Re: Exporting to gif and jpeg is tooooo slow
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- Subject: [mg52293] Re: Exporting to gif and jpeg is tooooo slow
- From: Peter Pein <petsie at arcor.de>
- Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 07:23:30 -0500 (EST)
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Geronimo wrote:
> Hi Group
>
> I have problems with the "Export" command to gif and jpeg formats.
>
> For example
>
> p = DensityPlot[x+y, {x, 0, 1}, {y, 0, 1}, PlotPoints -> 30, Mesh -> False,
> ColorFunction -> Hue];
>
> and then
>
> Export["test.fmt", p, "fmt", ImageSize -> 400]
>
> If fmt=pdf or eps, the result is instantaneous. With gif and jpeg, it never
> ends. With lighter plots (produced by the Plot command) it works but it
> takes a crazy amount of time.
>
> For the same reason I cannot save a notebook in html.
>
> I use Mathematica 4 under Linux and I have tried two different machines
> (very different configurations: different distributions, different
> networks...) with the same result.
>
> Thanks for any suggestion.
>
Hi Geronimo,
if you open a notebook with a text editor, you will see the output cells
containing graphics begin with
Cell[GraphicsData["PostScript", "\<\
%!
%%Creator: Mathematica
...
Mathematica has to do no conversions, when saving as .eps, but a lot when saving
in a pixel-oriented format.
I'm afraid you have to wait.
--
Peter Pein
10245 Berlin