Adding logos to graphs created in Stata

[Paula Worthington]

Hi, I use Stata SE 19.5 for Windows 11 Pro. I do a lot of simple data analysis, supported by graphs of data (scatters, time series, histograms, etc.) I would like to add logos to some of my graphs as I create them but have struggled to do so in a scale-able way. For one graph, it's OK to use Paint or something to do that. For example, I used Stata to create this graph of monthly sales, and then I manually added a logo in the upper left hand corner. How might I use Stata commands to do this so I can "automate" the logo addition in some way? Would welcome suggestions. Thank-you!

[eric_a_booth]

I do this frequently and my current workflow of this sort uses Python integration in modern Stata (via some combination of ImageMagick, Pillow, and SVG rasterizers in python).
I dont have a one-size-fits-all solution but this workflow on my github has been serviceable for me, you can install and try out the example do files I dropped there. It will overlay small logos on stata graphs in most cases.

The syntax of this implementation looks like this pseudo-example:

sysuse auto, clear
twoway (scatter price mpg, mcolor(navy%60))                    ///
       (lfit price mpg, lcolor(cranberry) lwidth(medthick)),   ///
       title("Price vs. mileage")                              ///
       name(g1, replace)
addlogo, logo("testlogo.png") ///
    saving("example.png") ///
    name(g1) position(nw) scale(.18) opacity(.85) replace

Install via github here (has some test examples and files to run): https://github.com/ericabooth/addlogo-stata-public

To install:

net install addlogo, from("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ericabooth/addlogo-stata-public/main/") replace force
help addlogo

PS: Alternative outside-the-box suggestion: make your own font file (LLMs can help make these files) and add your logo by this method: https://techtips.surveydesign.com.au...aphic-in-stata
There exist some older threads on this where I suggested some hackish solutions, but I think the approach above now that Stata has Python is cleaner (see: https://www.statalist.org/forums/for...in-stata-graph) Finally, I find this presentation by Sergiy Radyakin inspirational for this kind of work (see the mention of ppm files at the end) https://www.stata.com/meeting/dcconf...9_radyakin.pdf

[Paula Worthington]

Thanks for these great suggestions. I will explore.

[Paula Worthington]

Thanks for these great suggestions. I will explore.

Update: I have a version working now. Considering that I have never touched Python before and had to install it to get going here, I am pleased! Thank-you again!