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-----Original Message----- From: ifeffit-boun...@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov [mailto:ifeffit-boun...@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Eva Vanamee Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 3:51 PM To: ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov Subject: [Ifeffit] plotting Thanks everyone for the helpful comments! I'll go with exporting to Origin. A final question. I am now a Mac user, is there a good alternative to Origin? Best, - Eva On Mar 26, 2013, at 2:45 PM, <ifeffit-requ...@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov> wrote: > Send Ifeffit mailing list submissions to > ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ifeffit > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ifeffit-requ...@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ifeffit-ow...@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Ifeffit digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. generating high res figures (Eva Vanamee) > 2. Re: generating high res figures (Scott Calvin) > 3. Re: generating high res figures (Jason Gaudet) > 4. Re: generating high res figures (Christopher Patridge) > 5. Re: generating high res figures (Ravel, Bruce) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:13:17 -0400 > From: Eva Vanamee <eva.vana...@mssm.edu> > To: ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov > Subject: [Ifeffit] generating high res figures > Message-ID: <c2797f03-a481-47c5-8631-b43292f37...@mssm.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi, > > I'm in the happy stages of making figures. > I'd like to know how to change figure legends, make high resolution figures > from a fit, etc. > > For instance: > I saved the session file. Can I go back to a particular fit to make a figure > or do I need to rerun it? > Can I change the figure legends? I used sample 1 and I want to give it a > different name > Can I use special characters (e.g. Greek letters)? > Can I adjust the resolution for different formats (talk vs. publication)? > > I am running Demeter 0.9.9.9 under XP. > > Thanks in advance for the help! > > - Eva > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:25:01 -0400 > From: Scott Calvin <scal...@sarahlawrence.edu> > To: XAFS Analysis using Ifeffit <ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov> > Subject: Re: [Ifeffit] generating high res figures > Message-ID: <ccdba9e5-8a56-4438-a0ec-e1a9b3f6c...@slc.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Eva, > > Demeter is not intended to be used to produce publication-quality figures. > It's best to export the data, fits, etc., and then use a proper graphing > program to generate figures. Even a spreadsheet will do in a pinch, although > most of us use dedicated scientific graphing software. > > --Scott Calvin > Sarah Lawrence College > > On Mar 26, 2013, at 1:13 PM, Eva Vanamee <eva.vana...@mssm.edu> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm in the happy stages of making figures. >> I'd like to know how to change figure legends, make high resolution figures >> from a fit, etc. >> >> For instance: >> I saved the session file. Can I go back to a particular fit to make a figure >> or do I need to rerun it? >> Can I change the figure legends? I used sample 1 and I want to give it a >> different name >> Can I use special characters (e.g. Greek letters)? >> Can I adjust the resolution for different formats (talk vs. publication)? >> >> I am running Demeter 0.9.9.9 under XP. >> >> Thanks in advance for the help! >> >> - Eva >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ifeffit mailing list >> Ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov >> http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ifeffit > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:51:36 -0400 > From: Jason Gaudet <jason.r.gau...@gmail.com> > To: XAFS Analysis using Ifeffit <ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov> > Subject: Re: [Ifeffit] generating high res figures > Message-ID: > <CANMcWtM=do9gr-jsmc--dxepwojaz-78n44mpranv5ujhtm...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > And to do this, use the Artemis Plot dialog box to generate the chart you > want (e.g. the data and fit in magnitude R-space), click the "Save Next > Plot to File" button at the very bottom of the dialog box, and click the > correct plot button at the top (e.g. R). This lets you save the plot as an > ASCII file. > > -Jason > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Scott Calvin > <scal...@sarahlawrence.edu>wrote: > >> Hi Eva, >> >> Demeter is not intended to be used to produce publication-quality figures. >> It's best to export the data, fits, etc., and then use a proper graphing >> program to generate figures. Even a spreadsheet will do in a pinch, >> although most of us use dedicated scientific graphing software. >> >> --Scott Calvin >> Sarah Lawrence College >> >> On Mar 26, 2013, at 1:13 PM, Eva Vanamee <eva.vana...@mssm.edu> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm in the happy stages of making figures. >>> I'd like to know how to change figure legends, make high resolution >> figures from a fit, etc. >>> >>> For instance: >>> I saved the session file. Can I go back to a particular fit to make a >> figure or do I need to rerun it? >>> Can I change the figure legends? I used sample 1 and I want to give it a >> different name >>> Can I use special characters (e.g. Greek letters)? >>> Can I adjust the resolution for different formats (talk vs. publication)? >>> >>> I am running Demeter 0.9.9.9 under XP. >>> >>> Thanks in advance for the help! >>> >>> - Eva >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ifeffit mailing list >>> Ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov >>> http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ifeffit >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ifeffit mailing list >> Ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov >> http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ifeffit >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/pipermail/ifeffit/attachments/20130326/d1690776/attachment-0001.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:25:34 -0400 > From: Christopher Patridge <patri...@buffalo.edu> > To: XAFS Analysis using Ifeffit <ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov> > Subject: Re: [Ifeffit] generating high res figures > Message-ID: <5151da0e.9090...@buffalo.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Eva, > > I don't how flexible would consider exporting the fits you have > completed and using a plotting software (Excel, Origin, Qplot, > sigmaplot, Igor) to generate the number of adjustments you require. > > Chris > > ******************************** > Christopher J. Patridge, PhD > NRC Post Doctoral Research Associate > Naval Research Laboratory > Washington, DC 20375 > Cell: 315-529-0501 > > On 3/26/2013 1:13 PM, Eva Vanamee wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm in the happy stages of making figures. >> I'd like to know how to change figure legends, make high resolution figures >> from a fit, etc. >> >> For instance: >> I saved the session file. Can I go back to a particular fit to make a figure >> or do I need to rerun it? >> Can I change the figure legends? I used sample 1 and I want to give it a >> different name >> Can I use special characters (e.g. Greek letters)? >> Can I adjust the resolution for different formats (talk vs. publication)? >> >> I am running Demeter 0.9.9.9 under XP. >> >> Thanks in advance for the help! >> >> - Eva >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ifeffit mailing list >> Ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov >> http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ifeffit > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:45:19 +0000 > From: "Ravel, Bruce" <bra...@bnl.gov> > To: XAFS Analysis using Ifeffit <ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov> > Subject: Re: [Ifeffit] generating high res figures > Message-ID: > <47ced3cd722c2a439c0d1d1056b213251f32f...@ex10-mb1.bnl.gov> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-7" > > > As others said, it is not my intention that A&A be used for publication > quality plots, although part of the motivation to make Demeter, as compared > to the earlier version, was not make prettier plots. I, in fact, use screen > captures of the plot window regularly in presentations and posters. But I > also do as the others advised -- I export the data to ascii column files and > make dedicated plots for my publications. > > Even aside from the fact that I chose not to make Demeter into a fully > featured scientific plotting tool, it is wise to spend some time thinking > hard about your plots for publication. Figures are part of the story you are > telling in your paper. It is good for you and good for your reader if you > spend the time to make beautiful, expressive plots using a highly capable > plotting tool. > >> Can I change the figure legends? I used sample 1 and I want to give it a >> different name > > Yes. That's easy. Group menu -> Rename current group. Or Shift-ctrl-l. Or > double click on the data group in the group list. > >> Can I use special characters (e.g. Greek letters)? > > Not conveniently. Strictly speaking, if you observe the weird formatting > rules of the underlying plotting tool, you can do so. For example, if you > you change "Sample 1" to "Sample {/Symbol a}" it will be printed in the > legend of the plot as "Sample ?". But then you will have a weirdly named > data group in the group list. (The rest of the Greek characters are made in > the same way. "Sample {/Symbol S}" = "Sample ?" and so on.) > > I have never actually thought about how to make it possible to give a group a > sensible name and have special characters plotted in the legend. It doesn't > seem like a high priority, but I could be persuaded. > >> Can I adjust the resolution for different formats (talk vs. publication)? > > Your best bet by FAR is to export the data as ascii column files and use your > favorite plotting tool to export into a vector format, such as PDF or SVG. > The beauty of vector formats is that they can rescale without loss of quality. > >> I am running Demeter 0.9.9.9 under XP. > > You might consider upgrading. There have been a lot of bug fixes and new > features since then. One such feature is the ability to export the most > recent plot as a PNG or PDF file. > > B > > _______________________________________________ > Ifeffit mailing list > Ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov > http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ifeffit > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Ifeffit mailing list > Ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov > http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ifeffit > > > End of Ifeffit Digest, Vol 121, Issue 14 > **************************************** _______________________________________________ Ifeffit mailing list Ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ifeffit _______________________________________________ Ifeffit mailing list Ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ifeffit
