Have you ever wondered how are these beautiful infographics actually created and who are these brilliant people providing information in such a beautiful manner. Designers these days are showcasing information in a very interesting format these days.

Informative graphics are very useful in providing clear details when explaining an issue. A description comes to life when information is accompanied by attractive graphics. For designers, the process of creating these infographics is also very exciting. Infographics can be created on any topic and could also come in any form.

Till now we’ve seen these infographics on the internet but now it’s your turn to create some.

If you have an idea, here is a list of some free tools is you can use to create some nice looking infographics for your personal sites:

1. Wordle

This tool is especially helpful to bloggers who wish to monitor the regularity of the use of some terms. This text-based visualization tool is used to generate diagrams that display word density over the web. From an entered text, Wordle can produce great info graphics, and they do come in many different designs. As the site says it is a toy and you can play with it.

2. StatPlanet

This free data visualization and infographics tool is browser-based. It comes with features like map making, a set of tools fixed into the browser, and Flash support. You can make great infographics with the set of tools.

3. Hohli

This is a free web-based service that can be used in creating line graphs, Venn diagrams, 3D pie charts, bar graphs, radar graphs and some other types of info graphics. This interactive chart creator makes your presentations more understandable and captivating.

4. Visualization Lab

This free service uses, for data visual presentation, an IBM’S technology called “Many Eyes.” Visualization Lab, owned by renowned news group the New York Times, also uses the IBM technology to create highly interactive info graphics that has a whole lot of features.

5. Google Public Data Explorer

Large datasets can be visualized, explored and communicated easily using this Google Labs project, thus making creation of info graphics easier.

Hope you’ll like these tools and soon come up with your own creative infographics.

	Saurabh Dutta
	Saurabh Dutta is the founder and author of TechChai. He writes on useful technology tips, tricks, tutorials, articles and interesting technology updates on various websites and blogs online.
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