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Re: Re: Export PDF plot or Save Selection As -- big troubles with Illustrator

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• Subject: [mg90294] Re: [mg90249] Re: Export PDF plot or Save Selection As -- big troubles with Illustrator
• From: "W_Craig Carter" <ccarter at mit.edu>
• Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:01:25 -0400 (EDT)
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Hello Steve,
I do this frequently and the following  work-around works for me.

Save Selection As (EPS)

I import the EPS into a SVG drawing program (I use skencil) and then
edit over the top of the imported eps.

When saving the selection, I use options to turn off embedding of tiff
preview in the options.

The eps is device independent.

Hope this works for you.
WCC

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 6:12 AM, Steve Gray <stevebg at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> I tried to fix up for publication an image that Mathematica made with
> Graphics3D. I wanted to add and change things that are hard or
> impossible to do in Mathematica. It was a hopeless mess, with several thousand
> vector elements. Then I realized that the lighting, shading, and
> hidden element algorithms made the vector output extremely
> complicated. I finally used a bitmap that I made with PrintScreen or
> the equivalent, and traced over the whole thing (that is, made a new
> drawing) with Corel Draw, which is similar to AI. It was
> time-consuming and limited - good perspective effects are very
> difficult to get this way - but I had no other choice that I know of.
> Mathematica should have a Simple EPS output mode or the equivalent.
>
>



-- 
W. Craig Carter

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  • Re: Export PDF plot or Save Selection As -- big troubles with Illustrator
    • From: Steve Gray <stevebg@roadrunner.com>