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HOW IT WORKS

From prompt to publication in four steps.

No template gallery, no icon library to dig through. Describe it or upload it, then edit what came back.

01

Choose an input

Type a description, upload a sketch or reference image, or drop in the abstract or the full paper PDF.

02

Pick a format and palette

Mechanism diagram, multi-panel explainer, graphical abstract, or poster. Choose a journal palette or Okabe-Ito.

03

Generate in ~30 s

PaperPict composes the figure using scientific illustration conventions: correct arrowheads, consistent line weights, aligned labels.

04

Edit, then export

Fix labels, recolour regions, regenerate one panel. Export PNG, JPG, layered SVG, or editable PPTX.

THE REVIEWER LOOP

A comment costs two minutes, not a redraw.

When Reviewer 2 asks for the inhibition arrow to be dashed and the kinase relabelled, you open the figure, make both changes, and re-export at the same DPI. Nothing else moves.

Reviewer asks for…With a flat imageWith PaperPict
Different label wordingRegenerate, hope layout holdsRetype the label
Colour-blind-safe paletteRegenerate everythingSwitch to Okabe-Ito
Higher resolutionUpscale, lose sharpnessRe-export SVG or 600 DPI PNG
Remove panel cCrop and re-letterDelete the panel group

Try the four steps on a real figure.

Free to start. No credit card. Every element stays editable.