Tips on Preparing Professional Graphics

Abstract:

Do you find it a hassle - or even exhausting - tweaking your paper's figures and making graphics look the way you want them to? Then this upcoming special seminar is just for you. Our featured speakers will give tips on creating professional figures with ease using three graphics and plotting programs: PowerPoint, Origin, and the Visualization Toolkit (VTK). Beside brief demonstrations from our speakers, we will also hold discussions where we both presenters and audiences can ask/answer questions and share tips on using the respective pieces of software.  

If you are interested in knowing more about the above tools, or if you have your own graphics tips you'd like to share with your colleagues, we look forward to seeing you in this seminar!

3D Perspective graphics with Visualization Toolkit (VTK) [pdf]

Michael Selvanayagam

The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Electromagnetics)

Overview:

Working with electromagnetic fields in three dimensional geometries requires a way to visualize those fields. In this brief talk Michael will introduce the Visualization Toolkit (VTK), a free, object-oriented graphics programming interface designed for 3D graphics. He will go over the basics of VTK and give a few examples of how it can be used.

Graphics with Microsoft PowerPoint [pptx] [wmv]

Xiao Sun

The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Photonics)

Overview:

Knowing a few graphics tips with PowerPoint can help you generate professional-looking 3D structures of optical elements (objective lenses, integrated circuits, etc.) in the matter of a few minutes. Xiao will demonstrate these tips and show us how to draw an objective lens in the seminar.

Simple, Efficient Plotting with Origin [pdf] [wmv]

Muhammad Alam

The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Photonics)

Overview:

Alam will show us the basic plotting capabilities of the Origin software. He will show how professional looking plots can be made with ease and flexibility, making the software favourable compared to other alternatives like Microsoft Excel.