Hello Patrick, Peter,..


The 3-step method doesn't work? I tried it over and over again.

Changing the media size by hand does work if I guess the size of the picture
(I don't have an option bb or bounding box). I think I can work with this
method for the time being.



Do you know if this bounding box problem is caused by the fact that I used
Flash for making the picture? I mean, if I buy another vector drawing
program (Adobe Illustrator for instance), the problem doesn't exist?



Using MetaPost means that I must first learn the MP-programming language. I
don't know if I have enough time for that. Or is there another way?

Liesbeth


2007/7/26, Peter Rolf <indiego@gmx.net>:
>
> Peter Rolf schrieb:
> > Hi Liesbeth,
> >
> > There is a problem with the bounding box (bb) of the eps file. Although
> > gs shows it correctly (Info), it uses the media size (default A4) as
> > border for the pdf.
> >
> > You can change the media size by hand (set it to bb), but it's less
> > error prone to use "extract..." or "ps to eps" from the file menu.
> >
> sorry, this doesn't work. it seems, that i have made my tests with an
> already modified (media size) eps graphic. so the only working way i
> found, is to edit the media size.
>
> menu "media"-->"user defined..."
> set the values to the ones from the bounding box (hit "I" after you have
> loaded the gfx).
>
> for your example:
> BoundingBox 0 0 244 243
> set the first value to 244pt, the second one to 243pt.
> now the conversion should work (retested!) :)
>
>
> <DEL>
> > 1. open the eps file with gs
> > 2. use "ps to eps" ( [x] automatically calculate ...] is set here) and
> > save in a different file
> > 3. convert this new file to pdf. The resulting pdf should have the
> > correct size.
> >
> <DEL/>
>
> > Sorry, found no way to automatize it (I can't beleave this is not
> possible).
> >
> > HTH, Peter
> >
> > BTW: why don't you use MetaPost?
> >
> >
> > Liesbeth van der Plas schrieb:
> >> I use Windows XP.
> >>
> >> 2007/7/26, Patrick Gundlach <patrick@gundla.ch <mailto:
> patrick@gundla.ch>>:
> >>
> >>     Hello Liesbeth,
> >>
> >>     > Yesterday I sent a few files, but I got a return that the message
> >>     body was
> >>     > too big.
> >>     > Here are the three most important files from yesterday's map.
> >>
> >>     epstopdf breaks with this file. If, by chance, you use Mac OS X,
> you
> >>     can use 'pstopdf' (the distiller from adobe). Then the pdf files
> have
> >>     a tight bounding box.
> >>
> >>     Patrick
> >>
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