Damon McDougall <damon.mcdougall-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org> writes: > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Nikolaus Rath > <nikolaus-bth8mxji...@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> When saving the figure in some vector graphics format, I >> don't see what the meaning of the dpi is at all. > > Sure, I use `dpi=` all the time for vector formats. Purely because > when you make calls to `imshow`, you get a rasterised image embedded > in a figure with vector text and tickmarks and labels, for example.
matplotlib actually rescales the raw imshow data when saving to a vector format? Why is that? I think it should embed the bitmap with full resolution in the vector file and rely on the consumer of the vector file to scale it to whatever resolution is supported by the display device. Best, -Nikolaus -- »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
