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Information Design JournalVol. 25:3 (2019) ► pp.301–307
Designing animated information graphics
Challenges and opportunities
Animated graphics are a potentially powerful way to communicate information about subject matter involving change over time. However, their design currently relies largely on intuition and approaches applicable to static graphics. This article introduces a principled and empirically validated alternative that offers significantly better communicative effectiveness than conventional animation designs.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Animation processing challenges
- 3.Exposing potential problems
- 4.Compositional design
- 5.Conclusion
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