[Tutkielma-TeX] Figures converter to eps

[fabian montealegre]

Thank you so much guys,

The imagemagick converter did the trick!
I still nee to give pdflatex a try, that my save me some time as well!.

Thanks again!

2011/10/3 Miika Nurminen <miika.nurminen at jyu.fi>

> Ville Tirronen wrote:
> >>> convert my graphics to EPS format from PNG or JPEG. Can someone
> >>> suggest me
> >>
> >> An additional comment, to supplement Matthieu's excellent answer.
> >>
> >> If you can avoid it, don't convert from PNG or JPEG. Convert from a
> vector
> >> graphics format, if available.
> >
> > Additional comment to additional comment. Why to bother with eps to
> > begin with? Just use pdflatex and it'll accept png images just fine. And
> > you'll most likely will have less problems when submitting your paper
> > due to font embeddings and such.
>
> If you need to include fonts to your publications (e.g. for printing
> houses), using latex and dvips (or possibly even pdftops) may still be
> needed, and this requires additional processing. I agree that pdflatex
> or xetex are the best alternatives for _online_ pdf publishing and you
> should always use vector gfx if possible.
>
> to do the initial conversion, use imagemagick convert (installed in
> jalava, etc). e.g. with 300 dpi originals:
> convert ín.png -density 300 out.eps
>
> however, to make sure the resolution is preserved in the final pdf
> (assuming you are creating one), you should note the settings in
> ghostscript as well since this does affect the information contained in
> images regardless of the resolution used in the original conversion.
>
> for example, when using PREPRESS setting in ghostscript ensures that all
> the images are in uniform resolution (possibly lower than the
> originals), suitable for printing press:
> ps2pdf -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4
> -dMaxSubsetPct=100 -dSubsetFonts=true -dEmbedAllFonts=true in.ps
>
> you can replace the PREPRESS setting with DEFAULT to keep the
> (bitmap-converted) images in as high resolution as possible, but this
> does not include fonts.
>
> http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/6.50/Ps2pdf.htm
>
> --
> Miika
>
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