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Underleaf / Figure Maker
Make better scientific figures
Practical guides to scientific illustrations, graphical abstracts, captions, teaching diagrams and exports that work in your document.
How to make a graphical abstract
Turn a research summary into a clear visual story. Choose a structure, keep the evidence visible, and build a graphical abstract that reads in the right order.
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How to create a scientific figure
A practical workflow for choosing a figure type, writing a useful prompt, correcting the result and preparing the final image.
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Export scientific figures without losing clarity
Choose the right format, calculate the image size you need and keep labels readable when a figure moves from the canvas into a document.
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Add your scientific figure to LaTeX
Download an illustration, include it with graphicx, add a caption and label, and arrange related figures without changing their meaning.
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Make diagrams that teach one idea at a time
Adapt a scientific illustration for a lecture, simplify the labels for a first explanation, and make an unlabeled version for practice.
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Write a caption that completes the figure
Explain the system, panels, symbols and limits of an illustration so the reader can understand what the figure does and does not show.
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Try it free
Start with a figure. Make it yours.
Open a starter, adapt the labels, and create an illustration for your next lecture or research discussion.
Starter examples are free to open. AI generation and edits use credits.
Underleaf / Figure Maker
Make better scientific figures
Practical guides to scientific illustrations, graphical abstracts, captions, teaching diagrams and exports that work in your document.
How to make a graphical abstract
Turn a research summary into a clear visual story. Choose a structure, keep the evidence visible, and build a graphical abstract that reads in the right order.
Explore
How to create a scientific figure
A practical workflow for choosing a figure type, writing a useful prompt, correcting the result and preparing the final image.
Explore
Export scientific figures without losing clarity
Choose the right format, calculate the image size you need and keep labels readable when a figure moves from the canvas into a document.
Explore
Add your scientific figure to LaTeX
Download an illustration, include it with graphicx, add a caption and label, and arrange related figures without changing their meaning.
Explore
Make diagrams that teach one idea at a time
Adapt a scientific illustration for a lecture, simplify the labels for a first explanation, and make an unlabeled version for practice.
Explore
Write a caption that completes the figure
Explain the system, panels, symbols and limits of an illustration so the reader can understand what the figure does and does not show.
Explore
Try it free
Start with a figure. Make it yours.
Open a starter, adapt the labels, and create an illustration for your next lecture or research discussion.
Starter examples are free to open. AI generation and edits use credits.
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