Re: [Matplotlib-users] Problem with .png files?

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

I'll look into this.  I actually made a similar fix on another project I 
used to work on...  It should be theoretically possible, barring any 
roadblocks from how matplotlib is doing things.

Cheers,
Mike

Wayne E. Harlan wrote:
> I would like to follow up on my first response to Bill.  It probably 
> should be a new thread, but I'll start here.  When png files are saved 
> with a DPI=300 argument, and I open them in the Gimp, the dpi is only 72 
> (default ?).  As I understand it, the dpi setting in the graphics file 
> tells the application opening it how big to display it.  When I use 
> savefig with a DPI=300 and the plot figure I am saving was created with 
> figsize=(6,4.5) I expect the figure to open in word or swriter at the 
> size I specified (6" by 4.5") with the appropriate number of pixels.  
> However, at present, that does not happen.  The number of pixels in the 
> figure is correct but I have to resize it manually to get the right 
> size.  Can this be fixed ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Wayne
> 
> Bill Dandreta wrote:
>> I resolved the problem. It was unrelated to mpl. xv and gimp were
>> complied w/o png support. Recompiling with png support resolved the problem.
>>
>>   
> 
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