I tried to edit the page but the password LyX does not seem to work.
2013/12/4 Scott Kostyshak <[email protected]> > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Murat Yildizoglu > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Jens and Jerry, I was not aware of this program (sips) and it > > generates nice bitmaps indeed, and quite quickly in comparison with the > > gs+convert solution that was rather slow on my macbook air. > > > > The version I use is the following (adapted for the 128dpi display of my > > MBA): > > > > sips -s dpiHeight 128.0 -s dpiWidth 128.0 --resampleWidth 600 > --setProperty > > format png $$i --out $$o > > > > > > 2013/12/4 Jerry <[email protected]> > >> > >> > >> On Dec 3, 2013, at 6:44 PM, Jens Nöckel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > On Dec 3, 2013, at 2:14 PM, Jerry wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> On Dec 3, 2013, at 1:53 PM, Stephen Buonopane <[email protected] > > > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> Try the solution given here… > >> >>> http://michael.orlitzky.com/articles/fixing_pdf_graphics_in_lyx.php > >> >>> which creates a direct conversion from pdf to png. > >> >>> > >> >>> It solved a related problem for me in the past where the conversion > >> >>> through eps subtly changed the graphics dimensions making on screen > cropping > >> >>> near impossible. > >> >> > >> >> Thanks, Stephen! That has fixed the problem. > >> >> > >> >> There remain some unanswered questions. It looks like the converter > >> >> pdftops is broken, at least on my machine. Your fix bypassed it, and > >> >> elsewhere in this thread I reported that a manual conversion created > an EPS > >> >> file that was invalid. Is this a known problem? > >> >> > >> >> Since PDF is truly a native file format on OS X, it seems that your > fix > >> >> should be incorporated into LyX permanently because OS X users are > trying to > >> >> paste PDFs into LyX very frequently. Have you suggested this fix to > the > >> >> developers? > >> >> > >> >> Jerry > >> > > >> > > >> > As an alternative to Stephen's suggestion, you could also add the > >> > following converter for PDF to PNG. In my preferences, I chose the > "From > >> > format" as > >> > > >> > PDF (ps2pdf) > >> > > >> > and entered this code for "Converter": > >> > > >> > sips -s format png $$i --out $$o > >> > > >> > This uses the OS X built-in command sips instead of Ghostscript. > >> > >> Thanks for that tip, Jens. I really like the idea of using OS X's > built-in > >> image processing. However, this command scales the image by 200% so I > added > >> an option to scale to a width of 560 pixels which seems comfortable for > me, > >> and preserves the aspect ratio. (I know that I could use LyX to scale > the > >> on-screen size manually but this is laborious and makes the image ugly.) > >> > >> In addition, there is a pink background behind the image which I don't > >> like and which the GhostScript-and-convert command suggested earlier in > the > >> thread does not do. This is fixed by Preferences -> Look and Feel -> > Colors > >> -> graphics background to white, but that leaves the question of why the > >> GhostSript approach did not result in a pink background--I'l bet it did > not > >> render the PDF with a solid background but left it transparent. This > >> (putting a solid background) can be an issue which causes the image to > >> appear bigger than it is and can cause centering problems in the output > PDF, > >> but I'll leave that to solve another day. > >> > >> So for the record, the sips command I'm using is: > >> > >> sips --resampleWidth 560 --setProperty format png $$i --out $$o > >> > >> Again, thanks. > >> > >> Jerry > > Any volunteers to write up a short Wikipedia paragraph for this issue, > which appears to be common on Macs? > A good place might be: > http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac > > Best, > > Scott > -- Prof. Murat Yildizoglu Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV GREThA (UMR CNRS 5113) Avenue Léon Duguit 33608 Pessac cedex France Bureau : E-331 mail: yildi-at-u-bordeaux4.fr web: yildizoglu.info
