On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 3:39 AM, Nikolaus Rath <nikol...@rath.org> wrote:
> 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.

imshow supports interpolation and that's why rasterization comes in.
If you turn off interpolation (w/ interpolation="none"), the original
image will be embedded. Of course dpi has no meaning in this case.

However, I agree with you that dpi should be a property of the backend
only, not the figure. But I am not sure if this can be fixed soon. It
will be difficult and will take lots of effort I think.

-JJ

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