'Creating Maps, Charts, and Infographics with Adobe Illustrator: Learn by Video'

Table of contents

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