# Figures to edit

This folder is a mirror of `02_figures/` — same SVG and PNG files for every figure shipped in the manuscript. Edit the **SVG** files here in Inkscape (recommended), Illustrator, or any SVG-aware editor, then save them back into the same paths.

## Subfolders

- `main/` — 6 main figures + the hierarchy schematic
- `extended_data/` — 11 ED figures
- `supplementary/` — 37+ supplementary figures (incl. S37 harmonics)

## Editing workflow

1. Open the figure you want to edit, e.g. `main/main_figure_2_scaling_law.svg`.
2. Make changes in Inkscape / Illustrator. **Keep the file format as plain SVG** (not Inkscape SVG with extensions, unless you set `width`/`height` in absolute units so re-rasterization to 300 dpi PNG works cleanly).
3. Save the SVG **back into this folder with the original filename**.
4. Tell Claude (or run the helper script) to:
   a. Re-rasterize the PNG from the edited SVG at 300 dpi.
   b. Copy both files into `02_figures/<subdir>/` and `01_manuscript/figures/`.
   c. Recompile the manuscript PDF.

## Notes

- The `02_figures/` folder is what the LaTeX compile actually reads. Edits in `03_figures_to_edit/` do NOT propagate automatically — they need the rasterize-and-copy step.
- If a figure has only a PNG (no SVG) — currently true for `supplementary_figure_29_radial_accordion.png` and `supplementary_figure_35_RIF1_expression.png`, also `main/hierarchy_schematic.png` — you'll need to either ask for an SVG re-render from the source script in `05_code/` or do PIL pixel edits as a fallback. Wolf's edits typically need vector source so the request-an-SVG-rebuild path is preferred.

## Suggested order of edits

If you have a long list of edits, group them by figure first (open one figure, make all changes, save, move on) — this avoids re-rasterization churn and makes the diff trail readable.
