GIS: Add a layer from a CSV file
This tutorial will teach you how to add a CVS file to your map. A CSV (comma-separated values) file stores table data in a plain text format. This is an import/export format commonly supported by spreadsheet and database applications. After adding the data to the map, you will learn how to symbolize the data. Click […]
GIS: Create a Map
In this tutorial you will create the map explored in the previous tutorial. You will start by learning how to create a new map and adding the appropriate layers to the project. You will also learn how to set layer properties, define the map legend and how to change symbols. At the end of this tutorial, […]
GIS: Explore a Map
This tutorial will teach you how to open a web map. You then will learn how to navigate the map and work in the software using tools. This tutorial will allow you to explore volcanoes and the risk of lava flow on the island of Hawaii. Click here for a free trial of ArcGIS […]
Sport Statistics: 2015 NFL Preview
Sports statistics allow visual journalists the opportunity to analyze data, identify trends and learn how a player contributes to a team’s success. In this doubletruck previewing the 2015 NFL season, the data is presented in bar, doughnut and fever charts. The data demonstrates NFL’s transition to a pass first league. From a glance, the reader can quickly identify […]
Lynda: Data Visualization
Data visualization allows you to make complex numbers and abstract data tangible, visible and relatable with simple illustrations. In this series of Lynda.com tutorials, Bill Shander will show you how to understand data, craft a story the data tells, and determine the best visual model and details to use for that story. This tutorial will also discuss […]
How to Install and Use Brushes in Adobe Illustrator
Brushes can be an additional tool that can help you create complex designs more efficiently. Designers can create their own brushes or can quickly download stock brushes from websites. When downloading a free texture, it is important to look at the terms and conditions of use. This tutorial will break down how to install brushes […]
Create Realistic Vector Images
This tutorial will teach you how to create a complex vector image. A step by step guide will help you study a lot of high-level illustration techniques such as the Gradient Mesh, Dynamic Blend, Dynamic Art Brushes, Blend Art Brushes and more. While creating complex illustrations may seem difficult at first, breaking the work into […]
Gradient Mesh: Realistic Curtain
This tutorial teaches you how to illustrate a realistic curtain using the gradient mesh tool. This tutorial is perfect for a designer who want to explore how the gradient mesh works. Working with this feature allows the designer to divide almost any shape into a mesh. Each intersection of horizontal and vertical lines can be colored […]
How Farm Machinery Works
Today, farming infuses intuition with the use of modern machinery. In a Greenfield Daily Reporter news package, Beneath The Beast, a static diagram that makes sense of a modern planter. At first glance, a planter is a maze of steel, plastic, alloy and aluminum lined with various hoses, tubes and wires. While certainly intimidating from its exterior, the […]
Business Journal: Leaving the Suburbs
Large, suburban office parks are moving to downtown Minneapolis. As more and more employers head downtown, it becomes imperative that suburbs add amenities to prevent their current tenants from making the move. The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal packaged the story with a map that shows the reader the previous and future sites of the 16 […]
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