Re: making figures from facs histograms

From: Derek Davies (daviesd2@icrf.icnet.uk)
Date: Sun Jan 07 2001 - 12:20:19 EST


Hi Idit,

The quick and easy way as many have suggested is to copy and paste via the
clipboard, but as this is just a pixellated image of your screen, you
won't be able to do any post-modification of the plots other than
re-sizing (it is a good tip as well to make the CellQuest graphic as large
as possible and shrink it in the subsequent application).

The most elegant way of dealing with the graphics though is to get them
into PostScript format. Most laser printer drivers will have an option
allowing you to either "Print" or "Save as File" - you need to save your
CellQuest document as a PostScript file. As PostScript was developed by
Adobe, any of their programs will deal with these types of files - my
personal preference is Illustrator, where you can modify sizes, re-label
axes, add new text etc. It is also a good idea still to get the figure to
as close as possible to the finished article before saving.

Good luck!
Derek


On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Idit Hazan wrote:
> does anyone know how to convert the histograms that come off the Cell-Quest
> program into something that can be copied and pasted into a graphic
> software (such as adobe or canvas), in order to make complicated figures?
> i was told cell-quest in not very user friendly and that people print their
> histograms, then scan them and use the scans as graphic files. there has to
> be a more elegant way...
> Idit Hazan
> University of California, Irvine

Derek Davies
FACS Laboratory,
Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London. UK.
http://www.icnet.uk/axp/facs/davies/index.html



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