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=== ; Build your graphics ===:* [[MetaPost]], the graphical programming language, and [[MetaFun]], its ConTeXt extension.:* [[Sharing graphics]]: Export MetaPost drawings as PDF, import MetaPost drawings into MS Office, LibreOffice, etc.:* Data plotting with the [[MPgraph|module graph]] (2016):* Data plotting alternatives: [[TikZ]] (2016), [[Gnuplot]] (2012), [[Pgfplot]] (2009).:* [[Flow Charts|Flow Charts]]:* [[Graphical text manipulation|Scale, mirror, rotate, clip]] (Old Content 2010):* [[Gantt charts]]|; Layers and stacks:* [[Layers]]: ConTeXt's mechanism for absolute positioning of elements and other advanced techniques like switching elements on and off. :* [[Overlays]]: ConTeXt's mechanism to stack local snippets. An alternative is [[Collectors]] (Old Content).:* [[Logos]]: ConTeXt 's mechanism to mage appear logos (picture or text elements) on every page:* [[Infinite Paper]]

* [[MetaPost]] & [[MetaFun]]; Specific topics and examples:* [[TikZ]]/PGF* Data plotting with [[Gnuplot]]* Data plotting with [[MPgraph]]* Data plotting with TikZ/[[Pgfplot]]* [[Flow Charts|FlowCharts]]* [[Gantt charts]]* [[Infinite Paper]] === Play with text === * [[Graphical text manipulation]] === ConTeXt tools === * [[Overlays]] local snippets that you can stack * [[Layers]] on whole Including pages* [[Logosfrom PDF documents]], picture or text elements that appear on every page :* [[Image Database|Image database]] with XML:* [[Collectors]], alternative to overlays* [[ChemistryImage Placement|Chemical Structure Formulae]] with PPCHTeX* [[Sharing graphics]]* [[Including pages from PDF documents]] === Tricks === * [[Image Placementsize for thei placement]]: if you’re using ConTeXt for complex layout tasks, you may need to calculate with image sizes. Often it makes sense to use Lua functions.:* [[Drop_shadows|can Code to play with for Drop shadows]]:* [[Example photo page layout]] (Old Content)}}