Preset-based generation and exploration of visualization designs. (December 2015)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Preset-based generation and exploration of visualization designs. (December 2015)
- Main Title:
- Preset-based generation and exploration of visualization designs
- Authors:
- Schulz, Hans-Jörg
Hadlak, Steffen - Abstract:
- Abstract: Generating the "right" visual representation for the data and task at hand remains a standing challenge in visualization research and practice. A variety of different approaches to produce visual representations have been proposed in the past, including such noteworthy instances as visualization by example and visualization by analogy . With this paper, we add a new twist to creating visual representations by proposing a way to construct new visualization designs by blending together a number of existing visual representations, called presets . We embed this novel blending approach in suitable visual interfaces, such as a gridded canvas to be used by the casual user in the style of a palette for mixing colors, or a range of sliders to be used by the expert user in the style of a studio mixer for audio tracks. These can be employed for rapid prototyping of a specific visual representation, as well as to explore the overall design space of visual representations captured by our approach. We showcase our preset-based blending and its interfaces with examples of the design of 2D tree visualizations and product plots. Abstract : Graphical abstract: Abstract : Highlights: A novel way to describe visualizations as a set of numerical configuration parameters. Two new interfaces that use these parameters to blend visualizations into new ones. Examples from the fields of tree visualization and product plots utilizing both.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of visual languages & computing. Volume 31:Part A(2016)
- Journal:
- Journal of visual languages & computing
- Issue:
- Volume 31:Part A(2016)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 31, Issue 1 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 31
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0031-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 9
- Page End:
- 29
- Publication Date:
- 2015-12
- Subjects:
- Visualization design -- Design spaces -- Preset-based interaction -- Product plots -- Tree visualization
Visual programming languages (Computer science) -- Periodicals
Visual programming (Computer science) -- Periodicals
Programming languages (Electronic computers) -- Semantics -- Periodicals
Langages de programmation visuelle -- Périodiques
Programmation visuelle -- Périodiques
Langages de programmation -- Sémantique -- Périodiques
Programming languages (Electronic computers) -- Semantics
Visual programming (Computer science)
Visual programming languages (Computer science)
Periodicals
Electronic journals
005 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/1045926X ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jvlc.2015.09.004 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1045-926X
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