In Canvas, I would then select the image object, go to Properties and change the Resolution to 260dpi to make it appear about 3' wide on the page. That has no inherent size, but viewed on a 72 dpi monitor it appears to have a physical size relative to the page ruler of 10.9 x 9.6 inches. So now I import my 6 images into the Inkscape 8.5x11' page and each is 784圆94 pixels.

We want the figure to fit into a single or double column width printed page (and pdf) so it will be either 4 or 8' wide in the final output. A drawing program that mixes vector graphics and bitmap images has always made this easier because it is based on a printed page size and that is the ultimate target.

Often, not all the images are the same original size and need different resolutions to make it work, but lets leave that out. The graph is vector line drawing data and text, and arrows and lettering (A, B, C, D, E, F) will be added to identify the 6 images.

I will be submitting it as a pdf to be printed in the hard copy journal and online as a pdf. In the current figure, I am combining 6 different images plus a line drawing graph generated in Prism into a final figure for a manuscript for publication in a scientific journal. We will take my later numbers as that is one I am currently working on. I was estimating in my earlier post and tried to be more accurate in the later one.

Inkscape vs gimp scientific journals