Re: Exporting 3D vector graphics
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- Subject: [mg81221] Re: Exporting 3D vector graphics
- From: Szabolcs Horvát <szhorvat at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:05:55 -0400 (EDT)
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Robertcop wrote: > Hi, > I would like to export 3D plots with transparency from Mathematice to > import them in PowerPoint. > > The problem is that PowerPoint can not import pdf files and in the eps > files there is no transparency. > > Emf or wmf are the standard Microsoft vector formats so they would be > the best choice for importing into powerpoint, I think. However, the > exported emf or wmf files from 3D graphics look terrible and seem not > to to be a vector graphics but rasterized. > > Is there are a proper way or workaround to export vector graphics with > transparency and use them in PowerPoint? Vector graphics have no advantage over bitmap graphics in this situation. Just export a high-resolution PNG from Mathematica, and use that. For any 3D object of reasonable complexity, there will be no significant differences in file size. But vector formats do have disadvantages: 3D objects with transparency, exported as PDF, look awful in most (not all) PDF viewers: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica/browse_frm/thread/2f61a13953fc1973/553f73ed80fea6c3 -- Szabolcs