In his book, The Functional Art, Alberto Cairo writes, "The first and main goal of any graphic and visualization is to be a tool for your eyes and brain to perceive what lies beyond their natural … [Read more...]
How To Plan A Photo Shoot For eLearning
Organizing and managing a successful photo shoot for eLearning is more complicated than you might think. You have to organize by location, have the right props on hand, keep things moving at a steady … [Read more...]
How to Crop Photos for eLearning
Cropping an image is a powerful technique of visual design that you may be under utilizing. It's more than just making a photograph fit your space. Cropping refers to the practice of removing portions … [Read more...]
Realistic Graphics and Learning: What’s most effective?
Before you just place any old photo into an online course or informational web site, it's a good idea to think about whether a realistic graphic will be effective. And if so, how much realism is … [Read more...]
What Learning Professionals Should Know About Color
Do your graphic designers speak in a secret language? Do you wish you could let terms like hue, saturation and value roll off your tongue? … [Read more...]
Five Free Image Editors Worth Trying For eLearning
What is an image editor? An application for manipulating and enhancing photos. The basic functionality of an image editor includes resizing, cropping, lighting adjustments, touch-up and adding text. … [Read more...]
10 Lesser Known Free Or Inexpensive Stock Photo Sites
With 5 Additional Sites Added
Paid stock photo sites have many advantages over the free ones because of their massive collections, efficiency of search filters, light boxes for saving favorites and (hopefully) better pay for … [Read more...]
10 eLearning Freebies – Updated!
Updated list of great freebies for your production enjoyment. Here are ten that you might find valuable from comic book art to specialized fonts and eLearning templates. … [Read more...]
Creating Interactive Content With H5P
If you're looking for a way to make web content interactive, check out H5P. It is a user-friendly plugin that makes it easy for LX designers, writers, presenters and publishers to deliver interactive … [Read more...]
How To Combine Text And Image In eLearning Design
In visual art and graphic design, a composition is the arrangement of visual elements into one cohesive whole. In eLearning and presentation design, every slide can be seen as a composition. The way … [Read more...]
Create Animations That Are Good For Learning
You enjoy watching a good animation, right? Moving pictures are hard to resist. But how well do people learn from this format? Possibly less than you might think. When compared to static graphics, … [Read more...]
How To Use Dingbats For Free eLearning Illustrations
Have you ever wondered whether those unique dingbat symbols have any purpose? Actually, they do. You probably know that dingbats are fonts that consist of little pictures, bullets and shapes that … [Read more...]