Igor Pro

Igor Pro is a complex and powerful software solution, which helps you input and interpret scientific graphs, analyze data, process images and record macros with ease.

The installation process does not take very long and it does not pose any kind of problems such as making changes to your default web browser, or downloading unnecessary third-party products.

The interface you come by is quite simple, seeing it only consists of a menu bar, and a panel in which to display all kind of information, using separate windows. In addition to that, extensive Help contents are incorporated. Nonetheless, this tool is mostly dedicated to professionals, seeing it requires some specialized knowledge in order to use it.

This tool enables you to create new experiments, open already existing ones or save them to the hard drive, using one of the formats supported, namely PXP, UXP, PXT and UXT. You can also import items with extensions such as IPF, IFN, TXT, RTF, IPF and AWAV, and print them with just a click of the button.

In addition to that, you should know that Igor Pro comes bundled with a large number of example experiments, including analysis, curve fitting, feature demos, imaging, movies, statistics and techniques.

It is possible to load waves, binary files, text documents, Excel files, images and delimited text, as well as make waves them from scratch or duplicate them, as well as kill, rotate or unwrap them.

With just a click on the menu bar, you can generate statistics (e.g. waves average, percentiles, two sample tests etc.), sort items, view a histogram, and convolve, correlate, differentiate, integrate, filter and resample items.

Macros can be created for each of your experiments, while you can also control font type, style, color and size, generate commands, hide or show the ruler, insert new graphs and tables, bring up the command or procedure window, export graphics, use a search feature and add comments.

To conclude, Igor Pro is an efficient and well-rounded piece of software which aids professionals create all kinds of experiments and view stats pertaining to them.

Surprisingly enough, the computer’s performance is not going to be burdened and the response time is good. The interface is quite friendly to all users, and the amount of options integrated is sufficient to keep you glued to your computer for quite a while.