Re: Exporting BMP files in M4
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- Subject: [mg22255] Re: Exporting BMP files in M4
- From: "Atul Sharma" <atulksharma at yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 01:34:00 -0500 (EST)
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I'm sure there is a better way from within Mathematica, but I just copy and paste into iPhotoExpress, an image editing program which allows me to specify the image size and resolution of the 'incoming' bitmap. The Microsoft PhotoEditor and Paint programs don't offer the same user control. For plots, this works fine, allowing me to edit them and import them into Word docs or Powerpoint presentations. I have less luck with bitmap formulae though, since they are too jagged for use. For some reason, the windows metafile format looks beautiful on my PC and prints publication quality, but is a garbled mess when transported or emailed to another machine, even if the Mathematica fonts are available on the other machine. WRI tells me the problem is with the Word graphic filter, and I'm not sure how to work around this annoying problem. A. Sharma- PR wrote in message <88jujq$9ob at smc.vnet.net>... >Hello Mathematica NG: > >?>>> How can I export plots I make in M4 to BMP format and get a picture >that has the _size_ I want (say x in by y in) AND the _resolution_ I >want (say 400 dpi)? > > >>>> I read the help file on ImageSize, ImageResolution etc., but I find >it very confusing (e.g., where does the 72 in ImageSize come from?). It >would be a great idea if Wolfram could add an example here that does not >use EPS (resolution independent) but BMP and explicitly show the >settings for the image resolution and how to change them. > >>>> the M4 Help file still states the M3 command instead of the M4 >"Export" command. > >>>> Also: opening any of the BMP files in some editing software always >results in these huge images - but I assume that's because the software >shows every single point of the file instead of scaling it down to >monitor size? > >Many thanks, > >Marc > > >