diff --git a/tools/update_figures.py b/tools/update_figures.py
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+++ b/tools/update_figures.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+from sys import argv
+from os import system 
+
+if len(argv)<2: 
+    print("usage:\npython3 update_figures.py NAME")
+else:
+    system("pdftoppm {fig}.pdf {fig} -png -cropbox".format(fig=argv[1]))
+    system("mv {fig}-1.png {fig}.png".format(fig=argv[1]))
+    system("rm {fig}.pdf".format(fig=argv[1]))
+