4:22 a.m.
Hi,
When a graph is saved as a png file, it is always saved in 640x480,
which looks ugly when used inside LaTeX/Beamer.
If I save as a pdf (in Windows), this time the + points are very big,
which also looks bad. On the other hand, I don't want to save as eps,
because I cannot use eps with pdf latex, which supports png and jpg
files that I need in some of my slides. Converting eps's to png also
does not work because this time the + points become thick, looking bad
again.
I think having the "gretl: save graph" window for png files also would
solve this problem.
Regards
Talha
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6:16 a.m.
On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, Talha Yalta wrote:
Hi,
When a graph is saved as a png file, it is always saved in 640x480,
which looks ugly when used inside LaTeX/Beamer.
If I save as a pdf (in Windows), this time the + points are very big,
which also looks bad. On the other hand, I don't want to save as eps,
because I cannot use eps with pdf latex, which supports png and jpg
files that I need in some of my slides. Converting eps's to png also
does not work because this time the + points become thick, looking bad
again.
I think having the "gretl: save graph" window for png files also would
solve this problem.
Using bitmaps in LaTeX is almost always a bad idea. Use pdf. If thinga are
too big, just create a bigger pdf file and use the [scale] option when you
do \includegraphics in LaTeX.
Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Economia
Università Politecnica delle Marche
r.lucchetti(a)univpm.it
http://www.econ.univpm.it/lucchetti
6:55 a.m.
Am 02.03.2011 12:16, schrieb Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti:
On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, Talha Yalta wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When a graph is saved as a png file, it is always saved in 640x480,
> which looks ugly when used inside LaTeX/Beamer.
>
> If I save as a pdf (in Windows), this time the + points are very big,
> which also looks bad. On the other hand, I don't want to save as eps,
> because I cannot use eps with pdf latex, which supports png and jpg
> files that I need in some of my slides. Converting eps's to png also
> does not work because this time the + points become thick, looking bad
> again.
>
> I think having the "gretl: save graph" window for png files also would
> solve this problem.
Using bitmaps in LaTeX is almost always a bad idea. Use pdf. If thinga
are too big, just create a bigger pdf file and use the [scale] option
when you do \includegraphics in LaTeX.
I think Talha means that the proportions within the graphs are bad, for
example series symbols relative to axis labels. Scaling the entire graph
wouldn't help.
From my experience the workaround (for pdf) would be to indeed create
a
bigger graph area which causes symbols to become relatively smaller
because they seem to remain the same size, and then adjust the font size
and the line width factor. It's a bit fiddly though.
-sven
6:59 a.m.
On 02-03-2011, at 10:22, Talha Yalta wrote:
Hi,
When a graph is saved as a png file, it is always saved in 640x480,
which looks ugly when used inside LaTeX/Beamer.
If I save as a pdf (in Windows), this time the + points are very big,
which also looks bad. On the other hand, I don't want to save as eps,
because I cannot use eps with pdf latex, which supports png and jpg
files that I need in some of my slides.
In current TeX Live installations (certainly in 2010 and possibly even in 2009) conversion
of a .eps file into a .pdf file can be done automatically by using package epstopdf (put
\usepackage{epstopdf} in the preamble).
There is also a standalone script epstopdf.
Berend
7:50 a.m.
Thanks very much for the responses.
Jack's suggestion, along the lines of Sven's comment, actually works.
There was a problem though. The graps created from pdfs would look
blurred. I spent quite some time trying different sizes and fine
tuning etc. but could not get the graps to always look sharp no matter
what the zoom level is. This was possible before when I used eps files
and LaTeX, instead of pdfLaTeX. Anyway, suddenly I realized no
blurring occurs on Acrobat Reader on Windows. I installed acrobat
reader on Linux and again there is no blurring. So the problem was due
to the Ocular program in KDE 4.
Also, using \usepackage{epstopdf} does not work for me. I get
Package graphics Error: File `graph.pdf' not found. See the graphics
package documentation for explanation.
Cheers
Talha
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Berend Hasselman <bhh(a)xs4all.nl> wrote:
On 02-03-2011, at 10:22, Talha Yalta wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When a graph is saved as a png file, it is always saved in 640x480,
> which looks ugly when used inside LaTeX/Beamer.
>
> If I save as a pdf (in Windows), this time the + points are very big,
> which also looks bad. On the other hand, I don't want to save as eps,
> because I cannot use eps with pdf latex, which supports png and jpg
> files that I need in some of my slides.
In current TeX Live installations (certainly in 2010 and possibly even in 2009)
conversion of a .eps file into a .pdf file can be done automatically by using package
epstopdf (put \usepackage{epstopdf} in the preamble).
There is also a standalone script epstopdf.
Berend
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9:15 a.m.
On 02-03-2011, at 13:50, Talha Yalta wrote:
Thanks very much for the responses.
Nice to see problem is solved.
Also, using \usepackage{epstopdf} does not work for me. I get
Package graphics Error: File `graph.pdf' not found. See the graphics
package documentation for explanation.
This I don't understand.
If configured/setup properly, it shouldn't be looking for graph.pdf but graph.eps.
Berend
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