PDF Output

PDF images can be printed with Acrobat Reader and edited by many drawing programs such as Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape.

• Download the current browser graphic in PDF
• Download the current chromosome ideogram in PDF

If you require a bitmap image in PNG or TIFF format, note that PDF format is vector-based and can be opened in any software that opens PDF/SVG vector files. You can use these to edit the screenshot. Many publishers also accept PDF or SVG files for figures.

If your publisher requires bitmap images such as PNG or TIFF, use your vector graphics program to export to these formats. For this export, use the publishers recommended dpi (dots per inch value), usually 300 dpi.

• Add assembly name and chromosome range to the image on the configuration page of the base position track.
• If using the default genes track (e.g. GENCODE for hg38 or UCSC Genes for older assemblies), consider showing only one transcript per gene by turning off splice variants on the track configuration page.
• Increase the font size and remove the light blue vertical guidelines in the image configuration menu.
• Change the size of the image in the image configuration menu to make it look more square.