PC Programs to make scientific figures??

[NSAspy]

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Anyone have any recommendations regarding PC programs that one can use to make scientific figures (for publication). Ideally, one that's free and easy to use.

thanks in advance!!

 

[BurghStudent]

Well, I was going to say MatLab. Do you have Office Excel? That's always an easy option.

 

[WaylonS]

I've always used Excel and changed the figures into grayscale; I've never had a journal complain about them

 

[JJMrK]

What type of figures? If histograms, just use excel. Powerpoint is good for schematics; Gimp works well too if you're got a little more time to invest.

 

[NSAspy]

Thank you all for the suggestions!! I should have specified the type of figures, they are mostly images (retina/fundus photos), visual fields, etc. Basically something that would let me crop images, resize them, flexibility to move/arrange images, adjust brightness/hue/contrast/etc..

Here's an example of what the end product might look like

http://www.healio.com/~/media/Journ...lement/10_3928_15428877_20110627_03/fig4.ashx


thanks again for all your help!!!

 

[mcloaf]

My old lab used GraphPad Prism. I thought it worked ok.
http://www.graphpad.com/scientific-software/prism/


It sounds like you're just needing to manipulate images though (rather than do any sort of data analysis), so why not just use something like Photoshop?

 

[WaylonS]

Thank you all for the suggestions!! I should have specified the type of figures, they are mostly images (retina/fundus photos), visual fields, etc. Basically something that would let me crop images, resize them, flexibility to move/arrange images, adjust brightness/hue/contrast/etc..

Here's an example of what the end product might look like

http://www.healio.com/~/media/Journ...lement/10_3928_15428877_20110627_03/fig4.ashx


thanks again for all your help!!!

Mmmmm, I'd say Photoshop, which is neither free nor easy to use. Do you have any friend who are graphic designers/architects/really good with computers? Maybe try and get all your images together, and ask if they can help you make a meta-image. It'll take them about 5 minutes versus taking you about five hours, plus they probably already own photoshop.

 

[NSAspy]

Thanks again guys/gals for all ur help!!!

I've never used photoshop, I'll call in some favors!

thanks!

 

[JJMrK]

Gimp is probably easier for what you're trying to do, and it's free.

 

[sqlicpbeian]

I've always used Excel and changed the figures into grayscale; I've never had a journal complain about them