Hi All,
I'm looking for a way to create a nice figure of my GC-MS data so I can label important peaks in the sample. It's incredibly simple, I'm just looking to plot the TIC abundance against retention time. I'm working with Agilent directory .D files. I can view this TIC~RT graph in MassHunter Qualitative Navigator, but the lines are incredibly thin and not publication worthy.
If you have any tips on how to either customise (e.g. thicken the lines) and export the TIC image from MassHunter I would be grateful. I have ChemStation and the other programs in the MassHunter suite and would also be happy to use an open source program. Any advice is welcome!
Thank you,
Jess
I hope this works for the Agilent GC-MS software, but in MassHunter for LC-MS, the secret is to get the chromatogram or spectrum into PowerPoint in a format that allows ungrouping (metafile).
Then, with a lot of patience and multiple levels of ungrouping(!), you can manipulate virtually any part of the figure - line thickness and color, font type and size, and color, annotation, etc. May (will!) take a bit of time and practice, but start by right-clicking on the chromatogram and then exporting as a metafile. You can then copy/paste the exported metafile into PowerPoint. A simple copy/paste of the MassHunter pane won't work. The right-click should open up a menu with Export at the bottom; clicking on this will open up a set of options, including export as metafile. Keep track of where you send it.
I've attached a quick before-and-after example.
Good luck!
Another option is to pick one of the many software packages like OpenChrom which has many import and export options to put the data in a more universal format such as comma separated values or Excel format, and then use another plottign program.
I hope this works for the Agilent GC-MS software, but in MassHunter for LC-MS, the secret is to get the chromatogram or spectrum into PowerPoint in a format that allows ungrouping (metafile).
Then, with a lot of patience and multiple levels of ungrouping(!), you can manipulate virtually any part of the figure - line thickness and color, font type and size, and color, annotation, etc. May (will!) take a bit of time and practice, but start by right-clicking on the chromatogram and then exporting as a metafile. You can then copy/paste the exported metafile into PowerPoint. A simple copy/paste of the MassHunter pane won't work. The right-click should open up a menu with Export at the bottom; clicking on this will open up a set of options, including export as metafile. Keep track of where you send it.
I've attached a quick before-and-after example.
Good luck!
Amazing! Thank you Florian Obersteiner
, John Canham and John S Wishnok for taking the time to answer my question, I really appreciate your help!Edit: John S Wishnok's suggestion of exporting the MassHunter chromatogram as a metafile worked brilliantly. Thanks again!
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