1. session SESSION 4 demo:
4 DEMO:
continuum CONTINUUM diagrams DIAGRAMS and matrices
AND MATRIXES
PLAN601E Verbal VERBAL and AND visual: VISUAL: Information INFORMATION Graphics GRAPHICS (session (SESSION 4)
4)

2. creating a continuum diagram
in adobe illustrator

3. Let’s make a continuum diagram that presents a range of ground
floor transparency in East Village storefronts.
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator

4. 1) Draw a line with arrowheads on both ends; 2) Use the Type tool
to make labels for either maximum.
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator
1 type
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5. Steps: 3) flatten and crop images.
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CREATING A CONTINUUM
DIAGRAM WITH ILLUSTRATOR
3) Flatten and crop images in Photoshop.
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator

6. Steps: 4) adjust brightness with autocolor.
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CREATING A CONTINUUM
DIAGRAM WITH ILLUSTRATOR
4) Adjust brightness and contrast with Auto Tone/Contrast/Color.
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator

7. Steps: 5) adjust levels and save as .jpeg.
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CREATING A CONTINUUM
DIAGRAM WITH ILLUSTRATOR
LEVELS
5) Adjust levels as necessary and save as .jpg.
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator
levels

8. 7) Create graphic conventions for displaying photos, aerials, and
labels; use pathfinder to create talk-box.
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator
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9. 8) Copy photo box and relink images with the links palette
(alternative to placing each image individually).
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator
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LINKS

10. 9) Key photos into the arrow by adjusting anchors on the box
utilizing the direct selection tool.
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creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator

11. 10) Add descriptive labels with the type tool.
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator
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12. 11) Convert the arrow into a polygon by selecting Object>Flatten
Transparency.
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator
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13. 12) Create a compound path with the pathfinder.
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator
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14. 13) Establish your color palette. Add your colors to the gradient
palette by dragging the color from the fill.
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator
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15. 14) Create a new polygon with the gradient fill and then use the
eyedropper to color the arrow.
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creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator
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16. Let’s try out another convention for displaying the
photo documentation.
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator

17. Steps: 15) open image in photoshop, create layer
background by double-clicking “background.”
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CREATING A CONTINUUM
DIAGRAM WITH ILLUSTRATOR
LAYERS
15) Open image in Photoshop, create layer
from background by double-clicking ‘background.’
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator
layers

18. Steps: 16) select an area of the image with the lasso tool,
then select the inverse.
CREATING A CONTINUUM
DIAGRAM WITH ILLUSTRATOR
LAYERS
16) Select an area of the image with the lasso tool, then select the
inverse.
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator
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layers

19. Steps: 17) press “delete” to delete the inverse area.
CREATING A CONTINUUM
DIAGRAM WITH ILLUSTRATOR
17) Press ‘delete’ to delete the inverse area.
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator

20. 18) Change the Image Mode to Grayscale.
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator
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21. 19) Save as a .psd or a .png
creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator

22. 20) Replace photos with greyscale images; create new graphic
convention for key map.
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creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator

23. 21) Key images with the arrow.
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creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator

24. creating a continuum
diagram with illustrator

25. creating a continuum diagram
in adobe indesign

26. HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALPHABET CITY
Let’s make a matrix that evaluates the contribution of activites
in the East Village to ‘health infrastructure.’
creating a matrix
with adobe indesign
PROMOTES
ACTIVITY
FRESH
FOOD
COMMUNITY
SPACE
HEALTH
SERVICES
PUBLIC
ACCESS
HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALPHABET CITY
IMPACT IMPACT IMPACT
No need to make an export because the diagram is
already in Indesign!
CREATING A MATRIX
WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
PROMOTES
ACTIVITY
FRESH
FOOD
COMMUNITY
SPACE
HEALTH
SERVICES
PUBLIC
ACCESS
POSITIVE IMPACT NO IMPACT NEGATIVE IMPACT

27. 1) Use document grid as guide for setting up a grid of lines with
the Line tool.
view
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creating a matrix
with adobe indesign

28. 2) Place an image in the document, adjust frame and with
selection tool, adjust size with direct selection tool.
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creating a matrix
with adobe indesign

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3) Copy image and then use the Relink button in Links palette to
switch out images.
creating a matrix
with adobe indesign
LINKS

30. 4
4) Copy / paste icons from Illustrator; use icons to define
categories for each matrix cell.
creating a matrix
with adobe indesign

31. 5) Create labels for the matrix cells using text tool; clean up using
align palette.
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creating a matrix
with adobe indesign
align

32. 6) Fill in matrix cells with symbol icons.
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creating a matrix
with adobe indesign

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creating a matrix
with adobe indesign
7) Add background fills utlizing the rectangle tool.

34. 8
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creating a matrix
with adobe indesign
colors
8) Modify line styles, icon and text colors; make photos greyscale
in Photoshop.
stroke

35. 9
creating a matrix
with adobe indesign
9) Add a title and key with text tool.

36. HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALPHABET CITY
No need to make an export because the diagram is already in
InDesign!
creating a matrix
with adobe indesign
ACTIVITY
FOOD
SPACE
SERVICES
ACCESS
HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALPHABET CITY
IMPACT IMPACT
No need to make an export because the diagram is
already in Indesign!
CREATING A MATRIX
WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
PROMOTES
ACTIVITY
FRESH
FOOD
COMMUNITY
SPACE
HEALTH
SERVICES
PUBLIC
ACCESS
POSITIVE IMPACT NO IMPACT NEGATIVE IMPACT

37. PDF, 7.5”x10”
Title slide; Previous slides (Assignments 1, 2 & 3)
Message of this slide/ category
of data documented on this page
Title of your
presentation
Assignment 4: A continuum diagram, network diagram, or matrix
HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALPHABET CITY
Intertitle; Sketches, notes, precedents and revisions for Assignment 4;
All previous sketches, notes, precedents and revisions.
Sketches, notes,
precedents
and revisions
assignment 3
JPEG
From some part of Assignment 4
Headline tells me the
message of this slide
ACTIVITY
FOOD
SPACE
SERVICES
ACCESS
HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALPHABET CITY
POSITIVE IMPACT NO IMPACT NEGATIVE IMPACT
No need to make an export because the diagram is
already in Indesign!
CREATING A MATRIX
WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
PROMOTES
ACTIVITY
FRESH
FOOD
COMMUNITY
SPACE
HEALTH
SERVICES
PUBLIC
ACCESS
IMPACT IMPACT IMPACT
HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALPHABET CITY
ACTIVITY
FOOD
SPACE
SERVICES
ACCESS
HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALPHABET CITY
POSITIVE IMPACT NO IMPACT NEGATIVE IMPACT
No need to make an export because the diagram is
already in Indesign!
CREATING A MATRIX
WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
PROMOTES
ACTIVITY
FRESH
FOOD
COMMUNITY
SPACE
HEALTH
SERVICES
PUBLIC
ACCESS
IMPACT IMPACT IMPACT