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Re: thumbnails [message #24004 is a reply to message #24003]

Thu, 01 March 2001 11:16

R.Bauer
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Registered: November 1998

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David Fanning wrote:
>
> steve (nobody@nowhere.com) writes:
>
>> Does anyone know how to produce *.eps files with thumbnails (in IDL 5.x)?
>
> IDL 5.4 has some new keywords for producing a PostScript preview
> image: PRE_XSIZE, PRE_YSIZE, PRE_DEPTH. These are suppose to
> allow you to create a preview, or thumbnail, image of a particular
> size.
>
> I just tried it with a screen snapshot:
>
> snapshot = TVRD(True=1)
> Set_Plot, 'PS'
> Device, /Encapsulate, /Preview, Pre_XSize=100, Pre_YSize=100, $
> Pre_Depth=8, Color=1
> TV, snapshot, True=1
> Device, /Close_File
>
> IDL went away for 5-6 several seconds while the file was written.
> But the resulting file was over 17 MBytes in size!
>
> I think I'm going to stick to the tried and true way of
> adding preview images in GhostView. :-(

Oh David,

why would you like to have a preview of about 100cm x 100cm.
I believe the units are cm or am I wrong?

cheers
Reimar

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R.Bauer

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		Re: thumbnails By: Paul van Delst on Thu, 01 March 2001 14:17
		Re: thumbnails By: davidf on Thu, 01 March 2001 12:17
		Re: thumbnails By: davidf on Thu, 01 March 2001 11:55
		Re: thumbnails By: Liam E. Gumley on Thu, 01 March 2001 11:25
		Re: thumbnails By: dirk on Thu, 01 March 2001 11:14
		Re: thumbnails By: R.Bauer on Thu, 01 March 2001 11:16
		Re: thumbnails By: davidf on Thu, 01 March 2001 10:41

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