Alpha · For Mac · PowerPoint · Word · Excel

Edit your Prism charts
inside your slides.

Today it takes seven manual steps: extract the OLE object, save as .pzfx, edit, export, paste, resize, repeat. Refractions collapses the whole loop into a task pane — scan slide → click chart → update.

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Pre-release · Free during alpha · Your files never leave your Mac

A prism refracting a slide into a colorful spectrum that becomes a new chart
chart updated

What it does

Built for the workflow that actually exists.

No Windows VM. No screenshot dance. The file stays a real OLE-embedded Prism object, so colleagues on Windows can still double-click to edit.

One click to open

Pick a chart in the task pane. Refractions extracts the embedded .pzfx and opens it in Prism — no Save As dance.

Automatic image update

Click Update slide and Refractions writes the new .pzfx back into the OLE container and refreshes the preview image.

Stays Windows-compatible

The PPTX stays a real OLE-embedded Prism file. Send it to colleagues on Windows and they can double-click to edit, exactly like before.

How it works

Three clicks. No theatrics.

  1. 1

    Scan the slide

    Open the task pane on any slide. Refractions lists every Prism chart it finds, with a thumbnail.

  2. 2

    Edit in Prism

    Click the chart. Refractions pulls out the embedded .pzfx and opens it in Prism.

  3. 3

    Refract it back

    Make your edits, click Update slide. Refractions re-embeds the file and refreshes the preview image.

Pre-release pricing preview

$89 per seat. One-time.

Refractions is in alpha. Purchase isn't open yet — the price below is the planned launch price. Join the waitlist and we'll email you when paid seats unlock; alpha testers get an early-access discount on day one.

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Checkout is closed during alpha. We'll email you the moment paid seats open.

  • Perpetual license — current major version
  • Free updates inside the major version
  • Assign individual seats to your team from the Lab Manager dashboard
  • 30-day money-back guarantee
  • Community support via https://discourse.refractions.app/

How seats work

Each seat activates Refractions on one Mac, for one human. The buyer becomes the Lab Manager for the purchase: they keep their own seat and can hand out the rest from a dashboard. Teammates get their key by email — the Lab Manager never sees individual keys.

Common scenarios

  • Solo researcher: buy 1 seat.
  • Small lab (PI + 4 trainees): buy 5 seats — issue one to yourself, four to your team.
  • Core facility: buy 10+ seats, reassign as people leave.

Seats are reassignable — if a teammate leaves, revoke their seat and issue it to someone else. The buyer's seat cannot be revoked by a co-admin (a safety invariant against lockout).

FAQ

Questions, briefly answered.

Prism 9 and later (modern .pzfx format). Prism 8 support is best-effort.
No. The document stays a real OLE-embedded Prism file. Windows users double-click as normal.
Email support to deactivate the old machine. We can free a seat on demand.
Every seat is $89 — no volume discount, no “Lab” tier markup. Buy one for yourself, or ten at once if you're a PI buying for your group. Each seat activates one Mac for one human. The buyer becomes the “Lab Manager” for purchases of two or more seats, and can assign or reassign the rest from a dashboard.
No. All processing happens locally on your Mac. The only network calls are license validation against refractions.app.