Normally, You can use MS Office Powerpoint for create diagram, but in advanced figure you can use Inkscape software. However, If you can't create it, please contact to me at [email protected], I'm happy to help you.  

Hi Isuru,

There's a lot of packages out there, and they're each good at certain things, so it depends. Much of quality comes from the ability to export high resolution images (300 dpi is standard print quality) I'm a big fan of Inkscape and Gimp (free vector and raster drawing packages). R (free statistical software) does really good graphs, if you learn how to generate them with code. Same is true of matplotlib, a Python package. Slide show software generally isn't the best way, but a free alternative to PowerPoint is Impress, which comes with the free LibreOffice package.

Cheers,

P

you can use powerpoint for normal graphical abstract with a bit of tweak.

Default settings of powerpoint wont allow to get good quality image.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBtPno3VFec

However you can directly take prints from powerpoint.

Or use pdfcreator to get pdf directly form powerpoint

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But not suggested for big poster printing

You can create diagrams and graphical abstracts in PowerPoint, then export the diagram or chart as a picture file and bring it into GIMP, or PhotoPlus, to change the colors, labels fonts, etc. Using one of these applications you can increase the image resolution and save the image in multiple formats.

GIMP is a free graphics editor that has many of the same features of Adobe Photoshop - http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net PhotoPlus Starter Edition is another graphics editor that is free, although some features are not active in the free version.

First, you decide what is the purpose using the software. If your project is an academic graphic job, like presentation you can use the free software as mentioned above, but if the software will bu used to make a professional graphic art you should use standard professional graphic software Adobe Illustrator for vector graphic, Adobe Photoshop for Image processing and Adobe Flash for presentation and animation.

I agree with Ariesto Hadi Sutopo. Usually I started with Adobe Illustrator A4 size, create the actual size for the graph in that size, save it in .pdf file (not .jpeg, or the image will be pixelated), then export into Adobe Photoshop for extra side-cropping with 300.dpi resolution - format .jpeg

The result is good, and you will get the actual size that u wanted in your paper with good quality.

You can USE graphical abstracts in PowerPoint, Photo Plus, Photoshop to change the colors, labels fonts, and use adobe photoshope bring out a very good digital graphics work from there you can change to the actual area you want.  From here you can increase the image resolution and save the image in multiple formats.

the best software is adobe illustrator the best 

Well in my opinion you can use adobe illustrator or indesign depend on your choice

Inkscape is free to use for any purpose (open source app). Even the interface and usability almost the same as illustrator which can be run on multiple platform.

You can use open office and GIMP..

Best

Inkscape for 2D and Blender for 3D pictures.

Blender for animations

For instance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RasemoYzsFA

Apart from the traditional Photoshop, Illustrator, etc you can use Mind the Graph. It's dedicated to biology and you can use vectors in the online interface.

And totally free, it's crazy. You just pay if you need unlimited illustrations and/or want to solicit customized illustrations. I love it.

Hey I wrote this article. It outlines a couple of options that should be helpful. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5-great-presentation-tools-powerpoint-christian-boada

Mr. Harnois has provided a very good info for your need.

inkscape as well as blender are great, free and light weight alternatives  and available for both windows and linux.

Inscape is the best for the purpose (it creates pictures with vector graphics approach by default)

BioRender! (https://biorender.io/)

Free online app that contains a library of pre-made cells, proteins, membrane shapes, organs, lab equipment, etc. that you can drag-and-drop so you don't have to spend time drawing each element of the figure out yourself. Saves a lot of time for creating schematic figures, and the icons are all created by scientific illustrators so they're both beautiful and accurate! And it's free for educational use.

Power point, photoshop, and paint, are useful.

Try GIMP it's great and free.

Hi, Have you tried using Mind the graph? https://mindthegraph.com

Very interesting free templates too !

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https://blog.mindthegraph.com/graphical-abstract-templates/#.XyMDsSgzbIU

They also provide you with customized help for creating your research specific abstract. Hope this helps!!

I am using CorelDraw for scientific illustrations for long time and it's really very helpful in making all kinds of scientific diagrams, graphics, charts illustrations etc.

I agree with the options provided above but it depends if you can spend money on this software. As per my experience, the biorender is one of the best software among paid software otherwise use of PowerPoint, and adobe makes life a bit harder for complicated figures but it's way cheaper than this paid software.

I think you can use biorender online platform (https://biorender.com/).

The simple solution is Microsoft PowerPoint. For advance ones go to my Research Tools Mind Map https://www.mindmeister.com/39583892/research-tools-by-nader-ale-ebrahim?fullscreen=1 (see the attached file).

In a case that you do not have MS Visio licence, perhaps you can try:

https://www.diagrams.net/

free, high quality diagramming software for flowcharts or diagrams, which allow online collaboration as well...

try to use :

https://www.diagrams.net/

or

https://biorender.com/

I am using CorelDraw

The best one is illustrator ! But power point and inkscape can do it too..

I also suggest for you Biorender and Coreldraw !

Please accept my passage

Best regards

I tried the two illustrators;

biorender.com : which is suitable for chemistry and biology fields/ mindthegraph.com : which is complete (General fields) and easy to work with

I used the mindthegraph for the chemical process and energy streams...

For graphical abstracts, PowerPoint, Inkscape, and Adobe Illustrators are the top software choices. Inkscape is a free open source software, and PowerPoint is usual free along with your operating systems. You can check out my review of these software here [ https://youtu.be/jR6tM0H_qno ] and the tutorials for making scientific illustrations with these software applications.

I recommend Mind the Graph. It's online software that you can use as a free user, or pay a few dollars for a plan. Check out their youtube tutorials https://www.youtube.com/c/MindtheGraph/featured

I think for the design graphical abstracts, Adobe illustrators and Inkscape are the best software choices.

You can use Adobe illustrator or Adobe photoshop.

You can reach out to peakcells.com they provide high quality scientific illustrations and graphical abstracts for great prices.

Thanks for the question.

1. Advanced Methods- One can use CoralDraw and an Adobe Illustrator as an advanced way to create graphical abstracts.

2. Normal Method- Use Inkspace or mindgraph tools.

3. Easy Method- The use of Powerpoint + Google images (as in vector form) is an excellent choice, but you will have to be familiar with these two.

Regards

Microsoft PowerPoint is a good user-friendly software for graphical presentation/ printout.

you can create 3d graphical also using powerpoint

No software requires, PowerPoint is sufficient to prepare a good graphical abstract. The graphical abstract should be concise.

Just use PowerPoint and make the graphical abstract. After you make just saved that image in TIIF (Tag image file format) you will get the desired clear graphical image abstract.

You could use mind the graph.

Microsoft Powerpoint. Just make a new presentation in A1 size to get image in hi-res, put some shapes/cliparts, save it in any image formats and there you go.

Jorge, que legal, você já teve 44 respostas. Tá vendo como o RG funciona bem. Sugiro responder também às perguntas que algumas pessoas fazem. Isso faz com que possamos entrar em contato com pesquisadores do mundo todo. A maioria falou do PPT, as respostas foram úteis para você?

Microsoft PowerPoint is a good software that can export high-resolution pictures.

Dear Isuru

You can use suitable softwares such as chemdraw, PowerPoint and photoshop to draw a graphical abstract.

Thank you.

Nice question Segun! I am also a PowerPoint affiliated person in this regard, although I would like to support also non-commercial alternatives (e.g., LibreOffice - Impress, etc.). For trendy graphical abstracts www.canva.com might be an option. Otherwise, all this graphical tools like AdobePhotoshop, GIMP, etc. are worth using.

You can use Inkscape for doing graphical abstracts which is free but for more advanced diagrams you can you adobe illustrator which is a paid one.

For graphical abstracts, I recommend you the top software, PowerPoint, Inkscape, and Adobe Illustrators. You can also improve your graphical abstract by using other free online software:

2. Biorender (https://biorender.com/)

3. Mid the graph (https://mindthegraph.com/)

Thank you!

Yes, now I use mind the graph. It is great one.

Useful

Recently I found two interesting sites, "app.diagrams.net" used for building diagrams and "infogram.com for" creating graphs. Both are free!

Isuru R. Ariyarathna, there are several alternatives to create graphical abstracts such as Cytospace, Gimp, ImageMagick, ImaheJ, Inkspace, and R. Some of these are basic and simple to use while others have more drawing tools and require more effort. They all have guidelines and tutorials to help researchers to use them and get their work done. In any case, choosing one that will work for you will depend on your needs. You can find information, URLs, and tips on https://www.enago.com/academy/which-tools-should-you-use-to-design-quality-images-for-research-papers/.

You can use Inkscape. It is a free and open-source vector graphics editor for GNU/Linux, Windows and macOS X. It offers a rich set of features and is widely used for both artistic and technical illustrations such as cartoons, clip art, logos, typography, diagramming and flowcharting. It uses vector graphics to allow for sharp printouts and renderings at unlimited resolution and is not bound to a fixed number of pixels like raster graphics.

Go to: https://inkscape.org/

For editing Images and getting the desired output from Inkscape use

https://www.gimp.org/

Hi, Isuru R. Ariyarathna!

I would recommend Mind the Graph (mindthegraph.com). There are lots of illustrations, templates, and a poster maker! Also, there are some guidelines in the blog (mindthegraph.com/blog).

Recently, I have met a website "smart.servier.com". It seems to be a good alternative especially for ones who work in health related fields.

https://plotdigitizer.com/​ is recommended

Hello,

I prefer to use Canva (https://www.canva.com/), which is free, web-based and easy to use. Additionally, it has various infographic templates that you can use and modify to create your own infographic.

For those who would like to try something similar to Adobe Photoshop, I would recommend Photopea (https://www.photopea.com/), which is also free and web-based.

I think the easiest program is powerpoint. After designing, turn it into a photo.

I recommend "Gimp and Inkscape" to you. In addition, if you want to be a little in the form of a film apart from the photo, you can also use "Prezi".

GraphPad Prism 8 is recommended.

Check out this: https://mindthegraph.com/app/my-creations

also: https://biorender.com/

Microsoft PowerPoint

very interesting question, i`m following up to know too.

EdrawMax (https://www.edrawmax.com/) is a powerful tool to present ideas with the help of graphic illustration.The drag and drop feature makes it very easy to get started for software designs.Templates and symbol libraries are very useful.

BioRender! (https://biorender.io/)

Effective online tools, produce excellent outcomes. Schematic representations can be produced much more quickly, and as all of the icons were made by scientific illustrators, they are both beautiful and correct.

Are we sure Biorender is free for publication purposes?

Canva can be very useful.

Hi dear

Thank you for sharing interested questions.

Biorender, Tecplot In my point of view could be useful.

Good luck

Moghanloo

Mind the Graph

I suggest Microsoft PowerPoint. Simple & easy!

Canva, Power Point, Biorender they are great quality

Hello, Your graphic summary must be unique, you must have your own graphic summary for your work, an original figure, never seen or shared before. Elsevier recommends that authors create the graphic summary with Mind the Graph.

Best Free Infographic Maker for Science | Mind the Graph

Greeting

Edraw max is one of the best software packages as well as being user-friendly.

Use MiriCanvas its free online illustration Banners. Posters. Presentations. YouTube....etc.