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* before saving the graphics in the respective programs  
* before saving the graphics in the respective programs  
** check colour maps (see https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19160-7 or https://matplotlib.org/stable/tutorials/colors/colormaps.html)
** check colour maps (see https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19160-7 or https://matplotlib.org/stable/tutorials/colors/colormaps.html)
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** check font size and type
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** check font size, font type and line widths
** preferably use vector graphics such as svg, pdf or eps
** preferably use vector graphics such as svg, pdf or eps
** avoid bitmap graphics if possible and especially jpg!
** avoid bitmap graphics if possible and especially jpg!
* For LaTeX
* For LaTeX
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** recommended approach: save as pdf, use pdfcrop
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** recommended approach: export as pdf, use pdfcrop
** epstopdf - usually installed with LaTeX  
** epstopdf - usually installed with LaTeX  
** pdfcrop - usually installed with LaTeX
** pdfcrop - usually installed with LaTeX

Revision as of 06:35, 28 May 2021

Contents

Figures / Illustrations

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

Plotting, Graphs

Digitalize Figures

To qualitatively compare one's own data with other published data, it is sometimes needed to obtain the concrete data of the respective publication. In that case there are multiple ways to do that:

How to Export Figures

  • before saving the graphics in the respective programs
  • For LaTeX
    • recommended approach: export as pdf, use pdfcrop
    • epstopdf - usually installed with LaTeX
    • pdfcrop - usually installed with LaTeX
    • for direct inclusion in LaTeX use the scripts linked above to create PGF/TikZ files

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