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--- misc:graphics [2012/12/30 11:54]
c7031007 [Recommended Graphics Formats]
+++ misc:graphics [2018/09/03 19:35] (current)
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 ====== Proper Choice of Graphics Formats ======
+===== Creating your graphics =====
+Create all graphics using the right tool and the right format. For example:
+  - From SciPy, Octave, Matlab, etc., **export plots in vector format**.
+  - Create line graphics with **Inkscape**. For LaTeX documents, TikZ may sometimes be a good choice.
+  - Process photographs with the GIMP - unless you overlay line graphics, in which case use vector tools like Inkscape or LaTeX graphics.
 ===== Never throw away essential information. =====
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   - Never convert them to raster format.
-  - For **print** publishing: For PDFLaTeX, convert your graphics to (vector-format) PDF. For legacy, DVI/PostScript-based LaTeX processing chains, convert your graphics to (vector-format) EPS. Many XML formatters, including [[http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/|FOP]], support SVG. ((OpenOffice.org can import PDF, SVG and other vector graphics formats. I’m sure some of its proprietary look-alikes can also be convinced to grok vector graphics.))
+  - For **print** publishing: For PDFLaTeX, convert your graphics to (vector-format) PDF.((OpenOffice.org can import PDF, SVG and other vector graphics formats. I’m sure some of its proprietary look-alikes can also be convinced to grok vector graphics.))
   - For **Web** publishing: Use SVG. For legacy browers that do not yet support SVG, for maximum portability you may want to offer an alternative raster image (inside an ''<object>'' tag, for example), see below.

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