Graphical tools
From Robin
figures / illustrations
- illustrator - for students only in kiosk?
- powerpoint
- directly in Latex (TikZ/PGF: https://github.com/pgf-tikz/pgf)
- uio programkiosk
- inkscape
- lucid charts
- Google draw, in Google disk
- Photopea (online editor)
- figma?
- draw.io
- linux-program for grafer, finn ut navn
plotting, graphs
- Python
- matplotlib
- Mouret's tutorial for publication quality plots
- seaborn - easy to create good looking plots (tutorial here)
- export to Latex (TikZ/PGF; https://github.com/nschloe/tikzplotlib)
- R - ggplot2 (with Rstudio) (free)
- export to Latex (TikZ/PGF; https://github.com/daqana/tikzDevice)
- gnuplot (free)
- desmos.com (web based)
- Matlab (available at uio)
- export to Latex (TikZ/PGF; https://github.com/matlab2tikz/matlab2tikz)
- Octave (free alternative to matlab)
- javaFX
- excel (uio)
How to convert to latex format
- recommended approach: save as pdf, use pdfcrop, includegraphics in latex
- avoid bitmap graphics if possible and especially jpg!
- epstopdf - usually installed with latex
- pdfcrop - usually installed with latex
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