Hi All, I have a problem concerning the file size of my plots. Producing 3d graphs of my data leads to single PDF files of several MB size. Including these graphs in my paper gives a nice to print document, but it is way to big for easy electronic distribution as PDF. So I was thinking if there is a way to produce these high quality vector graphics for the print version of the paper but to somehow get some smaller sized graph files for the electronic version.
Currently I am limiting the size by plotting only every x-th point. But obviously this is a stupid solution if you are lucky enough to have high resolution data in the first place. Alternatively I could use pipeGS to produce bitmaps of the complete graph, but I'd rather keep the axes and text as vectors and only have the actual data as bitmap. My idea is basically to produce the highly resolved 3d graph, then convert the plotted data into a bitmap while keeping axes and text in vector format and then write the whole stuff to a PDF. This should keep file sizes moderate even if the bitmap has printing quality of around 300 dpi. Are there any opinions on whether some thing like this is possible at all using PyX and if yes, how to do it? Or is there any other way to keep file size small for complexe plots? Thanks already, bene ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ PyX-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pyx-user
