GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS
Circos
Circos is a software package for visualizing data and information. It visualizes data in a circular layout — this makes Circos ideal for exploring relationships between objects or positions. There are other reasons why a circular layout is advantageous, not the least being the fact that it is attractive.
Circos is ideal for creating publication-quality infographics and illustrations with a high data-to-ink ratio, richly layered data and pleasant symmetries. You have fine control each element in the figure to tailor its focus points and detail to your audience.[Circos Website – Janurary 2015]
| Available versions and module name | Default version available | Website |
| 0.67-4 (circos-0.67-4 or circos) | 0.67-4 | http://circos.ca/ |
ImageJ
ImageJ is a public domain, Java-based image processing program developed at the National Institutes of Health.[1] ImageJ was designed with an open architecture that provides extensibility via Java plugins and recordable macros.[2] Custom acquisition, analysis and processing plugins can be developed using ImageJ’s built-in editor and a Java compiler. User-written plugins make it possible to solve many image processing and analysis problems, from three-dimensional live-cell imaging,[3] to radiological image processing,[4] multiple imaging system data comparisons[5] to automated hematology systems.[6] ImageJ’s plugin architecture and built in development environment has made it a popular platform for teaching image processing.[7][8][Wikipedia ImageJ – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageJ]
| Available versions and module name | Default version available | Website |
| 1.47 (imagej-1.47 or imagej) | 1.47 | http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/index.html http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/developer/index.html http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/links.html |
ImageMagick
ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images. It can read and write images in a variety of formats (over 100) including DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, SVG, and TIFF. Use ImageMagick to resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform images, adjust image colours, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves. [ImageMagick Website – November 2012]
| Available versions and module name | Default version available | Website |
| 6.8.0-8 (imagemagick-6.8.0-8 or imagemagick) | 6.8.0-8 | http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php |
PLplot
PLplot is a cross-platform software package for creating scientific plots. To help accomplish that task it is organized as a core C library, language bindings for that library, and device drivers which control how the plots are presented in non-interactive and interactive plotting contexts.
The PLplot core library can be used to create standard x-y plots, semi-log plots, log-log plots, contour plots, 3D surface plots, mesh plots, bar charts and pie charts. Multiple graphs (of the same or different sizes) may be placed on a single page, and multiple pages are allowed for those device formats that support them.
[PLPlot Website – November 2012]
| Available versions and module name | Default version available | Website |
| 5.9.9 (plplot-5.9.9 or plplot) | 5.9.9 | http://plplot.sourceforge.net/ |
Xfig
Xfig is a free and open source vector graphics editor which runs under the X Window System on most UNIX-compatible platforms.
In Xfig, figures may be drawn using objects such as circles, boxes, lines, spline curves, text, etc. It is also possible to import images in formats such as GIF, JPEG, EPS, PostScript, etc. Those objects can be created, deleted, moved or modified. Attributes such as colours or line styles can be selected in various ways. For text, 35 fonts are available.
Xfig saves figures in its native text-only “Fig” format. Xfig has a facility to print figures to a PostScript printer too. A convenient feature is the PSTEX or PDFTEX export format that allows a smooth integration of Xfig-generated images into LaTeX documents.
[PLPlot Website – November 2012]
| Available versions and module name | Default version available | Website |
| 3.2.5b (xfig-3.2.5b or xfig) | 3.2.5b | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfig |
If, for whatever reason, you would like to use the older versions of the compilers, or other available software, you can simply “unload” the current module and load the older version. See Software Module Information webpage.