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Designing Infographics on the Web

This guide provides a list of resources for learning about and creating infographics.

Introduction

Visme's mission is to provide "easy (and powerful) tools to manage and empower your online presence." Visme uses a drag and drop method that allows you to easily place items on your poster exactly where you want them.

Strengths

  • Wide range of content
  • Web-based formats 
  • Can be animated
  • Ability to import data from Google Spreadsheets and Microsoft Excel
  • 100+ fonts and thousands of content options

 Drawbacks

  • Private presentations and collaboration only available on premium accounts
  • Limited number of free templates

The Benefits of Premium Accounts

Free:

  • Storage - 500 MB
  • Download Formats - JPG
  • Watermark - Visible
  • Content - 20 chart types, icons, country and state maps, theme colors, folders
  • Privacy - Public and Private Options

Premium:

  • Storage - Starter plan has 1 GB, more from there
  • Download Formats - JPG, PNG, PDF, GIF
  • Watermark - Removable
  • Content - 20 chart types, icons, country and state maps, theme colors, folders
  • Privacy - Can share privately with password

Sample Infographic

Infographic produced by Visme entitled "How did you help your neighbors?" It contains color blocked areas with text to split up information.