Re: [Matplotlib-users] Make clear figure used in the powerpoint slides?

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OK, I tried but I don't really see the difference between jpg and png by my
eyes in the attached case, maybe for other more complicated plots there
will be real difference. Anyway, thanks to all for your nice discussions.
And, BTW, I tried >2 hours trying to find a way to convert svg to emf, but
now I konw :p

Cheers,

Chao

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Benjamin Root-2 [via matplotlib] <
ml-...@n5...> wrote:

> JPGs will *always* have "bit blur" as it is a lossy image format. PNGs
> would be a better bet.
>
> Ben Root
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:33 PM, ChaoYue <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=43265&i=0>
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Thank you all for your kind response. I am sorry, but none of these
>> solutions significantly improved the visual quality on microsoft powerpiont
>> 2007. Thought I didn't try eps. So probably l have to go with the current
>> quality.
>> here is a best case I have now:
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/0uhjogalz92hssm/different_figure_example.pptx
>> You can still see the "a bit blur" everywhere (currently with jpg being
>> inserted directly). I didn't have better quality than this one by trying
>> the method as suggested by you. Let me know if I am raising too much high
>> demand for this.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Chao
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Jonathan Slavin [via matplotlib] <[hidden
>> email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=43264&i=0>> wrote:
>>
>>> Another alternative, if a vector graphics format doesn't work, is to
>>> make your png figure large.  Then when you shrink it down to fit in your
>>> slide, it should still have good resolution.
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:13 AM, <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=43262&i=0>
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> No Powerpoint version I know supports SVG (or any vector graphics
>>>> format useful in this case) and Matplotlib does not
>>>> export WMF graphics anymore. So the easiest way is to use PNGs, if you
>>>> can live with raster graphics.
>>>>
>>>> Alternatively, if you need vector graphics, you can export the
>>>> Matplotlib plot as SVG and convert it to WMF or EMF using
>>>> Inkscape. This can be done in the command line like this:
>>>>
>>>> "c:\Program Files\Inkscape-0.48\inkscape.exe" --without-gui
>>>> --export-emf="output.emf" "input.svg"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Juergen
>>>>
>>>
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