Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ vector graphics

[wheely_chairs]

Hi,

When I open my LaTeX output pdf file in Acrobat, the vector graphics look rubbish, but it looks fine in OS X Preview and when printed. By rubbish, I mean heavily aliased when zoomed out (<125%), but better when zoomed in close (>125%). I guess it's not the end of the world, just a little annoying

I make all my graphics in Illustrator, export them to EPS then use the epspdfconversion package through TeXShop to convert them to pdf.

I just wondered if anyone could offer any thoughts?

Cheers,

Chris

[localghost]

If possible, export the graphics directly to PDF. For simple sketches you may use a graphics package like pgf/tikZ.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[wheely_chairs]

Cheers, that worked (the first option). Slightly more work but a satisfying result. Now it's a shame I can't do the same with Matlab as exporting directly to PDF from it still leaves lines looking "rubbish" and looking the same as exporting to EPS and converting with epspdfconversion.

[localghost]

It seems that epspdfconversion is relatively new package and until now I didn't notice it. I read in its manual that it relies on the same structures as the epstopdf package which I wanted to recommend. So it seems that there is no more room for improvement to the quality of your Matlab graphics.