eps in LyX (LaTex editor)

pwd

I have some diagrams I need to put into a LaTex document. I am using LyX.
I need to put them in eps format. I have tried opening high res versions of the jpgs in Flash, and tracing the bitmaps - the resultant vector graphics are very good so far.
Then I use the export image tool in Flash to save them as eps. This appears to work ok. However, when I try to insert them in LyX, I get "Eorror converting to loadable format".
Can anyone give any help with this?
I am putting this here because I understand that LaTeX is used a lot in academic and postgraduate work.
Thanks

edit: The graphic does appear in the pdf that is generated. I think I found a solution to getting it to appear in the editor as well:

http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/LyX/FiguresInLyX

djpbarry

Sounds like you're compiling with pdflatex? In which case the graphics need to be either JPG, PNG or PDF. Use EPS when compiling with latex. You may find this helpful:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Importing_Graphics

I had the same problem when I began using latex!

pwd

Thanks for the link! I'll read through that.
Another thing I've noticed is that the eps images I've tried are not as high quality as the bitmap equivalents when scaled down, though they look fine at full size. I've been using Flash with the most accurate settings to convert the bitmaps. Is there another tool that might be better?

blucey

while Latex docs look nice, the tools are from the lower pit of satans domain. It sucks mega. I have tried time and again to use it, and frankly couldnt be ar%ed anymore. Maybe im odd....
I tried LyX. Couldnt install it, couldnt get packages to work, couldnt do graphics without mad bypasses, couldnt....

djpbarry

pwd wrote: »

I've been using Flash with the most accurate settings to convert the bitmaps. Is there another tool that might be better?

All I can tell you is I use Photoshop and it seems to do the job.

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blucey wrote: »

while Latex docs look nice, the tools are from the lower pit of satans domain. It sucks mega. I have tried time and again to use it, and frankly couldnt be ar%ed anymore. Maybe im odd....
I tried LyX. Couldnt install it, couldnt get packages to work, couldnt do graphics without mad bypasses, couldnt....

It's okay, blucey. I'm sure B-School'ers can usually make do with Microsoft Equation Editor

djpbarry wrote: »

All I can tell you is I use Photoshop and it seems to do the job.

+1. Photoshop's image resizer does a great job at blending the images in. They look far better than just forcing a resize in LaTeX.

neil_hosey

compile as a .ps... then convert to a pdf if needed... ive had problems with lateX , PDFs and eps before, that worked for me though. Not the best answer, but it works

blucey

The Economist wrote: »

It's okay, blucey. I'm sure B-School'ers can usually make do with Microsoft Equation Editor

sworked ok for me for 20 years and hundreds of papers (well, mathtype which is ee's big brother). Never met a paper or thesis I couldnt do in word. So ya boo to yiz latex fetishists.....:p

Red Alert

I use PDFLatex, but I tend to keep all my images in EPS and then use epstopdf with a Makefile to convert them. Sounds strange, but it means if you have EPS vector images from MATLAB it's the only way they'll correctly be saved as PDF vector images. Personally I don't bother with LyX, i've tried it but I found I picked up the straight LaTeX syntax in no time.

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blucey wrote: »

hundreds of papers

Hundreds me hole. I count less than 70...

Red Alert wrote: »

vector images from MATLAB

I've a couple of nonlinear plots that need a-doin'. Would you recommend Matlab over Maple/Mathematica?

Red Alert

I haven't used Maple or Mathematica much so I wouldn't know - MATLAB's plotting engine is quite good and can do almost anything you throw at it. If you don't want to buy MATLAB there's a program called GNUPlot, but if you're on Windows it's not worth the hassle trying to run it.