diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dc900fe..f7e7e2f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ NUtil.egg-info/PKG-INFO
 NUtil.egg-info/requires.txt
 NUtil.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
 NUtil.egg-info/top_level.txt
+nutil/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
+nutil/__pycache__/image.cpython-36.pyc
diff --git a/nutil/fake.py b/nutil/fake.py
index 842e28c..30502b3 100644
--- a/nutil/fake.py
+++ b/nutil/fake.py
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ def movingSquare(steps=10, shape=(200,200), factor=3):
         x[i, h+i*factor:2*h+i*factor,
         w+i*factor:2*w+i*factor] = 1
 
-    return x
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+    return x
+
diff --git a/nutil/image.py b/nutil/image.py
index 8476246..bbf24cb 100644
--- a/nutil/image.py
+++ b/nutil/image.py
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ def browse(x, axis=0, resize=None, enhance_contrast=True, antialiasing=False, cu
     warning
         when float arrays are shown
     """
-    s = x.shape
+    if type(x) == list:
+        s = (len(x), )+x[0].shape
+
+    else:
+        s = x.shape
     
     assert type(axis) == int, "axis must be an interger"
     assert len(s) >= 2, "image must be at least 2D"
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@ def browse(x, axis=0, resize=None, enhance_contrast=True, antialiasing=False, cu
     def __(a:(0, s[axis]-1)):
         # Dynamic fancy indexing using axis as argument
         im = np.take(x, a, axis)
+        already_resized = False
         
         # If data should be shown in a specific range
         if cutoff_min or cutoff_max:
@@ -106,12 +111,20 @@ def __(a:(0, s[axis]-1)):
         # If grayscale image should be colored using a LUT
         if cmap and len(im.shape) == 2:
             im = _colorim(im, colors)
+
+        # If image should be smaller,
+        # and we just can take every nth point,
+        # do this instead of expensive resizing
+        if resize is not None:
+            if 1/resize % 2 == 0:
+                im = im[::int(1/resize), ::int(1/resize)]
+                already_resized = True
         
         # Convert numpy array to PIL Image
         im_pil = Image.fromarray(im)
         
         # If image is too small and people asked for resizing
-        if resize is not None:
+        if resize is not None and not already_resized:
             w, h = im.shape[:2]
             im_pil = im_pil.resize((int(h*resize), 
                                     int(w*resize)), RESIZE_FLAG)
diff --git a/nutil/plot.py b/nutil/plot.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd79bbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nutil/plot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import numpy as np 
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import seaborn as sns
+
+def paperStyle(use_seaborn=True):
+    """Defines plot styles for paper
+
+    Args:
+        use_seaborn (bool, optional): If seaborn is used to style the plot. Defaults to True.
+    """    
+    if use_seaborn:
+        sns.set_style('white')
+        sns.set_style('ticks')
+
+    plt.rcParams['axes.labelsize'] = 8
+    plt.rcParams['xtick.labelsize'] = 8
+    plt.rcParams['ytick.labelsize'] = 8
+    plt.rcParams['legend.fontsize'] = 8
+    plt.rcParams['font.family'] = ['sans-serif']
+    plt.rcParams['font.sans-serif'] = ['Arial']
+    plt.rcParams['svg.fonttype'] = 'none' # Text is not rendered
+    plt.rcParams['pdf.fonttype'] = 42 # TrueType to avoid PDF issues
+    
+
+def grabFigure(fig, autoclose=True):
+    """Grabs a figure to a numpy array
+
+    Args:
+        fig (matplotlib.figure): The figure reference
+        autoclose (bool, optional): Close the figure automatically. Defaults to True.
+
+    Returns:
+        np.ndarray, the figure as RGB image numpy array
+    """    
+    fig.canvas.draw() 
+    rgb = fig.canvas.tostring_rgb()
+    shape = fig.canvas.get_width_height()[::-1] + (3,)
+    
+    if autoclose:
+        plt.close(fig)
+        
+    # Returns numpy array
+    return np.frombuffer(rgb, dtype=np.uint8).reshape(shape)
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