SciSuite
Adobe plugins for scientific figure preparation
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Adobe plugins for scientific figure preparation
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SciSuite is a plugin suite built specifically for researchers preparing publication figures. SciSuite covers the entire figure workflow with 5 specialized plugins and 200+ tools: GuideMi – Smart guides & layout management ImageXi – Scale bars, channel split/merge, pseudo-color LUTs WesternBo – Western blot lane numbering & condition matrices ChartEr – Significance markers, vector tables, phrase bank SciPanel – Multi-panel assembly, auto labels, batch export Free to try, no sign-up needed.
Have you considered adding a direct export to journal-specific templates like Nature or Cell? It would save so much time formatting figures to their exact specs, especially for the multi-panel ones.
@dursunkune Great suggestion — this is exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping for!
Just want to make sure I understand correctly: are you thinking of something like selecting a target journal (e.g. Nature, Cell), and then having the plugin automatically set up the canvas to that journal's specs (width, max height, font, DPI) and arrange your panels into a ready-to-submit figure?
If so, we actually explored this direction. The tricky part is panel arrangement within a fixed canvas size. If you don't allow resizing the individual panels, you end up with a lot of awkward white space. But if you do allow resizing, panels that were made at different scales end up looking inconsistent — font sizes don't match, line weights vary, etc. Honestly, I think figure layout for publication is something of an art — and we haven't been able to crack it in a way that feels good enough to ship. I've seen some indie developers on RedNote building standalone tools specifically for this, so it's clearly a real need that people are trying to solve.
That said, I'd love to hear more if you have a different workflow in mind — always open to revisiting this if there's an approach I haven't considered!
The phrase bank in ChartEr is such an underrated touch, saves you from staring at a blank caption box wondering how to phrase your p-values for the tenth time.