zu@ethz.UUCP (02/10/87)
[No food for line eaters]
I'm looking for a book describing the principles of presentation graphics.
It should explain the following topics:
- what methods exist for presenting numbers and relationships
between numbers?
- how should I present life-cycles? (I hope you understand what I mean)
- what presentation technics are best for a fast overview?
- what should we use presentation graphics for. Are there some outputs,
which should be displayed in the conventional list format (besides
of exact numbers, of course). Are there even other methods?
- what about colors?
Our task ist, to add graphics to a program which produces a lot of paper with
even more numbers. All the forms look alike but they all differ in some points.
The graphics give us a rough overview and should help to make decisions. But
it's not as sophisticated as a decision support system.
Best thanks for any pointers,
...urs
UUCP: ...!seismo!mcvax!cernvax!ethz!zuwaynec@hpsrlc.UUCP (02/13/87)
/ hpsrlc:comp.graphics / zu@ethz.UUCP (Urs Zurbuchen) / 3:08 am Feb 10, 1987 / > I'm looking for a book describing the principles of presentation graphics. > It should explain the following topics: Tufte, Edward R., "The Visual Displa of Quantitative Information", Graphics Press, Cheshire, Connecticut, 1983. This is an excellent book that covers most of the areas you asked about. It is definitely NOT a computer-oriented book, but then a computer-orientation is probably a sure-file way to mess up a USER interface! --Wayne Cannon {...hpcea!}hpsrla!waynec (telnet) 577-3631 (telco) (707)-577-3631
ben@hpldolm.UUCP (02/14/87)
[ I don't know how to reach you via e-mail, so...] Could you please forward a list of the replies that you get, or post them? Benjamin Ellsworth USA (303)590-5849 hplabs!hpldola!ben
rab@alice.UUCP (02/16/87)
In article <447@ethz.UUCP>, zu@ethz.UUCP writes: > I'm looking for a book describing the principles of presentation graphics. One excellent text that describes the principles involved in making good graphs is: The Elements of Graphing Data William S. Cleveland Wadsworth Advanced Books and Software Monterey, California, 1985 ISBN 0-534-03729-1 It has numerous examples of good graphs, a discussion of graphical perception, and an extensive section giving principles and techniques of graph construction. -- Rick Becker alice!rab research!rab
jgymp@houxa.UUCP (J.YINGLING) (06/17/88)
June 16, 1988
Presentation Graphics Users:
I am looking for someone who has experience in using a
business graphic package such as Show Partner, PC
Storyboard, Harvard Graphics, PC Paintbrush, etc. I am in
the process of purchasing a package but don't know what
features are critical and which are optional. From what I
have read SHOW PARTNER 3.0 is the best package but it is
also the cheapest. What is it missing?
John Yingling
(201) 576-2942
houxa!jgympMatt_Carl_Mossholder@cup.portal.com (06/19/88)
I personally prefer GRASP by Paul Mace Software. It has a complete support for all standard IBM graphics adapters and it also supports a few others, like Hercules and I believe the BoB board. It has a friendlier interface and has a range of extrenal utilities supplied by the author. These utilities are availible on the Author's BBS which is listed in the manual. It also handles .PCX format pictures, so older pictures are transferable. Matt Mossholder - Through the Portal Gateway _ /| \'o.O' =(___)= U ACK! PHHT! Standard Disclaimer: My words are my own opinions and therefore have the utmost significance in my mind if not yours!
tvillan@hpccc.HP.COM (Tim Villanueva) (06/21/88)
> I am looking for someone who has experience in using a > business graphic package such as Show Partner, PC ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Storyboard, Harvard Graphics, PC Paintbrush, etc. I am in ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > the process of purchasing a package but don't know what > features are critical and which are optional. From what I > have read SHOW PARTNER 3.0 is the best package but it is > also the cheapest. What is it missing? Contradiction in terms...... Anyway, the packages you list here do some completely different things. Do you need charting? Do you need plotter support, camera? color? When looking at a review, reading "xxx" package is best doesn't mean much. Buy according to your needs. Do you wan't to do nice text, nice fonts, etc? do you have a mouse? Do you need fancy chart types. Do you have much money? I would avoid Rastar Paint programs like PC Paintbrush for Business Graphics. I have a bias opinion when it comes to *real* business graphics so I won't suggest anything. Let us know (or e-mail me) on what you get and how you like it. I am VERY interested. Tim V tvillan%hpccc@hplabs.hp.com
ken@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Ken Rossman) (12/05/90)
I'm looking for a (hopefully PD) graphics tool that will allow me to create presentation graphics, most specifically text in large, filled-font characters. I need to photograph directly off the screen (for a slide presentation), so the larger the better (i.e. less jaggies to deal with). Looking for color X-based tools, or alternatively, anything that can dump large font text and perhaps some simple graphics (boxes and other shapes) directly into the raw Sun frame buffer (e.g. cg4 type 8-bit color). Please reply directly and I will summarize. Thanks. Ken Rossman Network Planning Group Computer Center ken@columbia.edu Columbia University ken@cumin.bitnet 212-854-4876 uunet!columbia!ken