Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Infographics: Make Your Own!

Has anybody noticed that Infographics are everywhere? Now don't get me wrong. I love infographics. In fact, I have a Pinterest board full of them. But have you ever wondered what it would take to make one of those? Luckily easel.ly and infogr.am make it remarkably simple and free (if you set up an online account at no charge) =D

Easel.ly

From what I've seen, this program does a really nice job making visually and aethetically pleasing infographics. You can change the size and shape of the font, the graphics, and the clip art. While there are plenty of templates to choose from, you can also start from scratch.

Infogr.am

Instead of focusing on the visual side of an infographic, this site focuses on the data side. You can either enter data onto the website which will change the graphs and visuals it makes for you, or you can upload data from a document that will change the graphs as well. Pretty cool, no?

Now, I haven't had the time to make an infographic using these sites, but this video does a nice job of explaining and showing these services step-by-step. Thank you Kathy Ishazuka from TheDigitalShift for making it. Enjoy!

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