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How to customize your expression profile graphs ready for publication
Posted by ludesi in How to's in REDFIN, New features in REDFIN
We are always getting great feedback and ideas from our customers on how to keep developing REDFIN, so that it continues being one of the best software on the market for 2D gel image analysis.
Like for most of us, the biggest problem is always to prioritize what is most important to do right now, but nevertheless, we seem to manage a steady stream of new features and software updates coming out every few weeks. And instead of summarizing all features into yet another “new version” of the software, that we can charge you for, we instead just tell REDFIN to upgrade itself instantly at no extra cost to you.
And this time, when you start up REDFIN it will upgrade itself with the a new feature that allows you to easily customize expression profile graphs.
When we started mapping out how this feature should work, we consulted some of the leading journals in the field of proteomics to see what requirements they have for graphs and designed the tool accordingly. So now it is, for example, extremely easy for you export graphs in color or grey-scale and in exactly the right resolution needed for publication.
And this is how you do it:
First, click on the little “expand” icon above the expression profile graph in the Spot View.
The yellow circle indicates the "expand" icon.
Then, decide what style of graph you want to use.
Select your preferred style of graph
Then, click on any pre-defined label or white space within the plot to change or write your labels of choice.
Then, select if you want to display the graph in color or grey-scale.
The wobbly yellow circle indicates the display radio buttons.
Finally, click on the “Save graph” button and select what resolution you want to save the graph in.
Now all you need to do is decide under which folder you want to save the image file on your computer and you’re all done!
Do you plot your 2D gel image analysis data in other ways that we haven’t covered here? Let us know, and maybe your idea will be the next one we implement in REDFIN! 
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