Quick Start
Learn how to create, edit, and export your first scientific figure with FigureLabs. Go from your concept to a publication-ready vector figure in minutes.
AI Illustration Generator
Step 1: Create Your Illustration
Create figures from text, sketches, reference images, or damaged figures — all in one place. Choose your model, style, and color palette, then get a high-res, publication-ready figure in ~30 seconds.
Step 2: Refine Your Illustration
Refine your figure with chat prompts or AI editing tools — Region Redraw, Text Edit, Recolor, Background Removal & Aspect Ratio adjustments, and more.
Step 3: Export Your Illustration
Export as PNG, JPG, PDF, editable PPTX, or SVG — or open directly in the Built-in Canvas for vector editing.
AI Flowchart Generator
Step 1: Create Your Flowchart
Generate a flowchart from text, sketches, or reference figures — or start from a template.
Step 2: Edit Your Flowchart
Refine your flowchart with chat prompts or edit colors, font sizes, and elements directly in the built-in canvas.
Step 3: Export Your Flowchart
Supports PNG and JPG exports, plus editable PPTX, SVG, and source file formats.
AI Plot Generator
Step 1: Create Your Data Chart
Create plots from CSV, Excel, or pasted text data. Preview your dataset, choose a plot type, journal style, and color palette, then generate a publication-ready plot.
Step 2: Refine Your Plot
Refine your plot by chatting with AI. Ask it to change labels, colors, chart type, layout, or style.
Step 3: Export Your Plot
Export as PNG, JPG, SVG, or PPT — or download the corresponding Python code for further editing and reproducibility.
Features
AI Scientific Figure Generator
- Text-to-Figure: Enter text or upload a document (PDF, Word, TXT), and AI generates the figure you need instantly. (Illustration / Flowchart)
- Image-to-Figure: Upload a hand-drawn sketch, lab photo, or image file, and AI transforms it into a polished scientific figure. (Illustration / Flowchart)
- Reference-to-Figure: Upload a reference image, and AI generates a new figure matching its style and layout. (Illustration / Flowchart)
- Enhance Figure: Upload an existing figure and let AI repair, upscale, or redesign it. (Illustration only)
- Data-to-Plot: Upload CSV / Excel files or paste your dataset, and AI generates a publication-ready chart. (Plot only)
Image Generation Models
Choose the model that best fits your scientific figures. Each model offers a different balance of prompt adherence, text rendering, structural consistency, visual fidelity, editing capability, and generation speed.
- GPT Image 2: OpenAI's latest image generation model, designed for stronger prompt following, improved in-image text rendering, multilingual support, and more controllable visual creation. It is suitable for scientific figures that require clear labels, structured layouts, and high-detail composition.
- GPT Image 1.5: A stable and versatile OpenAI image model for general-purpose visual generation. It works well for standard scientific diagrams, workflow illustrations, academic figure drafts, and routine visual exploration.
- Nano Banana Pro: Google's Gemini 3 Pro Image model, combining image generation with Gemini's reasoning and world knowledge capabilities. It is well suited for structured scientific visuals, annotated diagrams, information-rich layouts, and figures that require logical relationships between visual elements.
- Nano Banana 2: A general-purpose Google image generation and editing model optimized for fast creation and natural-language iteration. It is useful for early-stage figure drafts, visual exploration, quick refinements, and testing different composition directions.
- Nano Banana: A lightweight and fast Google image model for quick visual prototyping. It is suitable for brainstorming, sketching figure directions, generating early visual concepts, and producing fast drafts before further refinement.
- Seedream 5.0 Lite: A ByteDance image generation model focused on high-quality visual output, aesthetic rendering, and complex visual composition. It is suitable for cover-style scientific visuals, research posters, polished conceptual illustrations, and visually engaging science communication materials.
- Seedream 4.5: A faster Seedream model that balances visual quality with generation efficiency. It is useful for scientific figure drafts, report visuals, social media graphics, presentation illustrations, and quick creative iterations.
- Sora: OpenAI's visual generation model known for modeling spatial relationships, physical consistency, and complex scenes. It is suitable for scientific visuals that need to communicate dynamic mechanisms, experimental processes, spatial phenomena, or scene-based research concepts.
- Flux.2 Max: A high-performance image model from Black Forest Labs, commonly evaluated for prompt adherence, realism, typography, and generation speed. It is suitable for high-quality scientific figure drafts, realistic lab visuals, text-rich explanatory graphics, and rapid visual exploration.
Color Presets
- Color Palette: Choose from 20+ preset color styles, including Warm Biotech, Pathology Rose, Botany Pastel, and more.
- Custom Palette: Import a reference image to automatically extract its main colors and create a new palette.
Visual Consistency
Upload a figure to lock its icons, arrows, fonts, and overall visual style — ensuring all figures in your paper stay consistent.
Style Presets
Choose the most suitable visual style for your scientific figures.
- Flat: Flat 2D vector style, ideal for microbiology, chemistry, flowcharts, and more.
- 2.5D: Adds perspective, depth, lighting, and layered details to 2D visuals, ideal for cells, biological tissues, organs, and more.
- 3D: Fully rendered 3D style with realistic materials, lighting, and strong volumetric depth, ideal for molecular structures, nanomaterials, instruments, and more.
- Sketch: Draft-style visuals that preserve linework and simple annotations, ideal for concept presentation, experimental design, and more.
- Line-Art: Clean outline-only style in black-and-white or monochrome, emphasizing structure, ideal for anatomy diagrams, botanical plates, engineering drawings, and more.
- Hand-Drawn: Hand-drawn illustration style with organic lines and soft colors, ideal for science communication, textbook illustrations, and more.
Conversation
- Real-time Preview & Iteration: The generation process unfolds as a conversation. View AI's thinking process, compare multiple versions of the same prompt, and add new requirements to iterate on the original image.
AI Image Editing
Edit generated figures directly on an infinite canvas.
- Infinite Canvas: Upload external images, add annotations, insert text, shapes, lines, and pencil marks, and organize figures with frames and manual or automatic layouts.
- Region Redraw: Select a specific area and enter a new prompt to regenerate only that part, keeping the rest intact.
- Text Edit: AI recognizes text in the image. Click to modify it directly without regenerating the image.
- Upscale: Enhance image resolution to 2K, 4K, or 8K without losing clarity.
- White BG Removal: Remove white backgrounds with one click for transparent layouts.
- Aspect Ratio: Adjust the aspect ratio of your figure to fit different publication or presentation formats.
- Recolor: Apply a new color scheme to your generated figure, with support for importing color styles from a reference image.
Flowchart
- Generate: Create flowcharts from text, sketches, or reference figures — or start with a template.
- Auto-Layout: AI automatically arranges nodes and spacing to generate clean, professional flowcharts in one click.
- Templates: Choose from preset templates, including Flowcharts, Model Architectures, Cycle Diagrams, Timelines, and more.
- Edit in Canvas:
- Node Editing: Fully editable nodes — drag nodes, adjust connectors, and modify text freely.
- Color Mode: Apply different color schemes with one click.
- Multi-Select: Select multiple elements to reposition, rearrange, add, or remove content boxes.
- Text Edit: Click and edit text directly without regenerating the image, and freely adjust the overall font size.
Plot
- Data Input: Upload CSV / Excel files or paste text data to create your plot.
- Plot Settings: Choose a plot type, journal style, and color palette to generate a publication-ready plot.
- Export: Export as PNG, JPG, SVG, or PPT, or download Python code.
Export
- Export Formats: PNG, JPG, PDF, editable PPTX, SVG — or download Python code.
- Publication Authorization Certificate: Download a verifiable PDF certificate with a unique ID for your generated figures, confirming your commercial and publication rights for use in top-tier journals.
Vectorization
Transform your images into high-precision, editable vector graphics.
- Direct Upload: Upload raster images directly to convert them into vector graphics.
- Vector Canvas: Edit your vectorized image directly in the built-in canvas.
- Creative Tools: Add text, draw lines, and insert geometric shapes instantly.
- Image Import: Upload local images directly onto the vector canvas.
- Element Editing:
- Modify Fill colors with precise HEX codes.
- Customize Stroke color, Width, and Border Dash patterns.
- Adjust overall and stroke Opacity for seamless layering.
- Vector Export: Export your files in vector formats, including SVG and PPTX.
Asset Management
Organize, store, and manage your generated assets efficiently.
- Projects: View and continue your past generation sessions. Each project automatically saves your complete conversation history and the corresponding generated images.
- Library: Organize and manage your saved scientific figures. Create folders to categorize and store your favorite single images for quick access.
- Vector Canvas: Manage and edit your vectorized figures. You can also drag and drop local images directly here to convert them into high-precision vector graphics.
Share Your Work
- Secure Sharing: Create a password-protected link for your figures. Recipients can view the conversation process and image but cannot modify it. Collaboration & Publishing Ready
- Team Workspace: Switch between Personal and Team workspaces. Share assets, manage team members, and pool credit resources within your research group.
Credits & Pricing
Choose the perfect FigureLabs plan for your research needs. Flexible pricing, powerful AI models, and complete transparency.
Why Upgrade?
All paid plans unlock our most powerful features designed for professional researchers:
- Advanced Export Formats: Download true SVGs or fully editable PPTX files for PowerPoint.
- All Premium Models: Get exclusive access to top-tier models including Sora, Flux.2 Max, and SeeDream.
- More Daily Credits: Unlock 100 daily credits (double the free plan) to generate more figures without interruption.
- Publication Authorization: Download a PDF certificate to verify your commercial and publication rights.
How Credits Work
Credits are your creative currency on FigureLabs—every AI generation, editing, and export action uses Credits based on task complexity.
What Are Credits?
FigureLabs Credits power all AI-driven actions on our platform:
- AI Generation: Creating scientific figures from text prompts, sketches, or references.
- AI Editing: Text Edit, Region Redraw, White BG, and Upscale.
- Vectorization: Exporting generated figures into fully editable SVG or PPTX formats.
Credit Consumption Rules
- Generation & Editing
- Image Generation (1K) / Region Redraw / Regenerate / White BG: 50 credits
- Text Edit: 60 credits
- Upscaling
- Upscale 2K: 10 credits
- Upscale 4K: 20 credits
- Upscale 8K: 40 credits
- Vector Export
- SVG Vector/PPTX Vector: 150 credits
How to Earn & Manage Credits?
- Welcome & Referral: Get 150 credits upon signup. Invite a friend and both receive 300 credits.
- Daily Refresh: Log in daily to claim 50 credits (Free plan) or 100 credits (Paid plans). Note: Unused daily credits expire at the end of the day.
- Plan Credits: Receive a set amount of credits at the beginning of each billing cycle based on your active subscription.
- Credit Rollover: Individual plan credits reset at the end of the billing cycle. Team and Business plans roll over up to 20% of unused credits to the next cycle.
- Top-up Credits: Purchase additional credit packs at any time (valid for 12 months).
Plan Pricing
Compare features and limits to find the right plan for your workflow. All paid plans unlock commercial use and advanced export formats.
Plan Comparison
Same credits and features. Save 50% with yearly billing.
* Model Access:
- Basic: Nano Banana Pro
- Standard: Nano Banana, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 1.5
- Full: All models including GPT Image 2, SeeDream 4.5, Sora, and Flux.2 Max
Note: Min. 2 seats for Team, 5 for Business. 1st-month discounts apply to individual monthly plans.
Top-Ups
Purchase top-up packages anytime. Top-up credits are valid for 12 months.
- 1,000 Credits: $15.00
- 3,000 Credits: $30.00
- 6,000 Credits: $50.00
- 12,000 Credits: $90.00
Credits & Pricing FAQ
Yes. New users receive 150 one-time credits upon registration. Free users can claim 50 daily refresh credits upon login, while paid users get 100 daily refresh credits (valid only for that day). You can also earn 300 extra free credits for both you and your friend by inviting them.
Credits are used for generating, editing, and exporting figures. You can get more by claiming daily refresh credits, inviting friends, subscribing to a paid plan, or purchasing Top-up packages anytime.
No for Individual plans (credits reset monthly). Only Team and Business plans support rollover. You can roll over unused credits up to 20% of your total monthly plan allowance (e.g., for a 5,000-credit plan, up to 1,000 credits can roll over).
All changes take effect immediately.
- Upgrading plan tier (e.g., Starter to Plus): You will instantly receive the credit difference, whether you stay on monthly billing or switch to annual at the same time. Your billing and refresh dates remain unchanged.
- Changing billing cycle only (e.g., Monthly to Annual): If you keep the same plan tier and only change to annual billing, your current month's credits remain unchanged. Your credits will continue to refresh on your usual monthly date.
You will pay the full annual fee minus the monthly fee you have already paid. Your annual subscription period will be calculated from the start date of your current monthly plan. (e.g., If you upgrade 20 days into your monthly plan, your remaining annual duration will be 11 months and 10 days).
You can cancel auto-renewal at any time by going to Manage account → Billing → Current Plan. Your service and credits will remain active until the current billing cycle ends.
You can view and download your invoices by clicking your avatar in the top right corner, then navigating to Manage account → Billing → Payment history.
Due to the immediate computing costs associated with AI generation, all payments for subscriptions and credits are generally final and non-refundable. However, we understand that special circumstances may arise. If you believe your situation requires an exception, please contact our support team at support@figurelabs.ai for further assistance.
FAQ
Features
We bridge the gap between AI generation and professional editing.
- The BioRender Companion: Generate base figures in seconds and export as SVG/PPTX to finish your layout in BioRender, PowerPoint, or Illustrator.
- Multiple Top AI Models: Access and switch freely between the latest state-of-the-art models (e.g., Nano Banana 2/Pro, GPT Image 2/1.5, Sora, SeeDream 4.5, Flux.2 Max) within one platform.
- Accessible Pricing: Pro scientific illustration starting at just $9/month.
Yes. We claim no ownership over your figures. You have full authority to publish and can download a PDF certificate for verification. (Note: Free plans are for non-commercial use only).
- Full Publication Rights: Freely publish, modify, and distribute your figures for journals, presentations, or commercial use.
- Clean SVGs for Journals: Top journals often reject standard AI images. Our 100% clean, layered SVGs meet strict publication rules and give you full editing control.
Absolutely. We NEVER use your private uploads, text, or prompts to train our public AI models, nor do we share your data with third parties. All your intellectual property is encrypted in transit and at rest.
Yes, there are two ways to edit your figures:
- AI Editing Tools: Use built-in AI tools to directly modify text or redraw specific areas without leaving the page.
- Vectorization: Vectorize your figure to tweak elements in our Built-in Canvas, or export it as an SVG/PPTX for deep editing in Adobe Illustrator, BioRender, or PowerPoint.
Yes, our outputs far exceed standard academic requirements. You can export in multiple formats:
- Raster Images (PNG/JPG): Upscale up to 8K resolution (≈1200 DPI), perfect for rigorous journal submission systems.
- Vector Graphics (SVG/PPTX): Export infinitely scalable vectors, ideal for academic posters and large prints.
Credits
Yes. New users receive 150 one-time credits upon registration. Free users can claim 50 daily refresh credits upon login, while paid users get 100 daily refresh credits (valid only for that day). You can also earn 300 extra credits for both you and your friend by inviting them.
Credits are consumed based on task complexity: generating or redrawing a figure costs 50 credits, text editing costs 60 credits, and exporting an editable vector file (SVG/PPTX) costs 150 credits.
For Individual Plans, credits reset at the end of each monthly billing cycle. For Team and Business Plans, you can roll over up to 20% of your unused monthly credits to the next cycle.
You have two options:
- Upgrade your plan: Switch to a higher tier for a larger monthly credit allowance.
- Buy Top-up packages: Purchase one-time extra credits anytime (e.g., 1,500 credits for $15). Top-up credits are valid for 12 months.
Plan & Billing
All changes take effect immediately.
- Upgrading plan tier (e.g., Starter to Plus): You will instantly receive the credit difference, whether you stay on monthly billing or switch to annual at the same time. Your billing and refresh dates remain unchanged.
- Changing billing cycle only (e.g., Monthly to Annual): If you keep the same plan tier and only change to annual billing, your current month's credits remain unchanged. Your credits will continue to refresh on your usual monthly date.
You will pay the full annual fee minus the monthly fee you have already paid. Your annual subscription period will be calculated from the start date of your current monthly plan.
Yes, you can cancel auto-renewal at any time with one click in your account settings (Manage account → Billing → Current Plan). Your service and credits will remain active until the current billing cycle ends.
You can view and download your invoices by clicking your avatar in the top right corner, then navigating to Manage account → Billing → Payment history.
Due to the immediate computing costs associated with AI generation, all payments for subscriptions and credits are generally final and non-refundable. However, we understand that special circumstances may arise. If you believe your situation requires an exception, please contact our support team at support@figurelabs.ai for further assistance.
Account
Yes, you can delete your account in your account settings: Manage Account → Account Settings → Delete Account.
Only the team administrator can dissolve a team: Manage Account → Team Settings → Dissolve Team.
FigureLabs Glossary
Welcome to the FigureLabs Glossary. This guide explains the key concepts and features to help you go from a rough idea to a publication-ready scientific figure smoothly.
Core AI Concepts
- Definition: The text instruction you give the AI to describe what you want to generate or edit.
- In FigureLabs: Treat your prompt like a brief to a human illustrator. The more specific you are about structures, colors, and layout (e.g., "3D core-shell nanoparticle, blue core, transparent shell"), the better the result.
- Definition: An AI feature that automatically enriches a short or vague instruction into a highly detailed prompt.
- In FigureLabs: You don't need to be a "prompt engineer." Just paste your paper's abstract, and our system will generate the optimal prompt for scientific illustration.
- Definition: The amount of previous conversation the AI can remember during a single session.
- In FigureLabs: Our generation process is conversational. Because the AI remembers your previous steps, you can simply type "change the red particles to blue" to iterate on your current figure without restating everything.
- Definition: When an AI generates output that is factually incorrect or logically unsupported.
- In FigureLabs: Scientific accuracy is critical. If the AI draws an extra chemical bond or a wrong cell structure, you don't have to start over. Just use the Region Redraw tool to fix that specific error.
Generation Modes
- Definition: Generating a figure entirely from a text description.
- In FigureLabs: Best used when you have a clear concept in mind but no existing visual assets to start with.
- Definition: Transforming a hand-drawn image into a digital illustration.
- In FigureLabs: Snap a photo of your lab whiteboard or a rough paper sketch, upload it, and let the AI render it into a polished, 3D, or 2D scientific figure.
- Definition: Using an existing image as a stylistic template for a new generation.
- In FigureLabs: Upload a figure from a target journal to mimic its specific color palette, style, and structural layout for your own research topic.
- Definition: Uploading a blurry or incomplete image to restore it to high definition and recover lost details.
- In FigureLabs: Unlike Upscale which only increases pixel density, the Enhancer uses AI to intelligently reconstruct missing visual information, making old or low-quality reference figures crisp and clear.
AI Editing Tools
- Definition: Selecting a specific area of an image to regenerate while keeping the rest intact.
- In FigureLabs: The ultimate tool for fine-tuning. If 90% of the figure is perfect, just lasso the incorrect 10% and type a new prompt to fix it.
- Definition: Modifying text elements within an AI-generated image.
- In FigureLabs: No need to export to Photoshop. Click on any recognized text label in your generated figure to correct typos or update scientific terms directly.
- Definition: Enhancing the resolution of an image without losing quality.
- In FigureLabs: Boost your figure's resolution up to 8K (approx. 1200 DPI) to meet the strict clarity requirements of journals like Nature or Science.
Formats & Export
- Definition: Images made of mathematical paths rather than pixels, meaning they can be scaled infinitely without blurring.
- In FigureLabs: Crucial for academic publishing. You can export your generated figures as SVG or editable PPTX for final layout adjustments in Adobe Illustrator, BioRender, or PowerPoint.
- Definition: An integrated web-based workspace for editing.
- In FigureLabs: After vectorizing your image, you can drag, drop, and tweak individual elements directly in your browser before downloading.
- Definition: A legal document proving your right to use the image.
- In FigureLabs: Download this unique PDF certificate upon export to easily pass the copyright and compliance checks during journal submission.
Credits & Billing
- Definition: The digital currency used to perform tasks on the platform.
- In FigureLabs: You are charged per action, not per word. For example, generating a figure costs 50 credits, while exporting a complex Vector SVG costs 150 credits.
- Definition: A set amount of free credits granted to active users every day.
- In FigureLabs: Log in daily to claim them (50 for Free, 100 for Paid plans). These expire at the end of the day and do not roll over.
- Definition: Moving unused credits from one billing cycle to the next.
- In FigureLabs: Available for Team and Business plans, allowing up to 20% of your unused monthly credits to be saved for the next month.