Something that makes Inkscape unique is its openness to its community. I used the Flowing Data and Quick-R tutorials, along with R’s help files and a little Internet searching, to create the visualizations back on Problem Set 1.Inkscape is a free and open-source vector graphics editor that can be used by designers, illustrators, web designers, or anyone who wants to create any vector imagery.Ĭreated all the way in 2003, Inkscape has a growing international community and a lot of loyal fans. See the Quick-R tutorials on basic graphs and advanced graphs for more R commands useful for data visualization. You can type things like “?rainbow” in R to find out the parameters for these palettes.

Other palettes include rainbow, terrain, and topo. R has a few built-in color palettes, including cm (cyan-magenta) and heat (warm colors), both seen in the tutorial. The heatmap tutorial includes a section on color selection. Help with Rįlowing Data has some useful tutorials for creating particular data visualizations in R: Let me know if you have questions about output options. Whatever tool you use, be sure you can output an infographic that I can embed one way or another here on the blog. See this list of tools from Steven Anderson and these ideas for creating infographics from Chris Clark for other possibilities. I don’t know these tools, however, so I probably won’t be able to help you if you get stuck.

Option 4 – Use some other program, like Adobe Illustrator or the free, open-source alternative to Illustrator, Inkscape.

You would need to export these plots into PowerPoint or Prezi, just like with R. I’m pretty comfortable troubleshooting in Excel, too.

You can export your R plots as PNG or PDF files, then insert them into a PowerPoint or Prezi you use to design the infographic as a whole. See below for some resources on using R to create data visualizations. I’m pretty comfortable troubleshooting in R if you need help. I haven’t used it, but I’ve heard great things about it, and I’d love to learn how to use it. Option 1 – Use visual.ly, an online tool for creating infographics.I wanted to share a few ideas for creating infographics with you as you start work on your application projects.

Inkscape tutorials derek