couple of other ideas beyond R
1. Graphsketcher (www.omni.com) not quite free, but darn close ($29),
output can be exported as pdf, png, jpg and eps. The pdf files look as
though they are true pdfs rather than a graphic file (eg tiff, jpg) in a
pdf wrapper.
2. another possibility could be Protovis
(http://vis.stanford.edu/protovis/) This is a graphics package designed
to create embeddable images for web pages. However the image elements
are in svg format (open source equivalent to illustrator) which means
that they should be readily scalable. I've done screen saves of images
in pdf and seen no evidence of pixelization at the highest mag in
preview (your mileage may vary). While it is free open source, the down
side is that you would have to learn the a new layout language (its just
a java script extension and they have lots of examples to build from)
and have a web server to install it on - either remotely or setting up
MAMP on your system (very easy)
-David
On 9/19/10 9:44 PM, R Erickson wrote:
Cheryl,
R has a steep learning curve, but produces excellent graphics that are
highly customizable.
On the plus side, it's free and open source. You may download it here:
http://www.r-project.org/
Once you've learned the basics of R, the search engine
http://www.rseek.org/ is very helpful.
If you're willing to pay, S-Plus offers similar graphic abilities as R and
comes with a GUI.
Good luck,
Richard Erickson
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Murphy, Cheryl Ann<[email protected]> wrote:
Hello,
I was curious if anyone has found good graphing software that is compatible
with macs - I'm looking to have graphs that would be suitable for
publications. I've used Sigma Plot in the past but it is only
windows-based.
Thanks!
Cheryl Murphy
Ph.D. Candidate
Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Kansas
[email protected]
423-208-1165
