| Re: ps file with text [message #50396] |
Tue, 03 October 2006 09:55 |
adisn123
Messages: 44
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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| Re: ps file with text [message #50425 is a reply to message #50396] |
Mon, 02 October 2006 11:22  |
Benjamin Hornberger
Messages: 258
Registered: March 2004
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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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| Re: ps file with text [message #50426 is a reply to message #50425] |
Mon, 02 October 2006 11:11 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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adisn123@yahoo.com writes:
> 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?
The short answer is, you don't. :-)
You might try making your PostScript file an encapsulated
PostScript file:
Set_Plot, 'PS'
Device, /Encapsulated
That will allow you to resize it in the software you
are using to write your paper. But you want to write
the Figure caption in your Word (or Framemaker or whatever)
software, NOT in the PS file you create in IDL.
Cheers,
David
P.S. I don't usually try to resize PostScript files in
Framemaker (what I write my papers and book in). I usually
make the file the correct size to begin with, then add the
figure captions as part of a "graphics table" that I have
created in Framemaker.
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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