Studying morphogenesis is unthinkable without visualizing shapes, and sharing the results of such studies critically depends on communicating image data. Despite a wealth of literature dealing with acquisition and analysis of image data, visualizing them for publication or presentation purposes remains a craft learned mainly by experience. This chapter provides a practical guide to producing publication-grade illustrations out of raw microscopic (or other) digital images, using mostly or exclusively free software, and points out some common problems and their solutions.

• Klíčová slova
• Bit depth, Bitmap, Computer graphics, Data visualization, ImageJ, Inkscape, Microscopy, Raster, Resolution, Vector,
• MeSH
• mikroskopie metody   MeSH
• počítače MeSH
• počítačová grafika MeSH
• počítačové zpracování obrazu metody   MeSH
• software * MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

Low-energy electron diffraction patterns contain precise information about the structure of the surface studied. However, retrieving the real space lattice periodicity from complex diffraction patterns is challenging, especially when the modeled patterns originate from superlattices with large unit cells composed of several symmetry-equivalent domains without a simple relation to the substrate. This work presents ProLEED Studio software, built to provide simple, intuitive and precise modeling of low-energy electron diffraction patterns. The interactive graphical user interface allows real-time modeling of experimental diffraction patterns, change of depicted diffraction spot intensities, visualization of different diffraction domains, and manipulation of any lattice points or diffraction spots. The visualization of unit cells, lattice vectors, grids and scale bars as well as the possibility of exporting ready-to-publish models in bitmap and vector formats significantly simplifies the modeling process and publishing of results.

• Klíčová slova
• LEED, ProLEED Studio, computer programs, low-energy electron diffraction, reciprocal space,
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH