Re: [Matplotlib-users] savefig behaviour with transparent patches

2009-06-01 Thread John Hunter
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Kurt Forrester wrote: > > I am searched the mailing list and web without success with this problem. I > am getting unexpected behaviour when using savefig in the eps format. PS/EPS do not support alpha transparency. This is not a limitation of mpl, but of the for

[Matplotlib-users] savefig behaviour with transparent patches

2009-06-01 Thread Kurt Forrester
I am searched the mailing list and web without success with this problem. I am getting unexpected behaviour when using savefig in the eps format. The pdf renders the figure as it appears in the plot figure however the alpha for the patches is lost when saving as eps (see code below). Any help