Infographics tool : Piktochart

My Profile created with Piktochart :

Why Piktochart?

                       Ease of use (for me it took less than 30 min )

                       Wide variety of themes

                       Rich toolbox

                      Theme customization

                       Easy sharing

1) Ease of use :

The key here is taking the easy route – editing an existing layout/theme.

If you choose this route, you can go ahead and choose a theme for your infographic. If you’re a basic user, you’ll only have five themes or so to choose from. Pro users get over a hundred themes, but more on that later.

2) Wide variety of themes :

There are various inbuilt themes related to various ideas like entertainment, science, art, people, countries, flow diagrams and so many other. In paid version in all there are more than 200 inbuilt themes .

3) Rich toolbox :

After choosing the theme, you can also choose a different color scheme from the side panel. Then, all you have to do is edit the existing content in order to create your own unique infographic. Click the shape/object you wish to edit (or double click to edit text), then use the properties toolbar up above to edit the object. You can rotate objects, alter the layer/opacity, resize, move, change the color and edit the text attributes from this property bar, allowing you to customize the existing theme for your own purposes.

4) Theme customization

If you don’t like inbuilt theme then you can design your theme right from scratch. First clear the blank canvas  after this you can start inserting the elements of your infographic. There are three object types to insert – shapes, graphics and theme graphics. The shapes include everything from basic shapes like squares and circles to complex shapes like thumbs up symbols and utensil symbols. The graphics section includes images like maps and popular website icons. The theme graphics section contains images specific to the theme you’ve chosen, contributing to a cohesive overall look.

To add an element, simply drag and drop it onto your canvas. This method also works to add text – simply select the text section, choose which section of the infographic your text is for (e.g. header or footer), then drag and drop a text box. Click on any added objects to edit them using the properties toolbar, as described in the previous section. You can also add charts and graphs from CSV files.

5) Easy sharing

We can save the theme in JPG and HTML file format. Also we can post the infographics on our social networking sites like facebook and Twitter.

Problems with Piktochart :

Though it has number of inbuilt themes available only few are allowed for free users.