[OS X TeX] EPS colour problem (blue-->purple)

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jan 30, 2012, at 6:03 PM, Richard wrote:

> I think the problem is that the original file is in RGB, and Tex (Ghostscript?) applies a smaller CMYK palette when converting. Is there any way to control how EPS is converted to PDF?
> 
> If I converted the EPS file to PDF elsewhere I still want it to appear within my document. Can I insert a figure straight into my document with filetype PDF?
> 
> thanks
> 
> richard
> 
> 
> On 30 Jan 2012, at 20:45, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> 
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>> Am 30.1.2012 um 16:35 schrieb Richard:
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>>> How do I fix this?
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>> Do you have other means to convert the EPS file to PDF? Then you could try these and create a series of conversions.
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>> The problem can be that the colour profile changed, from none to (any)one. (Or the conversion was performed according to that one.) This one might be incorrect for your screen. Do you have some MS Win- or Losedos or Linux or other UNIX around? How does the converted file appear there?
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>> --
>> Greetings
>> 
>> Pete
>> 
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>> 

Howdy,

how does it look if you open the eps in Preview? That uses Apple's distiller to do the conversion. If it's ok you can print to pdf and include that in your LaTeX document compiled with pdflatex.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)