Make Paper Figures in FlyWire

FlyWire screenshots can be used in your Drosophila melanogaster publications. Here are some tips to easily set up your scene:

Hover your cursor over the 3D part of the screen and hit SPACE. SHIFT+Click + Drag allows you to pan the camera.

Full screen visualization of neurons with primary input in protocerebral bridge.

To remove the axis bars, use the keyboard shortcut: a. To add a scale bar: hit o.

For a larger view area, collapse Chat with the three bars top left; collapse Layer Controls with settings icon top right.

To return to split screen view, put your cursor over the top left box (highest resolution EM) and hit SHIFT + SPACE

To get a white background in FlyWire, click the 3 dots in top right and select “Toggle White Background”.

This same menu has an option to show 3D brain mesh and take screenshot.

FlyWire white background option with brain mesh shown alongside all hygrosensory neurons.

For additional visualization resources, check out MeshParty, a blender pipeline for electron microscopy connectomics.

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