About the video: Preparing the Digital File
Overview
“You will have to find the most common print sizes in your area (US sizes are different from the rest of the world, but you can find similar proportions). I will define stroke widths, typefaces, general guides, minimum sizes, etc. In the end, you will have everything ready to go and make an effective workflow.”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Preparing the Digital File, which is part of the Domestika online course: Information Design Specialization for Infographics and Visual Storytelling. Create engaging narratives with digital illustration and collage to craft captivating, informative data visualizations.
Partial transcription of the video
“Preparing the Digital File In the last lesson, we made a low fidelity version of our infographic. In this lesson, we are going to make the digital file. Let's do it. So now that we have our sketch, it's time to work in Illustrator. The first thing that we're going to do in order to have everything organized and clear is create our file. So if your plan is to print your infographic, I recommend that you look at the printing sizes in your area. Normally, American printing sizes are different than the rest of the world. So in this case, because we're based in the US, I have looked for printing...”
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Course summary for: Information Design Specialization for Infographics and Visual Storytelling
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Category
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Areas
Digital Illustration, Graphic Design, Infographics, Information Design, Interactive Design

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