Concise tutorial | making cartoon heat map with PPT - EFP graph?!

Write it at the front

Many people should know , In biological mode , access , On the regulatory mechanism ,PPT It is already one of the conventional tools . Allied , So draw a cartoon heat map ,PPT It's the same . We know ,Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw It's all for a fee . And many people are not willing to spend money on , In addition, the learning difficulty is not low . But what? ,PPT It's different. . As long as you buy a brand computer , Especially notebook or netbook , Then they will bring their own genuine windows Operating system or Office. let me put it another way , Almost every one of us has a genuine PPT. Following , I use PPT Show everyone , If you make an elegant cartoon heat map that can be reused . Be careful , It seems that the version 2016 Or a more advanced version .

Go straight to the example

First , open PPT, Then drag three traits , as follows

successively , We can draw the following pictures （ If you can't figure it out , Then stop reading ）

in fact , What shape is up to you . But in coloring , Make sure the three are not the same color . Then save as SVG Format .

You can open it outside to see the pictures

And then , We can prepare ColorCode.txt file . We have three samples here , Use it directly TBtools Of ColorPicker Get the color .

If you don't know how to use , Please refer to previous tweets . Be careful ： It is strongly recommended to take PPT Color of components in . export svg after , The use of some SVG browser , such as Chromosome perhaps Firefox May have changed the real color code .

After getting all the colors , Click on CP AL

Corresponding , We can organize it into sample To Color Mapping code of . as follows , Be careful , Tab delimited . in addition , Please keep the comma as the original foreign comma . Of course ,R,G,B The code can also be obtained using other color finder tools .

Last , We prepare a simple expression matrix . as follows

therefore , We can import TBtools , Start drawing

Default output box

Enter, for example Gene1, You can see

Of course , The rest are parameters similar to those of the heat map tool

PPT Advanced version of drawing

For those who have good painting skills , Nature can draw directly . But for most people , You may find some existing objects or existing public drawings to copy , It will save more time . such as

Get this picture directly , Directly in PPT in , Use curve Tools , Copy .

Of course , It is impossible for us to copy it well at one time . No problem , Right click the curve , edit / Add vertex .

There are many corresponding skills .

Based on this , Notice that the best place to fill the color is the closed curve , Other casual . We can get the following figure .

It took a little time , Copy and fill colors , You can see the following

Let's optimize it a little bit

Then label it

Then we export SVG

No problem , Then refer to demo Get ready ColorCode And an expression matrix

Import later , So we get the following

We can try a few genes

occasionally , I think I'm still good

Or change the color

Tell the truth , perfect ~

PPT Output SVG In fact, there are pits ！

in fact , The most convenient SVG Drawing tools , Should be CorelDraw perhaps Adobe Illustrator. They output svg Also in strict accordance with the standards SVG Format . and PPT Output , Tell the truth , There are all kinds of strange changes . such as M This action , The original grammar requirement is “M123 123”, That is, follow the coordinates , Two numbers . And for PPT Output , Is directly “M123 123 456 456 789 789...”. Based on speculation , In fact, that is M after L. So we need to do code optimization and compatibility . because SVG Parsing code , I am myself from zero yards , Instead of using the existing third-party library . They can't help me switch directly SVG The object is my JIGplot object . My goal is to transform into JIGplot object , So I can do all kinds of optimization . Of course , More than M, There is also a large number of other parsing code compatibility . in general , I was devastated ....

Why do I use PPT Come on ？

since PPT Output SVG It's so hard , Why do I have to do ？ Just because of the above mentioned PPT Does everyone have a genuine copy ？ Of course not. . The real reason is , Last week I gave a class to undergraduates , There is a class introduction TBtools. speak of eFP Graph. I can't find it on the classroom computer for a while Adobe Illustrator perhaps CDR. and PhotoShop I can't use it well . It happens that PPT, I'll try . Surprise at ,PPT It can output SVG. Then came a bunch of coquettish gestures , I thought I could show off , I only use PPT You can do it eFP Graph 了 . The result? ？ Rollover ！！！ I can't explain it . Rollover in front of undergraduates , I use my own tool TBtools . embarrassed ~~~

however , As a lecture teacher , I certainly won't cheat my students . I said yes , That is to be able to . If not , Then I'll make him . therefore , Now? TBtools It almost perfectly supports PPT Output SVG. As a teacher , I won't lie to everyone . If it is now , Then it must not be .

At the end

TBtools Before a certain number of users , In fact, most functions , There are few similar products in the market GUI Tools , This is what I developed TBtools One of my first motives . These years have passed , More or less , We can see that there are many similar local desktop tools in China . This is a good thing , After all, there is progress only when there is competition . as far as I am concerned , There are three tools that need to be developed , It used to be TBtools Users of . I guess I didn't understand when I was a child , Always clean up people , So I made you unhappy , So they did it themselves . But it's also more likely that there are other reasons . This is unknown . But never mind. , Anyway, I still insist on cleaning up people , Manage a community of tens of thousands of people , In fact, it is not a small thing . Ensure that the group messages are clean , Communication efficiency is a must .

Back to the topic , I Believe , An easy to imitate , Tools that are transcended , It must not be a good tool . and TBtools, All the time being imitated , Never surpassed . Not before , Not now , in the future , Not even . It's like , They can't understand me , I didn't understand before , I can't understand it now , in the future , Still can't understand .

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