Le 23/08/2013 03:32, Chris Beaumont a écrit : > It looks like some programs (like illustrator, and pdf2ps) are > semi-smart about handling transparency when converting to ps. Both > have their quirks (illustrator seems to mess up the bounding box, > pdf2ps makes the text look worse/fuzzy). > > Is this the recommended/best strategy?
Who can really say what is a/the recommended strategy?... I am almost certain that the process described by Jon Ramsey - passing through jpeg - is better to be avoided. It probably works decently, and the JPEG is quite economic, but the conversion of a raster into EPS produces large files, and - as you said - the rasterization makes it not so scalable. And in general, a lossy compression is methodologically wrong here... I compared on a sample picture (similar to yours, but simpler, from the matplotlib documentation) these two methods: 1. Generate pdf, use pdf2ps (and convert to eps) 2. Generate svg, use inkscape to export eps. The results are visually comparable. I don't notice much of fuzziness; perhaps this is the anti-aliasing on your display? My version, the passage through svg produces a file which is more than 3 times shorter. Good luck. Jerzy Karczmarczuk PS. Try to convince the Dark Powers of the journal you send your work, that they modernize their processing and accept PDF. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. Visit us today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
