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Re: Why plots shown on screen and postscript are different? [message #65081]

Wed, 11 February 2009 06:44

liamgumley
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On Feb 11, 12:07 am, xqinshan <xqins...@tom.com> wrote:
> Generally, I do my work using 'set_plot,'win'' first, showing the
> plots on screen. Then after everything is good, I simply change it to
> 'set_plot,'ps'', sometimes the plots in postscript is good as what I
> saw on screen, but sometimes so bad for I have to change settings
> again and again. May I ask how to do this? In fact, I need plots in
> postscript only for publication or presentation. Are there any method
> to save the plots on screen for that? I mean, sometimes I need high
> quality plots, but saveJpeg donot save good enough plots.

To create a PostScript plot which matches your onscreen plot, try
this.

1. Download the sample programs from "Practical IDL Programming"
http://gumley.com/PIP/Sample_Programs/PIP_programs.zip

2. Create your plot onscreen in a direct graphics window, e.g.
IDL> window, /free
IDL> plot, sin(!pi * 0.1 * findgen(100)), title='My First Plot'

3. Recreate the plot with output directed to PostScript using PSON and
PSOFF, e.g.,
IDL> pson, file='test.ps'
IDL> plot, sin(!pi * 0.1 * findgen(100)), title='My First Plot'
IDL> psoff

You will find that test.ps contains an exact replica of your onscreen
plot. You can also try variations like this:

IDL> pson, file='test.ps', paper='A4', /landscape
IDL> device, /helvetica
IDL> plot, sin(!pi * 0.1 * findgen(100)), title='My First Plot',
font=0
IDL> psoff

This will recreate the plot in landscape orientation on A4 size paper
using the PostScript Helvetica font.

Cheers,
Liam.
Practical IDL Programming
http://www.gumley.com/

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		Re: Why plots shown on screen and postscript are different? By: liamgumley on Wed, 11 February 2009 06:44
		Re: Why plots shown on screen and postscript are different? By: David Fanning on Wed, 11 February 2009 06:37
		Re: Why plots shown on screen and postscript are different? By: Maarten[1] on Wed, 11 February 2009 06:31
		Re: Why plots shown on screen and postscript are different? By: David Fanning on Wed, 11 February 2009 06:02
		Re: Why plots shown on screen and postscript are different? By: T.H. on Wed, 11 February 2009 03:36
		Re: Why plots shown on screen and postscript are different? By: maurya on Tue, 10 February 2009 23:48
		Re: Why plots shown on screen and postscript are different? By: Maarten[1] on Thu, 12 February 2009 01:13

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