Dear ImageJ/FIJI developers,
I would like to contribute a small ImageJ/FIJI plugin called 'ScientiFig' (only for testing purpose at the moment). ScientiFig allows users to quickly create, format and/or reformat figures for a scientific publication. Of note, the software can export the created figure as a vectorial image (.svg) that can be further edited (text included) using vector graphics editors (such as Inkscape or Illustrator, ...) or as a bitmap image at any resolution. The software also allows users to select and apply a journal style to a figure. When a journal style is selected, the software changes the font settings of the text and the stroke size of line arts so that they match journal guidelines,... Our tool maintains the correct alignment of the text and scale bars irrespective of font type, font size and figure size (these parameters are free parameters in our tool). If the journal you are interested in is not available in our library or is obsolete, you can create/edit a journal style using the editor embedded in the software (in the menu named 'Journals').
If you ever happen to test our tool, please feel free to let me know what you think of it, feel free to make suggestions for new additions and more importantly please report bugs (fixing bugs is really my primary interest at the moment)(btw to log all bugs during the test phase I recommend to tick the 'log errors' checkbox in the 'Edit>Preferences' menu of ScientiFig).
Finally, since this is my very first contribution to FIJI/ImageJ, I would really appreciate if you would let me know how to proceed with the next steps (when the tool will be officially ready), for example, how can I get a link to the tool on the IJ/FIJI webpages, what are the recommendations/rules regarding plugin submission/integration, ...
the tool can be downloaded from:
http://srv-gred.u-clermont1.fr/labmirouse/software/best,
Benoit Aigouy
ps: to get an idea of what a button does, just place your mouse over it and wait for a tooltip to appear. Alternatively, click on the 'question mark' button and then click on any button, spinner or combo you are interested in and you will be redirected to a youtube video showing a quick demo.
ps2: the tool also ships with a plugin I called FiguR (that is a GUI for R). FiguR can be used to create R (ggplot2) graphs relatively simply. Of note those ggplot2 graphs can then be opened with ScientiFig and be dynamically plotted there. By dynamically plotted I mean that their size will be automatically adjusted to match that of other panels of your figure, the stroke size of lines in a line plot can be changed and finally the font settings of your plot (axis labels, legends, ...) will be updated automatically to match the guidelines of the selected journal.
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