![]() Add details to photos such as scale bars, arrows, or outlines.Adjust plots exported from other programs such as Matlab, Python, or R.Take figures from scientific papers and remove details that I don’t want, so as to produce a simplified figure for a presentation.That’s not because it’s hard to use, but because it can do so many things. Like any useful skill, there is a learning curve to Inkscape. See know your image file formats for more information. In other words, they’re not flattened to a collection of pixels with a consequent loss of editability (if that’s a word). Vector graphics: text, lines, shapes, colours, curves, (and even images to some extent) remain exactly that. Open-source: it’s completely free (no sign ups or limited trials) Let’s break down all those adjectives to see how they help:Ĭross-platform: it works on Windows, Linux, and Mac ![]() ![]() Inkscape is a cross-platform, open-source vector graphics editor. If you ended up here by searching for “Inkscape scientists” or some variant of that, then what follows is just confirmation that you’re looking for the right thing. Make sure to watch the video above for a more detailed tutorial.If I could offer only one piece of advice to any scientist on how to improve the figures and presentations they produce, it would be ‘Learn how to use Inkscape’.
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