Graphical tools

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Versjonen fra 19. mai 2021 kl. 07:51

Figures / Illustrations

• Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop - for students only through UiO programkiosk?
• Inkscape
• Gimp
• Directly in Latex (TikZ/PGF: https://github.com/pgf-tikz/pgf)
• Lucid charts
• Powerpoint, Keynote, …
• Google draw, in Google disk
• Photopea (online editor)
• Figma?
• Draw.io
• Linux-program for grafer, finn ut navn

Plotting, Graphs

• Python
  • Matplotlib (see 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)
  • Export to Latex (TikZ/PGF; https://github.com/daqana/tikzDevice)
• Matlab (available at uio)
  • Export to Latex (TikZ/PGF; https://github.com/matlab2tikz/matlab2tikz)
• Octave (free alternative to matlab)
  • Export to Latex (TikZ/PGF; https://github.com/matlab2tikz/matlab2tikz)
• Gnuplot (free)
• Desmos.com (web based)
• javaFX
• excel (uio)

Digitalize Figures

• Python: https://github.com/dilawar/PlotDigitizer
• Matlab: https://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/2013/12/31/automating-data-extraction-1/
• External App: WebPlotDigitizer

How to Export Figures for Latex

• 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
• use the export scripts above to create TikZ/PGF files

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