Dear List
 
We use CorelDraw. It seems to do everything we want to do wrt
labelling and combining different sorts of figs.
 
Regards
 
Mark Cannell
 
 
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> I, and perhaps others on this list, would be very interested in a
> discussion of the types of software that investigators are using for
the
> preparation of figures for publication (i.e. taking multiple
confocal
> images and organizing them into a single figure with appropriate
labeling,
> scale bars, etc.). As you might guess I am currently teaching myself
how
> to do this and in the process have discovered a number of
inadequacies in
> the software I'm using. For example, Photoshop is fine for making
> adjustments in image size, resolution, contrast, etc., but when it
comes
> to applying labels and lines pointing to objects in the images, it
leaves
> much to be desired since it's not an object oriented program (i.e.
even
> using layers, modifications to labeling take longer than they would
if the
> label could be reselected and modified). At any rate, some of the
> questions that come to mind are,
>
> 1. Are programs such as Adobe Illustrator a good choice for
preparing
> figures? If not, what do you suggest and why?
>
> 2. What sort of resolution (dpi) is it best to format images at for
> eventual printing?
>
> Thanks for any input any of you might have.
>
> Steve Kempf
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