Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Jpeg figure quality deteriorating

[antonmaz]

Hello,

I am writing a paper, and need to incorporate figures. I have a ~20 jpeg files of high resolution. To get them to fit nice on the page, I had to scale them to 20-50% of original size. The more I shrink, the worse they look. Is it possible to shrink them without the loss in quality?

Thank you,

AM

[josephwright]

How are you shrinking them? I'd probably do it using a specialist image tool, which tend to do better at working with JPEGs than simply scaling using TeX.

[localghost]

Pixel based graphics have to be scaled to three quarter of their original size to make them appear in actual size in the document.

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\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{filename}

The cause is the relation between postscript point (also called big point) and pixel. You can calculate that by yourself [1]. But previously you have to take this fact into account while creating your external graphics.

[1] Typography Conversion - FREE Unit Converter


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten