LINE – connecting two or more points. It begins by extending one point in a specific direction.
POINT – simply a dot. It establishes the position and acts as a visual focus.
SPACE – or area, refers to the surface that acts as a visual container, drawing attention to other visual elements in the layout.
The 3 basic types of shapes:
• GEOMETRIC
• NATURAL
• ABSTRACT
GEOMETRIC – triangle, square, rectangle, and circle
NATURAL – animals and plants
ABSTRACT – icons, stylized figures, and graphic illustration.
COLOR - is produced by an object that reflects light.
Colors - can produce dramatic changes in a design when it is used to emphasize things or create images.
PRIMARY COLORS
•red
•green
•blue
SIZE - It refers to how large or small something is in a document. It helps to create a layout more attractive and organized.
TEXTURE - The look or feel of a surface. Printed patterns are a type of visual texture.
BALANCE – the visual weight of object, texture, color, and space evenly distributed on the screen. Balance can be symmetric and asymmetrical.
EMPHASIS – an area in the design that may appear in a different size, texture, shape, or color to attract the viewer’s attention
MOVEMENT – visual elements guide the viewer’s eyes around the screen.
PATTERN,REPETITION,ANDRHYTHM – these are the repeating visual elements on an image or layout to create unity in the layout or image. Rhythm is achieved when visual elements create a sense of organized movement.
PROPORTION – visual elements create a sense of unity where they relate well with one another.
VARIETY – this uses several design elements to draw a viewer’s attention.
Infographics - are used to represent information, statistical data or knowledge in a graphical manner usually in a creative way to attract the viewer’s attention.
INFOGRAPHICS - it makes complex data more visually appealing to an average user.
ELEMENTS OF INFOGRAPHICS
• DATA
• DESIGN
• STORY
• SHAREBILITY
DATA – reliable, timely content
DESIGN – theme, color, font, readable
STORY – problem, clever, solution, message
SHAREBILITY – virality, SEO, location, social
WHAT ARE THE 9 TYPES OF INFOGRAPHICS?
•STATISTICALINFOGRAPHIC
•INFORMATIONALINFOGRAPHIC
•TIMELINEINFOGRAPHIC
•PROCESSINFOGRAPHIC
•GEOGRAPHICINFOGRAPHIC
•COMPARISONINFOGRAPHIC
•HIERARCHICALINFOGRAPHIC
•LISTINFOGRAPHIC
•INFOGRAPHICRESUME
Infographicresume - won’t be able to entirely replace a traditional resume in most cases. But they’re a great visual document to bring to an interview, to publish on your portfolio site, or to include in an email application.
hierarchicalinfographic - can organize information from greatest to least.
Listinfographic - are generally straightforward—the goal is to make them more eye-catching than a basic list. Visuals, like icons can replace bullet points, and creative fonts and colors, can make each item stand out.
COMPARISONINFOGRAPHIC - A lot of people have trouble picking between multiple options.
Whether you want to compare options in an unbiased way, or you want to make one option seem better
Geographic infographics - use map charts as the focus visual. Different types of map charts work better for different types of data.
process infographic - is the best infographic for providing a summary or overview of the steps in a process.
Timelineinfographics - are the best type of infographic for visualizing the history of something, highlighting important dates, or giving an overview of events
informational infographic - is the best infographic for clearly communicating a new or specialized concept, or to give an overview of a topic.
If you want to visualize survey results, present data from multiple sources, or back up an argument with relevant data, then a statistical infographic is the best infographic to do that.
ELEMENTS OF DESIGN
•POINT
•LINE
•SHAPE
•FORM
•TEXTURE
•COLOR
•VALUE
•SPACE
ONLINE COLLABORATION -simply put/ lets group of people work together in real time
over the internet.
WEB CONFERENCE -Provides a live audio/ video communication between two or more locations to conduct meetings, training, or presentations via the internet
web portals a website that contains
information from different sources and places them in one location in a uniform way.