis; holding down shift, deselect the other lines in the graph; Delete the tick marks. 10 creating a bar graph with adobe illustrator
- 19. 11) Add colorto Total HH bars; 12) Ungroup all bars; use Selection tool to create space between zones; 13) Add labels and use Rotate tool to rotate them; 14) Extend and modify line weights of axes. 12 13 creating a bar graph with adobe illustrator 14 11 stroke palette
- 20. 15) Add labelsfor percentages. Where text overlaps with axes, delete background lines using Scissors tool. 15 15 creating a bar graph with adobe illustrator
- 21. 16) Use ‘FindFont’ to replace fonts with preferred; adjust boxes and positions accordingly. 16 creating a bar graph with adobe illustrator
- 22. 17) Add labelsfor title, units, areas, key. 18) Use rectangle tool to create background shading. 18 creating a bar graph with adobe illustrator 18 17
- 23. creating a bargraph with adobe illustrator 19) Remove any unnecessary lines.
- 24. Creating an iconin adobe illustrator
- 25. Let’s first borrowan icon from the Internet and convert a jpeg into vectors we can work with. 1) Download a jpeg of an icon that has clean lines and few colors and File>Place it in illustrator. 1 creating AN ICON with adobe illustrator
- 26. Let’s first borrowan icon from the Internet and convert a jpeg into vectors we can work with. 2) Select Object >Live Trace>Make and Expand to have Illustrator approximate a series of vectors of the jpeg creating AN ICON with adobe illustrator 3 2
- 27. Let’s first borrowan icon from the Internet and convert a jpeg into vectors we can work with. 3) Ungroup; Use the Direct Selection Tool to delete extraneous vectors. 4 3 creating AN ICON with adobe illustrator
- 28. Let’s first borrowan icon from the Internet and convert a jpeg into vectors we can work with. 4) Edit colors, styles, etc. You can also copy/paste the icon into InDesign. 4 creating AN ICON with adobe illustrator
- 29. 5) Place ajpeg of a photo with a clear figure in Illustrator. Lock its layer. 5 creating AN ICON with adobe illustrator Another approach is to create an icon by tracing over a photograph. 5
- 30. Another approach isto create an icon by tracing over a photograph. 6) In a new layer, use the pen tool to trace the edges of the figure. creating AN ICON with adobe illustrator 6 6
- 31. Another approach isto create an icon 7) Trace other important visual features. creating AN ICON with adobe illustrator 7 by tracing over a photograph.
- 32. Another approach isto create an icon by tracing over a photograph. 8) Add lines if needed to describe the figure. creating AN ICON with adobe illustrator 8
- 33. Another approach isto create an icon by tracing over a photograph. 9 9 creating AN CINO 9) Use direct selection tool and color palette to color the icon. with adobe illustrator
- 34. Another approach isto create an icon by tracing over a photograph. 10 10 creating AN CINO 10) Use direct selection tool and color palette to color the icon. with adobe illustrator
- 35. 11) Select anysecondary line or shape overlaid on your flat color and use Object>Path>Divide Objects Below (or use the Pathfinder) to punch through your shapes and create new polygons. creating AN ICON with adobe illustrator Another approach is to create an icon by tracing over a photograph. 11
- 36. A third wayto create an icon is to convert 12) Find an icon in a font that you like. 12 creating AN ICON with adobe illustrator typographic icons to vectors. 12
- 37. A third wayto create an icon is to convert 13) Paste character into a new text box, select box with direct selection tool, and use Type>Create Outlines. creating AN ICON with adobe illustrator typographic icons to vectors. 13
- 38. A third wayto create an icon is to convert 14) Ungroup the vectors. creating AN ICON with adobe illustrator typographic icons to vectors. 14
- 39. A third wayto create an icon is to convert 15) Edit colors, styles, etc. You can also copy/paste the icon into InDesign. creating AN ICON with adobe illustrator typographic icons to vectors. 15
- 40. You can alsouse icons that are available for download under Creative Commons. www.thenounproject.org www.iconmonstr.com creating AN ICON with adobe illustrator