Most PhD students learn figure design by trial and error in tools that were never meant for science. PaperFig does not try to be everything; it is a research figure maker that runs on AI. You paste a paragraph or upload an image, say in one line what the figure should show, and then edit the result. An OCR label editor extracts every label, so a typo or renamed variable is a quick text edit instead of a rebuild. It starts from whatever you already have: a text brief, a rough sketch, a lab photo, a reference image, or a PDF. An existing figure can be fed back in and enhanced instead of started over. You can try it on the free plan: 150 signup credits and 1 free figure a day for your first week, no card required. Treat the output as a draft and check it against your target journal’s requirements before submitting.
Website: https://paperfig.io
