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Figure adapter® facilitates your publishing process!
Currently almost all graphic formats are supported in Figure adapter®. Soon it will be possible to input even all your figures created with Adobe® Illustrator® without changing those into TIF-format. To run Figure adapter® on your Macintosh computer we are now developing an analogous Mac-Version. We will inform you about the release.
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What does Figure adapter®?
Figure adapter® is a powerful but easy-to-use tool for automatic adaptation of your figures or images to any format requirements of Scientific Journals.
With other words
Figure adapter® converts your figures (images, graphics, photos, etc.) with random parameters to figures (images, graphics, photos, etc.) with specific parameters needed for particular Scientific Journals. Additionally
Figure adapter® is equipped with useful functions for daily use.
How does it work?
For example, you have figures or images with your data which you are going to submit for publishing in Scientific Journals. Before you are allowed to submit those you have to adjust parameters like size, resolution, color space, file format and others to the requirements for your journal of choice. With
Figure adapter® you can do this full automatically in just several seconds by 3 simple steps!
1. You define all files for adaptation by adding them to the program's File List
2. You choose the particular journal from the program's Journal List
3. You just click on the "start" button to start the adaptation process
Figure adapter® will
automatically adapt all your files to the requirements and save them in a destination folder on your computer as files with adapted
size, resolution, color space, file format, compression type and more.
Figure adapter® supports most popular image formats, such as BMP, JPG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, PDF, PSD, FA (Figure adapter® format).
Alternatively you can use
Figure adapter® to prepare your data for presentation or archiving and set all parameters manually. The unique Multi-Figure-PDF-function allows you to align multiple figures or images on one PDF-page for easy comparison. Additionally
Figure adapter® offers you a Figure Editor designed for scientific needs to create figures from scratch.
How to add files for adaptation?
Graphic files with *.tif, *.gif, *.jpg, *.bmp, *.png, *.psd and the Figure adapter® related *.fa extension can be added by the use of the Add files button in tab Addimages in the left panel of the main window (Fig. 7). By doing so or the simply use of drag & drop single or multiple images can be added to the file list for adaptation. Previews and file information about current parameter can be seen in the lower part of the Main Window. To remove single or all files from the file list select files respectively and press the Remove button.
Fig. 7: Adding graphic files for format adaptation
How to select a particular scientific journal standard?
Once one or multiple files are added to the file list for adaptation the user has to choose between customized figure adaptation and a particular scientific journal format standard stored in the application respective database.
The Journal List for automatically figure adaptation can be found in the left panel of the main window in tab Set parameters (Fig. 8). After journal and template selection all parameters are set automatically. The user can start the figure adaptation immediately.
Fig. 8: Selection of a specific scientific journal and journal template
How to start adaptation?
You just click on the "start" button to start the adaptation process
(Fig.11).
Fig. 11: Start adaptation process
Detailed information
System requirements (Windows): Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 2; or Windows 7
Hardware
Minimum: Intel® Pentium® 3 processor or equivalent, 256 MB RAM, 10 MB free hard drive space, 800x600 display
Recommended: Intel® Pentium® 4 / AMD Athlon® 64 / processor or higher, 1 GB RAM or higher, 250 MB free hard drive space, 1024x768 display or higher
License options
- Single user
- Volume licenses
Demo
Download fully functional 14-day trial software of Figure adapter® Try out Figure adapter® for 14 days to see how it can help you search online databases, organize your references, and create bibliographies! The Figure adapter® trial is fully-functional and includes documentation to get you started.
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We provide technical support for all our customers of Figure adapter®. Use the Contact us in the menu (panel to the left), or send an email to support@alfasoft.se. You can also call us at +46 (0) 31 - 60 43 80 to talk to one of our support assistants.
When contacting our support department please describe your problem as detailed as possible. Remember to always inform about the productversion and what operating system you are using (platform and version).
