Researcher review
Remove patient identifiers, faces, badges, location details, and confidential apparatus information before using a photo as input.
Describe the figure you need — or add a reference image to transform.
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On the left is a raw photo of the bench — cables, glare, and background included. On the right is what Photo to Figure redraws: the same setup abstracted into a labeled scientific figure with a clean left-to-right flow.
Schematic
PhotoNo tracing over a photo and no rebuilding the setup from memory — shoot it, redraw it, and refine it in one place.
Photograph your real setup — a thermal cycler, an optical rig, a flow loop — framing the whole workflow in one shot. A phone photo is plenty; lighting and angle don't have to be perfect.
Photo to Figure recognizes the instruments, drops the background and glare, and redraws them as labeled icons and boxes wired together with directional arrows — a clean scientific figure, not a stylized photo.
Compare the result with your source material. Correct labels and relationships using controls available in the current workspace or a suitable external editor, then export only in a format the target venue accepts.
Common questions about Photo to Figure — turning a lab or apparatus photo into a clean scientific figure.
Start with non-sensitive source material and keep the original evidence nearby for comparison. Generation time and available editing or export controls depend on the current workspace and service status.
A phone photo is all you need · Editable vector output
Use Photo to Figure to prepare a scientific visual draft from material you provide. Verify every label, relationship, value, permission, and target-journal requirement before publication.
AI output is a draft. Scientific accuracy requires human review.
Photo to Figure is not a photo filter — it understands what the equipment is and rebuilds your setup as an editable, submission-ready scientific figure.
It identifies the instruments in the frame — pumps, cyclers, detectors, tubing — and removes glare, clutter, and the background lab so what remains is the setup itself, not a photo of a messy bench.
Each component gets a clean label and the steps are connected with directional arrows, turning a static photo into a readable workflow that shows what connects to what and in which order.
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