Here is my submission for the new ImageJ logo competition as well as some accessory files detailing how it can be constructed from shape primitives. An SVG version of the logo is below:
- IJ Logo - Using PowerPoint shapes.pptx - A PowerPoint file showing how to build the logo using the built-in drawing shapes. Also contains finished versions for easy copy-pasting.
- IJ Logo Construction.pdf - A PDF showing a plan of the logo's construction. This PDF can be opened in Adobe Illustrator to access the logo shapes and layers directly.
- IJ Logo Instructions.txt - Text instructions to build the logo, e.g. as a basis for scripted construction.
- IJ_logo_quokka79.svg - Logo in SVG format.
- ImageJ Logo - quokka79.ai - Logo in Adobe Illustrator format.
- ImageJ Logo - quokka79.png - Logo in PNG format, with transparent background.
- MakeLogoMacro.ijm - An ImageJ macro to construct the logo from scratch using ROI selection shapes. The macro follows the same directions as described in the text file in this repo.
My original submission post on the ImageJ Forum has some more information and contextual images.
The slight difference in colours -- mainly in the blue -- between the forum post and the images here is due to the conversion from CMYK to RGB in the original image export; this conversion has left the blue looking a bit washed out. The colours shown here are the intended (RGB) colours. However, if you want to use the colours which match the original submission they are RGB(114,200,218) or #72C8DA for the blue and RGB(254,203,54) or #FECB36 for the yellow.
For me, the big thing about ImageJ is not microscopy so much as the community behind it. The whole thing exists because of the combined efforts and talents of so many people and it persists because this community is there to help others to use it, to extend it, and to share knowledge and expertise regarding image analysis. Many times I have had a problem and found that someone has already made a macro or a plugin which either solved the problem then and there or at least went a long way towards solving it! So that's what I was going for with this logo and maybe you can see two characters in the logo and maybe it looks like one of them is reaching across the other, in a gesture of assistance!