Visual Communication
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010Download this PowerPoint file
In this 26-slide PowerPoint presentation, you will learn to name the five principles of visualization, discuss at least 20 visual communication techniques, and apply visual communication techniques to a presentation you create.
Visual Communication: Using Adjectives, Fonts, Type Sizes, Ink Colors and Placement to Entice Diners
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Tabla (photo, left) is just one of the many restaurants around the country that are feverishly revising their menus.
Pounded by the recession, they are hoping that some magic combination of prices, adjectives, fonts, type sizes, ink colors, and placement on the page can coax diners into spending a little more money.
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Data Visualization: A New Way of Kooking at the World
Thursday, January 28th, 2010What’s the first thing that goes through your mind when someone says the word “data”?
For many of us, the first image is line graphs, pie charts and spreadsheets with columns and rows full of numbers that leave you bleary-eyed and a bit dazed.
But what if someone were to say data can also mean what you [...]
Google's Picasa Knows a Familiar Face
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Download this PDF file
If the human brain sees a million images per day and can instantly identify them, why couldn’t software do that, too?
Making such a thing a reality has been the longtime goal of German-born physicist Hartmut Neven, whose facial-recognition software firm was purchased by Google in 2006, with the stated goal of [...]
Ten Social Bookmarking Websites for Non-Stop Visual Inspiration
Monday, January 11th, 2010If you need inspiration in using visuals to make a point, here are ten websites you should check out.
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What Color Is Your Communication Style?
Friday, January 8th, 2010Found this fascinating story in the New York Times — reminding us that we all have specific styles of communication and, if we’re ever going to really understand one another, it can help enormously to know what someone’s is, let alone your own, and behave accordingly.
Shayla McKnight describes her Livingston, Montana [...]
What Everybody Ought to Know About Digital Photo Retouching
Friday, January 8th, 2010Today we take a look deeper into the hidden art of digital retouching where skies can always be blue and imperfections simply disappear. Whether you like it or hate it, think it’s necessary or not, retouching is here to stay.
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A Look into Reverse Image Search Tools
Friday, January 8th, 2010I’ve been already looking at various advanced image search engines as well as listing tools that allow to search for similar images. This post is about a bit different type of image search:
Reverse image search refers to the search type where you don’t need keywords at all; instead you just need to provide [...]
Data Visualization: Stories for the Information Age
Thursday, December 10th, 2009Artists and designers are turning to data visualization to interpret the deluge of information around us, often with unexpected results
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15 Stunning Examples of Data Visualization
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009Data visualization is a method of presenting information in a graphical form. Good data visualization should appear as if it is a work of art. This intrigues the viewer and draws them in so that they can further investigate the data and info that the graphic represents. In this post there are 15 stunning examples [...]
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