Join Diane Burns for an in-depth discussion in this video Animating infographics: Line graphs, part of InDesign: Creating Animations.
- One of the most common types of charts and graphs…are line graphs, or line charts,…which can easily be created in Excel,…or even Adobe Illustrator.…But only InDesign can make them move and engage,…with movement from animations.…There are a couple of different techniques you can use,…both of which, of course, involve drawing lines.…Let's take a look at the first technique.…I'll show you this animation in the Preview panel.…Each data point comes in, along with its legend,…and it plots out the line graph…for social media usage.…
Let me show you how this was done.…I'm gonna hide a couple of these lines,…and just focus on the one on the bottom.…I'll select it, and I'll remove the animation…and then show you how it was done.…Notice that this line…doesn't have any rotation applied to it.…That's because I drew it at an angle,…like this.…When we draw diagonal lines that way,…as I discussed in another video,…if we try to use our little line-drawing scaling trick,…which is to set the width to zero, and the height to 100%…
Author
Diane Burns
Updated
3/23/2016Released
6/2/2015- Setting up an animation workspace
- Working with the Animation panel
- Viewing and editing animation presets
- Working with rotation and scaling
- Creating motion paths
- Adjusting timing
- Animating type
- Animating infographics
- Adding buttons and sounds
- Building more complex animations
- Exporting animation
- Creating, saving, and sharing custom motion presets
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Q: This course was updated on 03/23/2016. What changed?
A: We updated the video "Supported format overview" and added a new movie, 'Using animations with Publish Online."
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 8s
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1. Getting Started
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Previewing the possibilities2m 21s
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Supported format overview3m 48s
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2. Working with the Animation Panel
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Animation panel overview4m 12s
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Modifying animation presets4m 39s
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Working with rotation4m 51s
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Modifying scaling properties5m 38s
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3. Working with Motion Paths
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Copying motion paths4m 41s
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4. Understanding Timing
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Using Timing panel delays3m 51s
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5. Creating Animation Effects
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Animating type: Motion blur3m 26s
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Creating lines that draw5m 31s
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Drawing with objects5m 18s
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Creating a slideshow4m 3s
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Creating a moving bicycle2m 57s
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Building things that blink4m 27s
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Creating auto-scrolling text4m 37s
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Creating color transitions4m 33s
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6. Using Other Interactive Features with Animations
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Adding sound to animations6m 26s
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Animating video frames4m 6s
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7. Building Complex Animations
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Animating logos: World news5m 16s
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Animating a textbook4m 26s
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8. Output Formats and Animation
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9. Advanced Techniques
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Copying animations3m 35s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 22s
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