Figure files --cracked it!

[Sue Rodd]

Thanks, Frank for this and a further message.  Your comments about the page
size put me on the right track, tho that wasn't it.  What had happened was
that the missing parts of the figures were all on the extreme right-hand
edge of the relevant figure -- so I have slightly increased the "canvas
size" for each one -- thereby putting a bit of  white margin either side of
the lines of the actual drawing -- and lo and behold , it all comes across
to the pdf file.  The margins must have been too tight and somehow in the
conversion a bit was being "shaved off".  Thanks again to all for help, and
all the best for the holidays when you get to them!

Sue


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ganz, Frank, Springer US [mailto:Frank.Ganz at springer.com]
> Sent: 21 December 2005 18:26
> To: jcm at lms.ac.uk; YANDYTEX at LISTS.UCC.IE
> Subject: RE: Figure files
>
>
> Dear Sue,
>
> Y&YTeX does not support .jpg and .png files, even though you
> might find a LaTeX package that would allow LaTeX to read
> them for its purposes. But then when you create the
> PostScript with DVIPSONE, you wouldn't be able to.
>
> So, your strategy sounds like a feasible one. Is the only
> quality issue you are worried about the missing bits? If so,
> the resolution may be very simple:
>
> One thing you might try is select a much larger default paper
> size. Your default may be A4, try A2 instead. Afterwards you
> can crop the page in Acrobat Exchnge to erase all the
> extraneous white space around the illustration. I imagine
> that you save to EPS afterwards.
>
> Thanks and happy holidays to you and all!
> Frank
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Support for users of Y&Y's TeX system
> >[mailto:YANDYTEX at LISTS.UCC.IE] On Behalf Of Sue Rodd
> >Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 1:05 PM
> >To: YANDYTEX at LISTS.UCC.IE
> >Subject: Figure files
> >
> >Dear All
> >
> >An author has supplied me with .jpg and .png files containing
> >his figures.
> >What do I  need to use in order to be able to incorporate them
> >into a paper, in the way that I would an eps file?  I tried
> >converting them to .eps (using Acrobat and Photoshop
> >respectively).  Most times it works, but some of the
> >conversions aren't satisfactory.  The dvi printout is perfect,
> >but when I use Distiller to make PDF, there are bits of the
> >diagrams missing.
> >
> >Thanks1
> >
> >Sue
> >
>