| Re: ps file with text [message #50396] |
Tue, 03 October 2006 09:55  |
adisn123
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Registered: July 2006
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Thanks for the help.
Both ways work great!
Benjamin Hornberger wrote:
> adisn123@yahoo.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Using "set_plot = ps" I created a ps file.
>> I'm trying to resize the ps image and add some text (such as Figure1.
>> ~~~) in my word text of lab paper.
>> How do I take the ps file and add text into it?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> to add text into the PS file while creating in IDL you would use the
> XYOUTS command. Note that on the PS device you probably don't want to
> use device coordinates to position the text, but rather data or normal
> coordinates. To change the size, you can use the command "device,
> xsize=..., ysize=..." after "set_plot, 'ps'", even though you can
> usually scale the figure later when inserting it into the document.
>
> Another option would be to use iTools instead of direct graphics to
> visualize the data and then export to PS. In iTools you can easily add
> simple annotations. You can save the iTool and edit it later, which I
> find very useful.
>
> To edit a PS file after it has been created, many people use Adobe
> Illustrator (which is quite expensive). I believe free programs to edit
> PS files are, for example, Xfig or Inkscape, but I don't have any
> experience with them.
>
> As a side note, text like "Figure 1" often appears in the figure
> *caption* instead of the the figure itself, in which case you would use
> the text processing software (Word, LaTeX, ...) to do that (which can
> also take care of automatic numbering etc.).
>
> Good luck,
> Benjamin
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