pyfigures 0.1.1

PyFigures will assist you assemble publication ready scientific figures in no time.

PyFigures

Effortless creation of high-quality scientific figures in Python.

Since a video is better than a thousand (click on the image above to view the demo).

Install

1. Install Miniconda (if not already present on your system)

2. Then in a command prompt type:

conda create -y -n PyFigures python==3.10.12
conda activate PyFigures
pip install -U pip
pip install -U pyfigures
python -m pyfigures

NB:

• To open a command prompt on Windows press Windows+R then type cmd
• To open a command prompt on MacOS press Command+Space then type Terminal
• To open a command prompt on Ubuntu press Ctrl+Alt+T

Run

To open the graphical user interface, type the following in a command:

conda activate PyFigures
python -m pyfigures

Third party libraries

Below is a list of the 3^rd party libraries used by PyFigures.

IMPORTANTLY: if you disagree with any license below, please uninstall PyFigures.

Library name	Use	Link	License
Markdown	Python implementation of Markdown	https://pypi.org/project/Markdown/	BSD
matplotlib	Plots images and graphs	https://pypi.org/project/matplotlib/	PSF
numpy	Array/Image computing	https://pypi.org/project/numpy/	BSD
Pillow	Reads 'basic' images (.bmp, .png, .pnm, ...)	https://pypi.org/project/Pillow/	HPND
PyQt6	Graphical user interface (GUI)	https://pypi.org/project/PyQt6/	GPL v3
QtPy	An abstraction layer for PyQt and PySide	https://pypi.org/project/QtPy/	MIT
read-lif	Reads Leica .lif files	https://pypi.org/project/read-lif/	GPL v3
czifile	Reads Zeiss .czi files	https://pypi.org/project/czifile/	BSD (BSD-3-Clause)
tifffile	Reads .tiff files (also reads Zeiss .lsm files)	https://pypi.org/project/tifffile/	BSD
python-bioformats	A library to open scientific images	https://pypi.org/project/python-bioformats/	GPLv2
python-javabridge	A library to run java executables (required for bioformats)	https://pypi.org/project/python-javabridge/	BSD
scikit-image	Image processing	https://pypi.org/project/scikit-image/	BSD (Modified BSD)
scipy	Great library to work with numpy arrays	https://pypi.org/project/scipy/	BSD
scikit-learn	Great library for machine learning	https://pypi.org/project/scikit-learn/	BSD
tqdm	Command line progress	https://pypi.org/project/tqdm/	MIT, MPL 2.0
natsort	'Human' like sorting of strings	https://pypi.org/project/natsort/	MIT
numexpr	Speeds up image math	https://pypi.org/project/numexpr/	MIT
urllib3	Model architecture and trained models download	https://pypi.org/project/urllib3/	MIT
qtawesome	Elegant icons for PyQT/PySide	https://pypi.org/project/QtAwesome/	MIT
pandas	Data analysis toolkit	https://pypi.org/project/pandas/	BSD (BSD-3-Clause)
numba	GPU acceleration of numpy ops	https://pypi.org/project/numba/	BSD
roifile	A library to read ImageJ ROIs	https://pypi.org/project/roifile/	BSD 3-Clause