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Note: I'm looking at the Picker examples now and one problem I see is that
I'm not asking the user to click on data points, but anywhere on the axes.
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Michael Mossey <mic...@gm...>wrote:
> For my application which is a simple sound file editor written with
> matplotlib and PyQt4, I want to detect left and right clicks on the canvas.
> I need to know the data coordinates of the click (i.e., not where on the
> screen the click occurred, but what data point as defined by the axes it
> represents). How do I do this?
>
> Mike
>
>

For my application which is a simple sound file editor written with
matplotlib and PyQt4, I want to detect left and right clicks on the canvas.
I need to know the data coordinates of the click (i.e., not where on the
screen the click occurred, but what data point as defined by the axes it
represents). How do I do this?
Mike

In fact I guess it could also be related with the display card of the PC I
am using. I find I have different quality on my two different laptops (one
with fedora and one with ubuntu). But it's getting too complicated ... I
don't want to got this far and so let us forget about this.
Cheers,
Chao
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Chao YUE <cha...@gm...> wrote:
> Yes, in fact I set dpi as 1000, which is already very high. In fact I have
> another question, will there be any difference if I use the save button on
> the interactive plotting toolbar and use the command line
> figure.savefig('xx.png',dpi=1000)?
>
> Chao
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Jody Klymak <jk...@uv...> wrote:
>
>> Did you set the dpi of the png?
>>
>> Cheers, Jody
>>
>>
>> On Apr 21, 2014, at 13:50 PM, ChaoYue <cha...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>> OK, I tried but I don't really see the difference between jpg and png by
>> my eyes in the attached case, maybe for other more complicated plots there
>> will be real difference. Anyway, thanks to all for your nice discussions.
>> And, BTW, I tried >2 hours trying to find a way to convert svg to emf, but
>> now I konw :p
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Chao
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Benjamin Root-2 [via matplotlib] <[hidden
>> email]> wrote:
>>
>>> JPGs will *always* have "bit blur" as it is a lossy image format. PNGs
>>> would be a better bet.
>>>
>>> Ben Root
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:33 PM, ChaoYue <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=43265&i=0>
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you all for your kind response. I am sorry, but none of these
>>>> solutions significantly improved the visual quality on microsoft powerpiont
>>>> 2007. Thought I didn't try eps. So probably l have to go with the current
>>>> quality.
>>>> here is a best case I have now:
>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/0uhjogalz92hssm/different_figure_example.pptx
>>>> You can still see the "a bit blur" everywhere (currently with jpg being
>>>> inserted directly). I didn't have better quality than this one by trying
>>>> the method as suggested by you. Let me know if I am raising too much high
>>>> demand for this.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Chao
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Jonathan Slavin [via matplotlib] <[hidden
>>>> email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=43264&i=0>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ​Another alternative, if a vector graphics format doesn't work, is to
>>>>> make your png figure large. Then when you shrink it down to fit in your
>>>>> slide, it should still have good resolution.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jon​
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:13 AM, <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=43262&i=0>
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> No Powerpoint version I know supports SVG (or any vector graphics
>>>>>> format useful in this case) and Matplotlib does not
>>>>>> export WMF graphics anymore. So the easiest way is to use PNGs, if
>>>>>> you can live with raster graphics.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alternatively, if you need vector graphics, you can export the
>>>>>> Matplotlib plot as SVG and convert it to WMF or EMF using
>>>>>> Inkscape. This can be done in the command line like this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "c:\Program Files\Inkscape-0.48\inkscape.exe" --without-gui
>>>>>> --export-emf="output.emf" "input.svg"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Juergen
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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Yes, in fact I set dpi as 1000, which is already very high. In fact I have
another question, will there be any difference if I use the save button on
the interactive plotting toolbar and use the command line
figure.savefig('xx.png',dpi=1000)?
Chao
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Jody Klymak <jk...@uv...> wrote:
> Did you set the dpi of the png?
>
> Cheers, Jody
>
>
> On Apr 21, 2014, at 13:50 PM, ChaoYue <cha...@gm...> wrote:
>
> OK, I tried but I don't really see the difference between jpg and png by
> my eyes in the attached case, maybe for other more complicated plots there
> will be real difference. Anyway, thanks to all for your nice discussions.
> And, BTW, I tried >2 hours trying to find a way to convert svg to emf, but
> now I konw :p
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chao
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Benjamin Root-2 [via matplotlib] <[hidden
> email]> wrote:
>
>> JPGs will *always* have "bit blur" as it is a lossy image format. PNGs
>> would be a better bet.
>>
>> Ben Root
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:33 PM, ChaoYue <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=43265&i=0>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Thank you all for your kind response. I am sorry, but none of these
>>> solutions significantly improved the visual quality on microsoft powerpiont
>>> 2007. Thought I didn't try eps. So probably l have to go with the current
>>> quality.
>>> here is a best case I have now:
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/0uhjogalz92hssm/different_figure_example.pptx
>>> You can still see the "a bit blur" everywhere (currently with jpg being
>>> inserted directly). I didn't have better quality than this one by trying
>>> the method as suggested by you. Let me know if I am raising too much high
>>> demand for this.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Chao
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Jonathan Slavin [via matplotlib] <[hidden
>>> email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=43264&i=0>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> ​Another alternative, if a vector graphics format doesn't work, is to
>>>> make your png figure large. Then when you shrink it down to fit in your
>>>> slide, it should still have good resolution.
>>>>
>>>> Jon​
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:13 AM, <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=43262&i=0>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> No Powerpoint version I know supports SVG (or any vector graphics
>>>>> format useful in this case) and Matplotlib does not
>>>>> export WMF graphics anymore. So the easiest way is to use PNGs, if you
>>>>> can live with raster graphics.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alternatively, if you need vector graphics, you can export the
>>>>> Matplotlib plot as SVG and convert it to WMF or EMF using
>>>>> Inkscape. This can be done in the command line like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> "c:\Program Files\Inkscape-0.48\inkscape.exe" --without-gui
>>>>> --export-emf="output.emf" "input.svg"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Juergen
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ________________________________________________________
>>>> Jonathan D. Slavin Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
>>>> [hidden email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=43262&i=1>
>>>> 60 Garden Street, MS 83
>>>> phone: <a href="tel:%28617%29%20496-7981" value="<a
>>>> href="tel:%2B16174967981" value="+16174967981" target="_blank">
>>>> +16174967981" target="_blank">(617) 496-7981 Cambridge, MA
>>>> 02138-1516
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Did you set the dpi of the png?
Cheers, Jody
On Apr 21, 2014, at 13:50 PM, ChaoYue <cha...@gm...> wrote:
> OK, I tried but I don't really see the difference between jpg and png by my eyes in the attached case, maybe for other more complicated plots there will be real difference. Anyway, thanks to all for your nice discussions. And, BTW, I tried >2 hours trying to find a way to convert svg to emf, but now I konw :p
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Chao
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Benjamin Root-2 [via matplotlib] <[hidden email]> wrote:
> JPGs will *always* have "bit blur" as it is a lossy image format. PNGs would be a better bet.
> 
> Ben Root
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:33 PM, ChaoYue <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Thank you all for your kind response. I am sorry, but none of these solutions significantly improved the visual quality on microsoft powerpiont 2007. Thought I didn't try eps. So probably l have to go with the current quality. 
> here is a best case I have now: 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/0uhjogalz92hssm/different_figure_example.pptx
> You can still see the "a bit blur" everywhere (currently with jpg being inserted directly). I didn't have better quality than this one by trying the method as suggested by you. Let me know if I am raising too much high demand for this.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Chao
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Jonathan Slavin [via matplotlib] <[hidden email]> wrote:
> ​Another alternative, if a vector graphics format doesn't work, is to make your png figure large. Then when you shrink it down to fit in your slide, it should still have good resolution.
> 
> Jon​
> 
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:13 AM, <[hidden email]> wrote:
> No Powerpoint version I know supports SVG (or any vector graphics format useful in this case) and Matplotlib does not
> export WMF graphics anymore. So the easiest way is to use PNGs, if you can live with raster graphics.
> 
> Alternatively, if you need vector graphics, you can export the Matplotlib plot as SVG and convert it to WMF or EMF using
> Inkscape. This can be done in the command line like this:
> 
> "c:\Program Files\Inkscape-0.48\inkscape.exe" --without-gui --export-emf="output.emf" "input.svg"
> 
> 
> Juergen
> 
> 
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OK, I tried but I don't really see the difference between jpg and png by my
eyes in the attached case, maybe for other more complicated plots there
will be real difference. Anyway, thanks to all for your nice discussions.
And, BTW, I tried >2 hours trying to find a way to convert svg to emf, but
now I konw :p
Cheers,
Chao
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Benjamin Root-2 [via matplotlib] <
ml-...@n5...> wrote:
> JPGs will *always* have "bit blur" as it is a lossy image format. PNGs
> would be a better bet.
>
> Ben Root
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:33 PM, ChaoYue <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=43265&i=0>
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>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Thank you all for your kind response. I am sorry, but none of these
>> solutions significantly improved the visual quality on microsoft powerpiont
>> 2007. Thought I didn't try eps. So probably l have to go with the current
>> quality.
>> here is a best case I have now:
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/0uhjogalz92hssm/different_figure_example.pptx
>> You can still see the "a bit blur" everywhere (currently with jpg being
>> inserted directly). I didn't have better quality than this one by trying
>> the method as suggested by you. Let me know if I am raising too much high
>> demand for this.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Chao
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Jonathan Slavin [via matplotlib] <[hidden
>> email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=43264&i=0>> wrote:
>>
>>> ​Another alternative, if a vector graphics format doesn't work, is to
>>> make your png figure large. Then when you shrink it down to fit in your
>>> slide, it should still have good resolution.
>>>
>>> Jon​
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:13 AM, <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=43262&i=0>
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> No Powerpoint version I know supports SVG (or any vector graphics
>>>> format useful in this case) and Matplotlib does not
>>>> export WMF graphics anymore. So the easiest way is to use PNGs, if you
>>>> can live with raster graphics.
>>>>
>>>> Alternatively, if you need vector graphics, you can export the
>>>> Matplotlib plot as SVG and convert it to WMF or EMF using
>>>> Inkscape. This can be done in the command line like this:
>>>>
>>>> "c:\Program Files\Inkscape-0.48\inkscape.exe" --without-gui
>>>> --export-emf="output.emf" "input.svg"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Juergen
>>>>
>>>
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JPGs will *always* have "bit blur" as it is a lossy image format. PNGs
would be a better bet.
Ben Root
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:33 PM, ChaoYue <cha...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Thank you all for your kind response. I am sorry, but none of these
> solutions significantly improved the visual quality on microsoft powerpiont
> 2007. Thought I didn't try eps. So probably l have to go with the current
> quality.
> here is a best case I have now:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/0uhjogalz92hssm/different_figure_example.pptx
> You can still see the "a bit blur" everywhere (currently with jpg being
> inserted directly). I didn't have better quality than this one by trying
> the method as suggested by you. Let me know if I am raising too much high
> demand for this.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chao
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Jonathan Slavin [via matplotlib] <[hidden
> email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=43264&i=0>> wrote:
>
>> ​Another alternative, if a vector graphics format doesn't work, is to
>> make your png figure large. Then when you shrink it down to fit in your
>> slide, it should still have good resolution.
>>
>> Jon​
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:13 AM, <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=43262&i=0>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> No Powerpoint version I know supports SVG (or any vector graphics format
>>> useful in this case) and Matplotlib does not
>>> export WMF graphics anymore. So the easiest way is to use PNGs, if you
>>> can live with raster graphics.
>>>
>>> Alternatively, if you need vector graphics, you can export the
>>> Matplotlib plot as SVG and convert it to WMF or EMF using
>>> Inkscape. This can be done in the command line like this:
>>>
>>> "c:\Program Files\Inkscape-0.48\inkscape.exe" --without-gui
>>> --export-emf="output.emf" "input.svg"
>>>
>>>
>>> Juergen
>>>
>>
>>
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Hi all,
Thank you all for your kind response. I am sorry, but none of these
solutions significantly improved the visual quality on microsoft powerpiont
2007. Thought I didn't try eps. So probably l have to go with the current
quality.
here is a best case I have now:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0uhjogalz92hssm/different_figure_example.pptx
You can still see the "a bit blur" everywhere (currently with jpg being
inserted directly). I didn't have better quality than this one by trying
the method as suggested by you. Let me know if I am raising too much high
demand for this.
Cheers,
Chao
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Jonathan Slavin [via matplotlib] <
ml-...@n5...> wrote:
> ​Another alternative, if a vector graphics format doesn't work, is to make
> your png figure large. Then when you shrink it down to fit in your slide,
> it should still have good resolution.
>
> Jon​
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:13 AM, <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=43262&i=0>
> > wrote:
>
>> No Powerpoint version I know supports SVG (or any vector graphics format
>> useful in this case) and Matplotlib does not
>> export WMF graphics anymore. So the easiest way is to use PNGs, if you
>> can live with raster graphics.
>>
>> Alternatively, if you need vector graphics, you can export the Matplotlib
>> plot as SVG and convert it to WMF or EMF using
>> Inkscape. This can be done in the command line like this:
>>
>> "c:\Program Files\Inkscape-0.48\inkscape.exe" --without-gui
>> --export-emf="output.emf" "input.svg"
>>
>>
>> Juergen
>>
>
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your png figure large. Then when you shrink it down to fit in your slide,
it should still have good resolution.
Jon​
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:13 AM, <
mat...@li...> wrote:
> No Powerpoint version I know supports SVG (or any vector graphics format
> useful in this case) and Matplotlib does not
> export WMF graphics anymore. So the easiest way is to use PNGs, if you can
> live with raster graphics.
>
> Alternatively, if you need vector graphics, you can export the Matplotlib
> plot as SVG and convert it to WMF or EMF using
> Inkscape. This can be done in the command line like this:
>
> "c:\Program Files\Inkscape-0.48\inkscape.exe" --without-gui
> --export-emf="output.emf" "input.svg"
>
>
> Juergen
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Mac is kind of my blind spot, thanks for pointing out that EPS is a viable format there.
Windows does not handle the PS part of EPS for screen display. You will only see a preview image, and only if it was
embedded into the EPS. Printing is be fine though, if you have a PS printer.
 Juergen
Am 21.04.2014 15:38, schrieb Benjamin Root:
> While SVG isn't supported, EPS is... sort of. Be very careful going between windows and mac versions of Powerpoint.
> While they both support EPS, they seem to do it differently and I have had to make emergency fixes to presentations
> while at conferences because they were using Windows and I only had access to Linux and Macs at home.
> 
> Cheers!
> Ben Root
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 7:34 AM, Juergen Hasch <py...@el... <mailto:py...@el...>> wrote:
> 
> 
> No Powerpoint version I know supports SVG (or any vector graphics format useful in this case) and Matplotlib does not
> export WMF graphics anymore. So the easiest way is to use PNGs, if you can live with raster graphics.
> 
> Alternatively, if you need vector graphics, you can export the Matplotlib plot as SVG and convert it to WMF or EMF using
> Inkscape. This can be done in the command line like this:
> 
> "c:\Program Files\Inkscape-0.48\inkscape.exe" --without-gui --export-emf="output.emf" "input.svg"
> 
> 
> Juergen
> 
> 
> Am 21.04.2014 13 <tel:21.04.2014%2013>:06, schrieb Neal Becker:
> > Make sure to save into a vector graphic format so it can be resized. Try pdf or
> > svg (don't know if M$ supports svg though)
> >
> > Paul Hobson wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry hit send by accident?
> >>
> >> What parameters are you passing to `savefig`?
> >>
> >> For a presentation, I would save as a .png file, a higher resolution and a
> >> transparent background. e.g.:
> >>
> >> fig.savefig('myfig.png', dpi=600, bbox_inches='ticht', transparent=True)
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 10:24 PM, Paul Hobson
> >> <pmh...@gm... <mailto:pmh...@gm...>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> What parameters are you passing to `savefig`?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Chao YUE
> >>> <cha...@gm... <mailto:cha...@gm...>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Dear all,
> >>>>
> >>>> Did anyone try to make plots using matplotlib, and then put the figure in
> >>>> the powerpoint for presentation? Currently I am using the ipython notebook
> >>>> --pylab mode to make the plots, and then save them to *jpg format. But when
> >>>> I put it into the powerpoint, it does not look nice as I see on the screen
> >>>> (a little bit blurred). You can really not notice it if you don't examine
> >>>> carefully. But I really want to make high quality slides. So does anyone
> >>>> have the same problem? could it be related with the figure format or
> >>>> backend (GTKAgg) currently I am uisng? thanks a lot in advance.
> >>>>
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While SVG isn't supported, EPS is... sort of. Be very careful going
between windows and mac versions of Powerpoint. While they both support
EPS, they seem to do it differently and I have had to make emergency fixes
to presentations while at conferences because they were using Windows and I
only had access to Linux and Macs at home.
Cheers!
Ben Root
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 7:34 AM, Juergen Hasch <py...@el...> wrote:
>
> No Powerpoint version I know supports SVG (or any vector graphics format
> useful in this case) and Matplotlib does not
> export WMF graphics anymore. So the easiest way is to use PNGs, if you can
> live with raster graphics.
>
> Alternatively, if you need vector graphics, you can export the Matplotlib
> plot as SVG and convert it to WMF or EMF using
> Inkscape. This can be done in the command line like this:
>
> "c:\Program Files\Inkscape-0.48\inkscape.exe" --without-gui
> --export-emf="output.emf" "input.svg"
>
>
> Juergen
>
>
> Am 21.04.2014 13:06, schrieb Neal Becker:
> > Make sure to save into a vector graphic format so it can be resized.
> Try pdf or
> > svg (don't know if M$ supports svg though)
> >
> > Paul Hobson wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry hit send by accident?
> >>
> >> What parameters are you passing to `savefig`?
> >>
> >> For a presentation, I would save as a .png file, a higher resolution
> and a
> >> transparent background. e.g.:
> >>
> >> fig.savefig('myfig.png', dpi=600, bbox_inches='ticht', transparent=True)
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 10:24 PM, Paul Hobson
> >> <pmh...@gm...> wrote:
> >>
> >>> What parameters are you passing to `savefig`?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Chao YUE
> >>> <cha...@gm...> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Dear all,
> >>>>
> >>>> Did anyone try to make plots using matplotlib, and then put the
> figure in
> >>>> the powerpoint for presentation? Currently I am using the ipython
> notebook
> >>>> --pylab mode to make the plots, and then save them to *jpg format.
> But when
> >>>> I put it into the powerpoint, it does not look nice as I see on the
> screen
> >>>> (a little bit blurred). You can really not notice it if you don't
> examine
> >>>> carefully. But I really want to make high quality slides. So does
> anyone
> >>>> have the same problem? could it be related with the figure format or
> >>>> backend (GTKAgg) currently I am uisng? thanks a lot in advance.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>>
> >>>> Chao
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> please visit:
> >>>> http://www.globalcarbonatlas.org/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >
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No Powerpoint version I know supports SVG (or any vector graphics format useful in this case) and Matplotlib does not
export WMF graphics anymore. So the easiest way is to use PNGs, if you can live with raster graphics.
Alternatively, if you need vector graphics, you can export the Matplotlib plot as SVG and convert it to WMF or EMF using
Inkscape. This can be done in the command line like this:
"c:\Program Files\Inkscape-0.48\inkscape.exe" --without-gui --export-emf="output.emf" "input.svg"
 Juergen
Am 21.04.2014 13:06, schrieb Neal Becker:
> Make sure to save into a vector graphic format so it can be resized. Try pdf or 
> svg (don't know if M$ supports svg though)
> 
> Paul Hobson wrote:
> 
>> Sorry hit send by accident?
>>
>> What parameters are you passing to `savefig`?
>>
>> For a presentation, I would save as a .png file, a higher resolution and a
>> transparent background. e.g.:
>>
>> fig.savefig('myfig.png', dpi=600, bbox_inches='ticht', transparent=True)
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 10:24 PM, Paul Hobson
>> <pmh...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>>> What parameters are you passing to `savefig`?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Chao YUE
>>> <cha...@gm...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> Did anyone try to make plots using matplotlib, and then put the figure in
>>>> the powerpoint for presentation? Currently I am using the ipython notebook
>>>> --pylab mode to make the plots, and then save them to *jpg format. But when
>>>> I put it into the powerpoint, it does not look nice as I see on the screen
>>>> (a little bit blurred). You can really not notice it if you don't examine
>>>> carefully. But I really want to make high quality slides. So does anyone
>>>> have the same problem? could it be related with the figure format or
>>>> backend (GTKAgg) currently I am uisng? thanks a lot in advance.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Chao
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> please visit:
>>>> http://www.globalcarbonatlas.org/
>>>>
>>>>
> ***********************************************************************************
>>>> Chao YUE
>>>> Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE-IPSL)
>>>> UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ
>>>> Batiment 712 - Pe 119
>>>> 91191 GIF Sur YVETTE Cedex
>>>> Tel: (33) 01 69 08 29 02; Fax:01.69.08.77.16
>>>>
>>>>
> ************************************************************************************
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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Make sure to save into a vector graphic format so it can be resized. Try pdf or 
svg (don't know if M$ supports svg though)
Paul Hobson wrote:
> Sorry hit send by accident?
> 
> What parameters are you passing to `savefig`?
> 
> For a presentation, I would save as a .png file, a higher resolution and a
> transparent background. e.g.:
> 
> fig.savefig('myfig.png', dpi=600, bbox_inches='ticht', transparent=True)
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 10:24 PM, Paul Hobson
> <pmh...@gm...> wrote:
> 
>> What parameters are you passing to `savefig`?
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Chao YUE
>> <cha...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Did anyone try to make plots using matplotlib, and then put the figure in
>>> the powerpoint for presentation? Currently I am using the ipython notebook
>>> --pylab mode to make the plots, and then save them to *jpg format. But when
>>> I put it into the powerpoint, it does not look nice as I see on the screen
>>> (a little bit blurred). You can really not notice it if you don't examine
>>> carefully. But I really want to make high quality slides. So does anyone
>>> have the same problem? could it be related with the figure format or
>>> backend (GTKAgg) currently I am uisng? thanks a lot in advance.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Chao
>>>
>>> --
>>> please visit:
>>> http://www.globalcarbonatlas.org/
>>>
>>> 
***********************************************************************************
>>> Chao YUE
>>> Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE-IPSL)
>>> UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ
>>> Batiment 712 - Pe 119
>>> 91191 GIF Sur YVETTE Cedex
>>> Tel: (33) 01 69 08 29 02; Fax:01.69.08.77.16
>>>
>>> 
************************************************************************************
>>>
>>>
>>> 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their
>>> applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field,
>>> this first edition is now available. Download your free book today!
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>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Matplotlib-users mailing list
>>> Mat...@li...
>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
>>>
>>>
>>

Sorry hit send by accident?
What parameters are you passing to `savefig`?
For a presentation, I would save as a .png file, a higher resolution and a
transparent background. e.g.:
fig.savefig('myfig.png', dpi=600, bbox_inches='ticht', transparent=True)
On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 10:24 PM, Paul Hobson <pmh...@gm...> wrote:
> What parameters are you passing to `savefig`?
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Chao YUE <cha...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Did anyone try to make plots using matplotlib, and then put the figure in
>> the powerpoint for presentation? Currently I am using the ipython notebook
>> --pylab mode to make the plots, and then save them to *jpg format. But when
>> I put it into the powerpoint, it does not look nice as I see on the screen
>> (a little bit blurred). You can really not notice it if you don't examine
>> carefully. But I really want to make high quality slides. So does anyone
>> have the same problem? could it be related with the figure format or
>> backend (GTKAgg) currently I am uisng? thanks a lot in advance.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Chao
>>
>> --
>> please visit:
>> http://www.globalcarbonatlas.org/
>>
>> ***********************************************************************************
>> Chao YUE
>> Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE-IPSL)
>> UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ
>> Batiment 712 - Pe 119
>> 91191 GIF Sur YVETTE Cedex
>> Tel: (33) 01 69 08 29 02; Fax:01.69.08.77.16
>>
>> ************************************************************************************
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book
>> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their
>> applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field,
>> this first edition is now available. Download your free book today!
>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech
>> _______________________________________________
>> Matplotlib-users mailing list
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>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
>>
>>
>

What parameters are you passing to `savefig`?
On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Chao YUE <cha...@gm...> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Did anyone try to make plots using matplotlib, and then put the figure in
> the powerpoint for presentation? Currently I am using the ipython notebook
> --pylab mode to make the plots, and then save them to *jpg format. But when
> I put it into the powerpoint, it does not look nice as I see on the screen
> (a little bit blurred). You can really not notice it if you don't examine
> carefully. But I really want to make high quality slides. So does anyone
> have the same problem? could it be related with the figure format or
> backend (GTKAgg) currently I am uisng? thanks a lot in advance.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chao
>
> --
> please visit:
> http://www.globalcarbonatlas.org/
>
> ***********************************************************************************
> Chao YUE
> Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE-IPSL)
> UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ
> Batiment 712 - Pe 119
> 91191 GIF Sur YVETTE Cedex
> Tel: (33) 01 69 08 29 02; Fax:01.69.08.77.16
>
> ************************************************************************************
>
>
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On 2014年04月17日 11:07 AM, Elden Crom wrote:
>
> matplotlib is impressive in its capabilities, I didn't realize how much so
> until I download from the git, and made a little script to run all of the
> examples.
>
Thank you.
It's hidden away, but a script to do this type of thing exists. For a 
long time it was effectively our testing mechanism--run all the examples 
and scan the results to see if they looked right. It is 
examples/tests/backend_driver.py.
Eric
> I'm way too much of a newbie here to check anything in, but I thought
> someone may find this trinket useful. As written, it should be in the
> 'matplotlib/examples' directory named 'runAll.py', if someone is so inclined
> to check it in. Feel free to edit or eviscerate it or whatever.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> #!/usr/bin/python
> ###############################################################################
> ##
> ## REVISION HISTORY
> ## Date Name SCR# Description
> ## -------- ------------ ------
> --------------------------------------------
> ## 2014年04月17日 Elden Crom N#A Initial Release
> ###############################################################################
>
> import subprocess, os
>
> ###To make the demos work that needed sample data I had to
> ### 'cp /etc/matplotlibrc ~/.matplotlib/' and edit the examples.directory
> ### entry to not have the extra tick marks ie
> ### """examples.directory : /usr/share/matplotlib/sampledata"""
> ### but I think this was because of a version issue....
>
> dirs = [root for root, dir, files in os.walk(".")]
> #dirs = ['./showcase', './widgets'] #to only run a directory or two
>
> excluded = ['./runAll.py','./tests/backend_driver.py']
> def myfilter(d,f):
> fpth = os.path.join(d,f)
> return (os.path.isfile(fpth) and
> f.endswith('.py') and
> not fpth in excluded)
> pyfiles =[]
> for d in dirs:
> pyfiles.extend([ (d,f) for f in os.listdir(d) if myfilter(d,f) ])
>
> #there are over 400 examples in the git repository
> #[git clone git://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git]/matplotlib/examples
> #so you might not want to see them all in one setting!
> #pyfiles=pyfiles[100+100:]
>
> for i,(d,f) in enumerate(pyfiles):
> print "--------------------Executing 'python %s'------------------(%d of
> %d)--"%(os.path.join(d,f),i,len(pyfiles))
> subprocess.Popen(["python", f],cwd=d).wait()
>
>
>
>
>
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