Mar, 2016 : Top Tools for Creating Your Own Infographics

📅 March 23, 2016 - Infographics are great for bloggers, websites and sharing all over social media. They deliver a clean mixture of written content with images to explain the content very well. With the right infographics, you can take your website or blog to the next level.

Creating infographics from scratch is certainly not easy. However, if you want to show off the statistics from a research report, break down some key points or use an infographic to supplement a written blog post, you need to know how to create them.

Instead of paying a designer to create an infographic for you, you can do it yourself. There are several great tools to make the process much easier. Here are just a few of the top tools for creating your own infographics.

Easel.ly

Easel.ly may not provide a ton of free templates to use, but they do provide an easy-to-use dashboard, along with all kinds of design options. The beginner will find this tool to be a great choice compared to some of the others on the list. Not all the templates are free, but they do provide a few good choices. If you're willing to buy templates, you can easily design custom infographics with your own look, too.

When you decide to use Easel.ly, you will gain access to a very intuitive interface. It's easy for beginners to learn in just a few minutes and the advanced user will find plenty of features to play around with. This infographic tool provides plenty of value for users.

Canva

Canva is one of the top choices for editing and creating images. Not only can you create infographics, but you can also create other images for social media and your website. It takes about five minutes to create a good image, once you know how things work. Each design comes from a popular format found on social media, blogs or other presentations. You can choose the layout fitting your needs best and add a little flair.

While you can use Canva free of charge, upgrading to the $9.95 per month premium option will provide more features. You will easily be able to create all the infographics you need and more with Canva.

Venngage

Another infographic tool very similar to Canva is Venngage. This tool allows you to create an infographic in three easy steps. Just choose your template, add visuals, charts and graphics, and then customize your infographic with text and layout. You can add all kinds of information to your infographic through Venngage making it very easy for creating a number of different types of infographics.

The flexible design makes it easy to create your infographics with a great layout for all types of use.

Piktochart

With the Piktochart tool, you gain the ability to create all types of infographics. They start you with the infographic design or you can choose from a poster, report or slide deck design. This allows you to create your graphics from scratch from one of the many templates.

This tool is also similar to Canva after you choose the template you prefer. All you have to do is drag and drop the elements you want on your infographic and you're all set. You can choose the free option or you can upgrade for as little as $15 per month.

There are several great ways to design infographics. You don't need a professional designer to do it for you. Instead, choose one of these tools and start designing your own infographics from scratch.

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