[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, list: > > In my quest to create MPL plots for insertion into Word documents, I > tried post-script (doesn't work well - Word doesn't like the ps file > created by MPL), pdf (can't create more then 8 plots per job and can > not import into word), png (works but each plot needs to be magified > manually before saving), and now I am playing around with the svg > format. Word doesn't recognize the svg format but I can open the > file in gimp, select the portion of the chart I need, and do > cut-and-paste over to Word. I can do the same with png format too > but svg format works better if I have to do cut and paste and scale.
When you open the svg in gimp, it is being rendered as pixels; from that point on, it is the same as if you had made a png at the same resolution, except that there are subtle differences in positioning and probably antialiasing between externally rendered svg and mpl/agg-produced png. Did you try eps rather than ps? Eric > > My question is this: > > While the svg files are much smaller then the cooresponding png file > (yes, and scalable), I am surprised that the quality of the plot > doesn't seem to be that much better (seem like about the same as > compared to a corresponding png figure). I would have thought that > they should (see for example: > http://luxor-xul.sourceforge.net/talk/jug-nov-2002/slides.html#svg-1). > Is this because MPL is not taking advantage of the capabilities > offered by svg? > > I know that not every one works with Word but for good or for bad, > that's what I have to work with in oder to submit my paper for > publishing. Surely many of you have come across this kind of > chanllenge. What have you been doing for inserting MPL created > charts into Word? > > Thanks, > > -- John Henry > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C > - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No > limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users > mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
