{"slug": "show-hn-fig0-0-manual-ai-scientific-figure-and-illustration-generator", "title": "Show HN: Fig0 – 0-Manual AI Scientific Figure and Illustration Generator", "summary": "Fig0, an AI-powered scientific figure generator, launched to help researchers create publication-ready vector illustrations from text, sketches, or PDFs with zero manual drawing. The tool, trusted by 150,000+ scientists, offers editable exports in SVG, PPTX, and PDF formats, enabling rapid revision and collaboration. Fig0 aims to reduce the time spent on figure preparation, allowing scientists to focus on research.", "body_md": "Fig0 - Toward 0 Manual Sci Figure.\n\nFrom any input to publication-ready & editable vector illustrations.\n\nBuilt for scientific research, publishing, and education\n\nTrusted by 150K+ scientists from top education institutes\n\nALL INPUTS WELCOME\n\nFrom rough idea to publication-ready sci figure with 0 drawing, faster revision, and editable export\n\nPrompt, sketch, reference, or PDF.\n\nA clean figure, ready to refine.\n\nHOW IT WORKS\n\nGenerate a strong first draft, refine details without starting over, then export in formats your team can keep editing.\n\nGENERATE\n\nTurn text, sketches, references, PDFs, and photos into a publication-ready figure draft.\n\nENHANCE\n\nKeep the figure editable after generation, then adjust labels, regions, composition, and detail.\n\nVECTORIZE\n\nExport figures into formats that still work for papers, posters, presentations, and downstream design tools.\n\nKey capabilities\n\nThe core feature set focuses on the places generic image tools usually break down: controllable inputs, scientific clarity, editability, and export quality.\n\nDescribe a mechanism, pathway, experimental setup, or conceptual model and generate a structured scientific figure.\n\nTurn rough drawings, screenshots, and visual references into cleaner diagrams while preserving your intended layout.\n\nContinue arranging, annotating, and polishing inside an infinite canvas instead of jumping across disconnected tools.\n\nExport layered SVG, editable PPTX, and vectorized PDF when the final figure still needs team or journal-side edits.\n\nGenerate HD assets and export PNG or 300/600 DPI TIFF for manuscript submission and print workflows.\n\nHandle reviewer changes, label updates, background cleanup, and last-mile figure polish without rebuilding from scratch.\n\nFrom first draft to publication and presentation delivery.\n\nInput modes\n\nEditable export\n\nSubmission-ready bitmap output\n\nFig0 is for researchers who need figures to survive revision, export, and collaboration.\n\nSmall figure revisions used to take half a day. With Fig0 I can describe the change, clean up the labels, and get a manuscript-ready version before our lab meeting starts.\n\nDr. Emily W.\n\nAssociate Professor, Cell Biology - University of Manchester\n\nThe editable PPT export fits exactly how our group works. I can polish colors and annotations without reopening a design file for every reviewer comment.\n\nProf. Michael R.\n\nBiomedical Engineering PI - McGill University\n\nFig0 is strongest when I need a figure that survives after generation. The vector export gives our team room to keep editing.\n\nNina F., PhD\n\nSystems Biology Researcher - ETH Zurich\n\nI use Fig0 when a pathway is clear in my head but painful to draw from scratch. The first draft is already close enough that I can spend my time on the science.\n\nDr. Sofia M.\n\nPostdoctoral Fellow, Immunology - University of Copenhagen\n\nThe layered SVG output is the reason Fig0 stayed in our workflow. We can fine-tune the final layout without losing control.\n\nDr. Daniel B.\n\nAssistant Professor, Chemical Biology - University of Melbourne\n\nThe 600 DPI TIFF is ready for submission, and the vector export gives our team room to keep editing for talks and posters.\n\nAlex M., PhD\n\nResearch Scientist, Computational Chemistry - Kyoto University\n\nA quick guide to inputs, editability, and publication workflow fit.\n\nReady to publish\n\nGenerate from research inputs, refine inside Fig0 Studio, and export in formats your paper, poster, or presentation can keep using.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-fig0-0-manual-ai-scientific-figure-and-illustration-generator", "canonical_source": "https://fig0.ai/", "published_at": "2026-06-17 06:15:19+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-17 06:22:57.593861+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-tools", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Fig0", "University of Manchester", "McGill University", "ETH Zurich", "University of Copenhagen", "University of Melbourne", "Kyoto University"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-fig0-0-manual-ai-scientific-figure-and-illustration-generator", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-fig0-0-manual-ai-scientific-figure-and-illustration-generator.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-fig0-0-manual-ai-scientific-figure-and-illustration-generator.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-fig0-0-manual-ai-scientific-figure-and-illustration-generator.jsonld"}}