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Graphics

Basic Guidelines

GOOD examples

BAD examples

Output Format

Medical Illustrations

Colors

Layout

Three Ways of Highlighting Medical Illustrations

Basic Guidelines

Copyright

Rule: Your new graphic mustn’t look like the original! This is essential in case of copyright issues. Therefore, it is super important to insert your own contribution into a graphic without adulterating the content.

Tip: It helps to look up facts relating to the original graphic, as well as other depictions, to compare what’s important in the graphic and what isn’t, as well as figuring out what other possibilities there are to illustrate the topic.

What are some possible changes?

Do not copy every line exactly
Change the colors
If possible, display as reflection, or rotate and scale
Insert an animation

Insert new labels
Focus on the most important parts
Leave out parts that aren't important for comprehension

GOOD examples

Before:

Image: Small IntestineN by OpenStax College, CC BY 3.0

Do:

Reduce to the most important information and use animation steps.

Before:

Image: Illu pulmonary circuit by Arcadian, PD

Do:

Use a different presentation and add information from other examples that show the same process.

BAD examples

Before:

Image: Anatomy of the Human Ear by Lars Chittka and Axel Brockmann , CC-BY 2.5

Don't:

Simply changing the colors and deleting the labels is not sufficient.

Before:

Image: Osmotic pressure on blood cells diagram by LadyofHats, PD

Don't:

It's the same idea, the same positions, and the same labels.

Mind the gap!

Here you can find more information about Copyright.

Output Format

Slides

Rule: Use an Adobe Illustrator canvas of 1920 x 1080 px.

Export the illustration with 72 dpi as a PNG.

Print

Rule: Use an Adobe Illustrator canvas of 1920 x 1080 px.

Export the illustration with a minimum of 300 dpi as a PNG.

WordPress

Rule: Use an Adobe Illustrator canvas of 2560 x 2560 px.

Export the illustration with 72 dpi as a PNG.

Mind the gap!

Don't export the png in Adobe Illustrator from the whole artboard, this will create too much whitespace around the image.
Exporting it as a normal png should be enough.

Medical Illustrations

Mind the gap!

Every new created graphic must be uploaded onto the Lecturio Media Asset Management.

Colors

Rule: Generally, keep the graphics in a clean 2-dimensional look, but give them spatial depth, which means you are allowed to use color gradients.