Take advantage of Illustrator’s live effects and create a 3D pie chart to represent your data.
Author: Dave Cross
For close to 25 years, Dave Cross has been helping photographers and creative professionals get the most out of their software. Starting with Adobe Illustrator classes in 1987, Dave has taught Photoshop,Illustrator and InDesign to thousands of users around the world. He has a Bachelor of Education, is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop CS5 and is a Certified Technical Trainer. Dave has taught at Photoshop World (20 times), written numerous articles and several books, co-hosts Photoshop User TV and has appeared in many DVDs and online courses for Kelby Training. Dave is the Lead Instructor for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and runs his own studio/workshop space in Tampa, FL. Over the last 12 years, Dave has taught Photoshop in every state in the United States, throughout Canada and in Europe, consistently earning rave reviews. Dave is well-known for his engaging style, his humor and his ability to make complex topics easy to understand. In 2009 Dave was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.
Finally! data driven illustrator charts/graphs… thank you very much for showing that.
Do you know of anyway to animate a stockchart without having to enter all the data?
incredible, thnks.
thanks
hi there, cool tip… thanks… i tried following what you did and got very much the same result except that the edges of the pie came out black on my screen… any reason why?
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Thank you!
Ok. So I am creating an informational video that will use a pie chart and I would like for the slices to separate as I talk about them and go back into the chart. how would I do this?
Good tutorial!
Thanks a lot!
ii a gud video dude
thank you! this is a very useful tutorial.
Great tutorial, much better than the other one I saw that advised to ungroup! Thank you!
Great tut!
Is there a way to save those in smart objects so that i can bring them into AE and animate them?
(sorry. I’m a noob)
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I love you Dave Cross! Quick answer to a specific question. Took me hours of experimenting with different tutorial methods and variables in Excel to do what you just re taught me in 3 minutes,
Thanks for the help but my problem is that when I select the whole chart like you said and then click effect everything is grayed out even my 3D options. Why is that?
I’m having the same problem as John – working in CS5.
Awesome! I have a problem is that when I select my whole chart like you said and the the 3D option is in grey.Why is that?