SpecMake: NMR files from images

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Version 1.1.13 (30.07.2021)
Contents: [General] - [Examples] - [Changes] - [Availability]

General

  • This is the ultimate NMR spectrum file converter:
    scan in a decent print-out of the spectrum and convert it into a spectrum compatible to Bruker's WinNMR or TopSpin.
  • This is a 32-bit program that runs under MS Windows XP and upwards.

Examples

To give you an idea how it works:

figure from a publication

Scan in the part of a publication containing the desired spectrum, or extract the figure with the spectrum from an online PDF article (in this case from Inorg. Chem. 1996, 35, 3905, DOI 10.1021/ic960095z).

 

Use your favorite drawing software to remove everything except for the spectrum itself.

created real part

Use SpecMake to generate the real part of an NMR spectrum.

imaginary part

If appropriate, SpecMake applies a Hilbert transformation to generate the imaginary part of the spectrum...

free induction decay

...so that one could do an inverse Fourier transformation to create an FID out of the scanned picture (not included in SpecMake)

Changes 1.1.13 (30.07.2021)

  • Bug fix: a change made to fix a signed / unsigned conflict broke the logic of bitmap conversion. Fixed the conflict and changed the logic.

Availability

SpecMake is available in two flavors:

  1. Download the setup program for SpecMake (1.0 MB). Administrator privileges may be necessary to run the installer. To install SpecMake, transfer the package to your PC into a directory of our choice and execute the installer. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  2. Download the portable version of SpecMake (0.8 MB) and extract the zip file into a subdirectory of your choice.

If you have problems, please feel free to contact us. Also, we would be glad to receive other feedback, e.g. bug reports, features you are missing but might be included in later versions, or questions. You could use, for example, the questionnaire in the help file as a template for your reply.