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[MUG] maple ps plotoutput and other graphics programs
Author: Dr U Kasper    Posted: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 13:46:14 +0100
>> From: "Dr. U. Kasper" "ukasper" Hello, users! My question is only more or less related to MAPLE but, perhaps, someone of you has a hint to me. The problem: I have from Maple a ps-plotoutput of some graphics. This file was transformed to an eps-file. Is there a graphics program allowing to import this eps-file, produce additional structures, and finally save the file again as an eps-file? What I have in mind is that I would like focusing the attention on some special features of, for example, a curve by some graphical elements in an easy way. Thank you in advance for trying to help me. Best regards, U. kasper

[MUG] Re: maple ps plotoutput and other graphics programs
Author: Maple User Group    Posted: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 15:33:56 -0500 (
>> From: Maple User Group "maple_gr" | >> From: "Dr. U. Kasper" "ukasper" | The problem: I have from Maple a ps-plotoutput of some graphics. This file | was transformed to an eps-file. Is there a graphics program allowing to | import this eps-file, produce additional structures, and finally save the | file again as an eps-file? -=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=- Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 14:22:46 -0500 (EST) From: Denis Sevee "dsevee" To: "maple-list" "maple-list" Subject: maple ps plotoutput and other graphics programs I know that under Linux you can do this using a program called "The GIMP". You can add text, draw rectangles etc., draw freehand with the mouse -- the usual drawing program features. There are more advanced features available also. Denis Sevee -=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=- Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 20:50:54 +0100 (CET) From: Bertfried Fauser "fauser" To: "maple-list" Subject: maple ps plotoutput and other graphics programs On Linux: just use gimp and you can do what you whant, alter animations, colours sharpen, add noise etc :) This worked fine for me best BF. PS: IF you really have a M$ system, you might try correldraw, but seek for better advice there. % Bertfried Fauser Fachbereich Physik Fach M 678 % Universit"at Konstanz 78457 Konstanz Germany % Phone : +49 7531 883786 FAX : +49 7531 88-4864 or 4266 % E-mail: "Bertfried.Fauser" % Web : http://clifford.physik.uni-konstanz.de/~fauser -=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=- Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 15:17:05 -0600 To: "maple-list" From: Rob Scott "rscott" Subject: maple ps plotoutput and other graphics programs I use Adobe Illustrator for this purpose and have been pleased with it's flexibility and ease of use. One tricky point is that one should "release the clipping mask, compound path, and crop marks" from the object menu. Unfortunately maple seems to compose the lines of a plot with many many little segments, which makes modifying the lines rather tedious. (I wish they would change this. Mathematica is much more convenient in that it's lines are just a few segments.) regards, Rob Rob Scott Research Associate Institute for Geophysics University of Texas at Austin 4412 Spicewood Springs Rd. Building 600 Austin, TX 78759 Office: +1-512-471-0375 -=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=- Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 18:07:27 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time) From: Jeff Wright "jhwright" To: "maple-list" Subject: maple ps plotoutput and other graphics programs Adobe Illustrator works well for this task. The learning curve is steep, but there is nothing you cannot do with it. It works on Windows and Mac, but I'm not sure about Linux. ===================== Jeffrey H Wright, Ph.D. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science University of San Diego, San Diego CA 92110 619-260-7491 -=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=- Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 18:03:16 -0700 From: Brad Camroux "prickles" To: "maple-list" Subject: maple ps plotoutput and other graphics programs Dr. Kasper, You can use a package called the GIMP (search any engine for "GIMP") to open, edit, and save EPS files. The GIMP is available for Linux and Windows as well as others. Hope this helps. Brad Camroux -- "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future." -- From the Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring) /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ ______________________ /**\ /**\ /**\ /**\ /**\ /**\ / \ ************************************< Brad Camroux >* \**/ \**/ \**/ \**/ \**/ \**/ \______________________/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ "prickles" "bgcamroux" http://b0h532ovy21oi.ab.hsia.telus.net/index.php

[MUG] Re: maple ps plotoutput and other graphics programs
Author: Maple User Group    Posted: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 15:39:36 -0500
>> From: Maple User Group "maple_gr" -=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=- Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 09:16:59 -0500 (EST) From: Richard Patterson "rpatters" To: "maple-list" Subject: maple ps plotoutput and other graphics programs | >> From: "Dr. U. Kasper" "ukasper" | The problem: I have from Maple a ps-plotoutput of some graphics. This file | was transformed to an eps-file. Is there a graphics program allowing to | import this eps-file, produce additional structures, and finally save the | file again as an eps-file? I use Freehand on a Macintosh to add to Maple's eps graphics output. However it is necessary to use EPSConverter first to put the file into the correct format. This is a program available from ArtAge.com. Richard Patterson -=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=- Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 12:16:28 -0600 From: Roberto Sussman "sussky" Subject: maple ps plotoutput and other graphics programs To: "maple-list" I do it with Adobe Illustrator (version 7.0). It opens the Maple generated ps file, you can edit it and then save it as an eps file. However, it will be larger than the original Maple ps file. Unfortunately Illustrator is expensive. A free-ware option is pstricks (it can be downloaded free, just type "pstricks" in googles or in any search engine). It is a collection of latex commands that must be used in conjunction with the elaboration of a latex file. pstricks work on the ps file and allows you to introduce (within latex) a variety of nice objects (arrows, extra demarcation lies, nice labels). Unfortunately, the learning curve is very steep. A third option is to modify the Maple ps file by hacking at its postscript language commands. Personaly I do not demmand aesthetic perfection. I would be very satisfied if Maple just generated plots and their ps files with decent labels and thickmarks (unfortunately, it does not). Roberto Sussman % %=================================================== % Dr Roberto A Sussman, % Investigador Titular B, % Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, % Circuito Exterior, CU, UNAM, % Mexico DF, 04510 % % tels: +52-55-56224690, 91, 92, fax: +52-55-56224693 % email: "sussman" & "sussky" % web: http://www.nuclecu.unam.mx/~sussman %===================================================

[MUG] Re: maple ps plotoutput and other graphics programs
Author: Timothy Feeman    Posted: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:28:17 -0500
>> From: "Timothy Feeman" "timothy.feeman" Unlike one respondent to this thread, I do require strong aesthetics in the ps version of Maple graphics. I recently wrote a book that used such graphics extensively. To satisfy the needs of the publisher (the AMS) I had to alter the code for line thickness by hand in every eps file I created. Also, it has annoyed me for some time that Maple doesn't seem able to translate the "thickness" command either to a simple printout or to a ps version of the file. Frankly, I don't understand why these problems persist as I gather that Mathematica resolved this ages ago. Can someone from Maple respond here and tell us what they are doing on this front? Tim Feeman

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