Questions tagged [data-visualisation]
Questions about the use of illustrations to convey data. This is including but not limited to diagrams such as charts, maps, plots; and general graphics with underlying data.
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Is it fair to use accent colors to borders in material design?
I'm trying to create a widget styles in dashboard design.is it fair to use accent colors to borders instead of background color.when i try to use as bachground color it doesnt compliment the other ...
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What is the "unambiguously correct" pictogram for database storage?
I want to draw a mockup design of a set of microservices forming a web application. I need to represent a database storage in it. I would like to know if there is consensus on which pictogram is ...
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Should I generate report graphics as PDF or SVG for 70% web, 30% print users? Or PNG?
As a database guy, I hope my design-n00B question isn't noise!
I have some moderately complex data for which I want to generate (2-D) graphic representations on demand and also at intervals. I ...
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Any tool to automatically generate HTML layout structure diagram?
I usually post in StackOverflow, but this is more a layout/design question. I am trying to get an overview of the HTML structure of an application I am working on, and was looking for a tool to ...
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Why are the slices not accurate in my pie chart in Illustrator?
I made a pie chart that contains several slices. Two of the slices are .1%.
One .1% slice (the yellow one) can easily be seen, while the other one is incredibly small - you have to drag the other ...
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How to make a timeline with task and actions that is easily readible? [closed]
We are making a web timeline for our callcenter department. In this timeline you can see tasks and related actions to perform these tasks. So task =actions+actions+ potential other actions or not.
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JavaScript library that will display variable size wedges on a Pie Chart [closed]
I'm looking for a JavaScript library that will create pie charts with variable sized wedges like in the image. (It looks like a doughnut graph but the the image in the middle just has a white border ...
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Show legend AND percentages in Illustrator pie chart
I have a pie chart that looks like this:
I want to make it look like this (ignore the purple lines), so that it has both the colored legend AND the percentages. (The color and shape doesn't matter).
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How do I create a tri-colored arc in Inkscape?
I need to cut an arc which has three colors say red, green and blue one after the other. This is for a circular game paddle.
I am using a differentiate on a square and a circle, then rotating the ...
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Best way to design map markers based on their 'heat' parameter
I'm creating a google map, with some custom markers on it.
Each marker has a "heat" parameter, and I would like to design those markers depending on this parameter. But I can't figure the best way to ...
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rotation target and illustrator actions
I'm building a set of actions to help myself create pie charts, one segment create a line segment at a certain point (from the artboard center out), and the attempts to rotate it around the same point ...
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How to count colors in an image or series of images?
Perhaps this question is too technical for this subsite, if so, please relocate it to a better spot.
I'm doing some research on colors where I need to figure out how common colors are. The end result ...
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How to edit the category labels in a graph in Adobe Illustrator?
Does anyone know how to make the text on the Category axis of a graph in Illustrator on the right look like the one on the left?
On the one on the left I have done it manually but surely there is ...
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Distinct palette for translucent markers over greyscale image?
I'm trying to choose a discrete set of 10+ "cold" to "hot" colors to be used by translucent markers/icons displayed over a continuous tone grey scale image where each step is clearly different it's ...
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Tool for drawing Smartphones from different 3D Perspectives [closed]
For presentation purposes, I need to visualize a process that involves rotating the smartphone in 3D-space. Hence, I am looking for a drawing tool (or a way), which has smartphone graphics (preferably ...
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What is the best color map to show the strength (a 2D data matrix)? [closed]
For the purpose of on-screen show and/or print.
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Is there any scientific evidence that verifies the advantages of infographics in resumes?
I am a computer scientist currently working on his master thesis. For this purpose i developed an application which is able to produce infographic resumes. But currently im struggling to find proper ...
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How to auto generate bulk greeting cards from excel/csv data
I am trying to bulk generate greeting cards from an excel(or csv) table in which multiple people have generated customized messages for each recipient.
Each card can have a different number of people ...
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Should graphs and charts be reversed for RTL-reading audiences?
I don't recall ever seeing any examples of right-to-left-reading charts and graphs, so I'm guessing the answer is no; however, I wanted to ask here to see if anyone has information to the contrary: ...
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How to use percents in Illustrator Graph Tool?
I am currently making a bar graph with various percentages. Illustrator graph tool seems to be limited in formatting the style of numbers compared to one would in Excel. How do I set graph tool, to ...
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What´s the most suitable software and way to do this kind of CALENDARS? [duplicate]
I like 2 kinds of annual calendar.
ONE is this
( origianl in PDF )
ANOTHER(numer two) is this
( origianl in PDF )
I usually use Fireworks CS6 (and may be than in a few months I´m going to use ...
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How to get the XY coordinates of the segments in a rule?
I have a curved line and because I wanted it to be divided in segments of equal distances, I used a Rule effect. (The image is in Spanish, but I hope you know what I mean with Rule - I don't know if ...
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Color scheme for many options
I have data in six series: A2, A1, B1, B2, B3, B4.
Two of these belong in one group, and four in another group.
Within these, there is a progression in the series: A2 > A1, B4 > B3 > B2 > B1.
In ...
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How to draw a "circle grid" with editable colours and background colours?
Could advise on how I would create the image shown? I am not a graphic designer but really need to create something like this. I have no idea even what package to use! Any help would be appreciated.
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Developing a graphic that highlights differences in time between items, task and sub task times
I'd like to make a visualization that shows the differences in total timelines and variability to complete a task. In total, there are 20 of these items, each with a different total and step times. ...
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How to display data labels in Illustrator graph function (pie graph)?
I am trying to make a pie graph that has both the data labels (e.g. 33%) and the series name (e.g. "apples"). Here is an example below.
It seems this can only be accomplished through manually ...
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How can I design this graph (select line colors and number of lines) so that it's intelligible?
I'm designing a graph for a website using Highcharts. This graph contains lots of outbreak curves (basically, cumulative disease incidence over time). The point of this particular graph is to be able ...
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Better ways to visualise a box of uncertain colour when the possible colours are complementary?
I try to create an illustration containing certain items represented by coloured boxes (exhibits 1 and 2), with the colour distinguishing different types of items. Assume that the look of these boxes (...
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Open and edit a .wav file in Photoshop (view wavelength)
Trying to find a way (better and higher quality of a screenshot) to open a .wav file in Photoshop and view and edit the wavelength file.
Initially, I used Adobe Audition and Onde ScreenCapture. The ...
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How can I present this information with less required user interaction?
Here's a typical graphic from my web app:
It shows the performance of grades 1-12 on each of four tasks (Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide). But this is only for whole numbers. Behind each of the other ...
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How can I make this into a better dashboard?
I need to redesign a link and text heavy dashboard to make it more useable and aesthetically pleasing. The existing page looks like this:
As you can see, it's basically a dump of links to other ...
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Ergonomic standards to design UI [closed]
I want to build a UI application that visualize/display the analysed tire machine data. The UI application is supposed to be for tablets. However, before I build the application, I am supposed to look ...
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Should either the area or the length of a square be proportional to the data that is being visualized?
I'm making a data visualization. Each datum is represented by a square. To make the underlying data intuitively legible should the length of each square's side or the area of each square be ...
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What's the best way to find the CMYK and RGB for flex banner design?
Please for flex banner design which colours are correct rgb or cmyk
i am confusing to make flex banner rgb neither cmyk
please give me suggestion aboutthis
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How to visualize combinations of data for a gene discovery application?
What kind of a visualization/chart should I use for showing all the ways you can choose from a set of items? (i.e., number of possible combinations)
Concretely, I am showing potential offspring from ...
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Please critique my pending website's home page with these two questions:
I have the following questions regarding my design:
Does my website have a professional, high-end feel? Why are why not?
Does my current "Call To Action" button stand out or can you find it easily ...
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how to design visually beautifull websites? [closed]
I have a good knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript and ...
and I can make an entire website in 2 or 3 days but I don't know how to make it beautiful an attractive!! can you tell what should I do coz I ...
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Which graph should I use for this ?
In order to teach a game to kids, I would like to make a chart. Since english is not my mother language, I'm just asking for the proper name of the template I should use to display my data.
It's a ...
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How do you present a logo to a client? [closed]
I am newbie and would like guidance on How do you present the logo to a client visually in a professional way?
What are the different ways of presenting a logo to a client?
If there are links to ...
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Better way to display three pieces of data on one graph for a website
Note the oldest answer was referring to my graph prior to this last edit. It was a great answer, please don't discount it due to my edit.
I want to display how much study I have done, and how many ...
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Are zebra stripes on tables more effective than good spacing and visual contrast?
In old forms or webpages I often see a lot of zebra striping used on the tables because the way the table was designed it was difficult to see the rows and columns easily when you want to locate ...
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Comparing numbers of vastly differing scales
I'm working on a project that looks at the nature of electronic data (bits/bytes, storage) and the exploding nature of data traffic on the internet from 1990 to projected 2016.
For one part of this ...
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How to create an array of circles within a circle?
I'm looking to place exactly 750 filled circles in a random array within a circular shape, essentially a static version of this infographic
I've considered scatter graphs (but that seems as painful ...
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Is there a better visual than the infamous generic stock photo employee for a human connection? [closed]
We have a strict corporate policy against publishing any photos. In fact one magazine requested a head shot for the cover of their issue and we had to decline that part of our contract.
What are ...
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Maths + Graphic Design - Did somebody try that?
Hello and wish you a nice day to all. I'm working on project of visualizating math formulas into such form that it would be easily comprehensible and readable, simply beautiful to look at. I've been ...
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How do I improve the visual design of my scientific schematic figures?
When writing a manuscript, I generally feel like my plots follow a good balance of visibility and informational portrayal. Once in a awhile, I need to create a figure where something is shown "...
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How can I distinguish positive from negative values in a grayscale bubble grid?
I'm giving my sister a hand with a bunch of graphics for her thesis. She's dealing with 20 survey responses from a bunch of companies, and one of the natural things to do is look for correlation ...
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