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Visual.ly:自动制作信息图 - 爱范儿 · Beats of Bits - 发现创新价值的科技媒体
由于 Hashtag 已经成为社交网络中常见的一种聚合话题的形式,因此 Visual.ly 也提供了利用 Hashtag 进行数据挖掘的功能:Life of a Hashtag。只要在输入一个特定的 Hashtag,Visual.ly 就会把和这个标签有关的情况制作成信息图展现出来。 在经过试用之后,我发现 Visual.ly 的信息图制作的确完全自动化,只要输入要对比的对象,然后按下按钮,就能够自动生成。可惜的是,现阶段的数据来源还不够多,目前只有 Twitter 和 Facebook。 为什么 Visual.ly 无法导入 Excel 或 CSV 文件来创建信息图呢?Stew 认为,一是处理这些数据对于网站来说并不容易,二是他们的最终用户不会上传 Excel、CSV 文件来制作信息图,这些用户更加希望能够与 Facebook、Twitter、Fitbit、Mint、Spotify 等其它他们所使用的服务相连,因为这些网站才包含了他们的“数据人生”。6 Interface Design Principles and Tips Every Web Designer Should Know | Psdtuts+
Free PSDs & Resources for Web Designers by Orman Clark
Today we’re going to explore a super easy design trick for combining text and photos in interesting ways. I’ll teach you four methods for using the directionality of a photograph to determine a corresponding design layout. I’ll preface this article with a brief admission that the following tips do not represent hard and fast rules that you must follow in your design work. Instead, it’s simply one method (in four parts) that you can use to align various design elements in relation to the content of a photo. Obviously, considerations like whitespace often have a primary effect on where you place text on a photo. Keep this in mind as you work with your own images in this manner.

