best chart making software?

[copenhagen69]

I know Swiff Chart Pro is the one of the best out there ... but i dont want to spend $300 just yet
what else would someone recommend with that high quality of graphics?

 

[W1zzard]

excel or photoshop. jpgraph for web based stuff

 

[copenhagen69]

trying to stay away from excel if possible ... looking for something that not so bland .. swiff chart has great looking stuff

ill look into the jpgraph

 

[copenhagen69]

man i found flash charts that look really nice but they seem to be all web based also ... Fusion Charts V3 is an example ..

I guess i did not know there was a difference lol

I need something that is a stand alone type chart/graph maker IE: excel and MS word type things ... but not look so crappy haha

 

[DRDNA]

Office 2007 has some pretty decent stuff....what excel version did you try?

 

[Tau]

I know Swiff Chart Pro is the one of the best out there ... but i dont want to spend $300 just yet
what else would someone recommend with that high quality of graphics?

excel or photoshop. jpgraph for web based stuff

Office 2007 has some pretty decent stuff....what excel version did you try?

+1 for Excel.

It is a little obtuse in some ways... but once you get it you can bang out professional looking graphs in minutes... just setup some templates... plug in your data and away you go.

The chart i attached is from one of my excel templates, made with Excel 2007.

Took a couple hours to setup all the templates and get them sized how i want them... then anytime i need a new one it is literally a 5 minute process of plugging in values and bam i have a new chart.

 

[W1zzard]

you realize that many corporate users wont be able to look at your funky flash charts? iphone users neither, also copy url and paste in some forum doesnt work

that's why tpu doesnt use flash charts

 

[copenhagen69]

+1 for Excel.

It is a little obtuse in some ways... but once you get it you can bang out professional looking graphs in minutes... just setup some templates... plug in your data and away you go.

The chart i attached is from one of my excel templates, made with Excel 2007.

Took a couple hours to setup all the templates and get them sized how i want them... then anytime i need a new one it is literally a 5 minute process of plugging in values and bam i have a new chart.

hmmm thats a pretty nice looking excel chart
guess i will have to hit up excel again and take my time setting up a nice template ... can you use custom backgrounds or no?

you realize that many corporate users wont be able to look at your funky flash charts? iphone users neither, also copy url and paste in some forum doesnt work

that's why tpu doesnt use flash charts

hmmm did not know that



to answer the other question ... I will be using MS Office Pro 2003

 

[Tau]

hmmm thats a pretty nice looking excel chart
guess i will have to hit up excel again and take my time setting up a nice template ... can you use custom backgrounds or no?




hmmm did not know that



to answer the other question ... I will be using MS Office Pro 2003

Yes you can use custome backgrounds.

excel 2003 has chart capabilities, though im not sure if they are as fancy as 2007

 

[W1zzard]

you realize that many corporate users wont be able to look at your funky flash charts? iphone users neither, also copy url and paste in some forum doesnt work

longer answer:

many corporate computers have flash disabled for many stupid reasons, most of them security or lazy admins.

iphone/ipad have no support for flash and it doesn't look like it will be added soon for all, including the older devices

 

[copenhagen69]

longer answer:

many corporate computers have flash disabled for many stupid reasons, most of them security or lazy admins.

iphone/ipad have no support for flash and it doesn't look like it will be added soon for all, including the older devices

thanks for that ...

i am gonna mess with excel and see if i can get some kind of nice looking chart like Tau posted ...

 

[Tau]

thanks for that ...

i am gonna mess with excel and see if i can get some kind of nice looking chart like Tau posted ...

Shoot me a PM if you have any questions i should be able to steer you in the right direction

 

[copenhagen69]

Shoot me a PM if you have any questions i should be able to steer you in the right direction

from what I have seen so far ... 2003 should be able to make something decent

 

[AFQ]

longer answer:

many corporate computers have flash disabled for many stupid reasons, most of them security or lazy admins.

iphone/ipad have no support for flash and it doesn't look like it will be added soon for all, including the older devices

I am really sorry to bump such an old thread but can you please tell which chart software you use for making tpu charts for reviews?

Thanks

 

[W1zzard]

I am really sorry to bump such an old thread but can you please tell which chart software you use for making tpu charts for reviews?

Thanks

our own. it remote controls photoshop. no, source code is not available

 

[TheLaughingMan]

I use LibreOffice 3.4. It is not as well laud out as excel, but it is 100% cheaper. OpenOffice.org has a longer support history and may offer plugins to expand it style. For basic charts both should me more than capable.

 

[entropy13]

I use this.