What Tools Do You Used For Joining Pictures Into A Panel For Publish?

Question

[chentong.biology]

Hi, everyone,

I am using Microsoft PPT to paste several pictures together as a panel. However, the resolution will be decreased when outputting to tiff pictures.

I wonder if there are other tools that can be used for this with resolution no affected.

Could you please kindly suggest your favorite tools for generating picture panel?

Thanks!

Tong Chen

[Pappu]

Powerpoint is meant for presentations and it automatically reduces the resolution to 72 dpi. For printing you need 300-600 dpi which you can make in the programs mentioned below.

[chentong.biology]

Thanks for the hints!

Answer 1

[Zev.Kronenberg]

Gimp, illustrator, [R], image magik, photoshop, latex....

[Daniel]

http://inkscape.org/ is a great free OSS version of Illustrator. I use it for everything

[chentong.biology]

Latex is a great one. I used it sometime before. I will consider use it again. Thanks!

Answer 2

[Neilfws]

This is a rather borderline bioinformatics question. I suppose bioinformaticians need to publish :)

Combine multiple images using ImageMagick

[chentong.biology]

IamgeMagick is great. I will try it. Thanks！

[chentong.biology]

I just wonder how do you add 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D' to the combined picture as published paper? Thanks!

Answer 3

[Alex Reynolds]

At this time, I'd still recommend Adobe Illustrator over Inkscape for constructing and editing SVG- or PDF-based figures. It's a better tool, if you can afford it.

[Pappu]

Illustrator only runs in windows. Inkscape supports all OS. Also it can export to png and eps.

[Alex Reynolds]

Illustrator works in OS X, too, and exports all manner of formats, including PNG and EPS. I'm not saying Inkscape is bad, just that it isn't yet on Illustrator's level. A few more years to work out the UI and stability kinks (improved ability to select subsets of items within layers, not crashing randomly and losing work, and more sensible CMYK support would be nice) and it might be on par, but it just isn't there yet. One open source developer's opinion.

[Pappu]

I have used illustrator. Its a software bloat taking several giggabytes of space also memory and also seemed very slow to me crushing quite often. Its also 32 bit. Inkscape is much smaller and faster. It rarely crushed for me. The interface may not be so intuitive but there are plenty of youtube video tutorials. I even made several posters in inkscape.

[Alex Reynolds]

You should use whatever tool you feel comfortable with. I prefer Illustrator for the reasons I stated.

[Daniel]

I can't conceive £17 a month (£530 upfront) ever being affordable, when being compared to a (maybe imperfect) version for free. I can afford a macbook, but I wouldn't pay for one when I can use linux.

[chentong.biology]

Thanks for supplying the choice. I think it is a great tool.

Answer 4

[Pappu]

I prefer inkscape for drawing vector images.

[chentong.biology]

Thanks, I will try it.