From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Doyley, Marvin M." Subject: Re: Viewing pdf images Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:05:54 +0000 Message-ID: <41796EF9-08D7-40EF-AF3F-7765B8828174@ur.rochester.edu> References: <87zifpb5ib.fsf@biologica.mercovich.net> <87tw5wyzmm.fsf@biologica.mercovich.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_B87194C9-C2C3-48EE-8CA7-43375EE70FD5"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha512 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46815) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cyHyH-0008Hy-EG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 09:06:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cyHyC-0004y3-GU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 09:06:05 -0400 Received: from mail-by2nam03on0093.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([104.47.42.93]:28040 helo=NAM03-BY2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cyHyC-0004uQ-0p for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 09:06:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87tw5wyzmm.fsf@biologica.mercovich.net> Content-Language: en-US List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Eduardo Mercovich Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" --Apple-Mail=_B87194C9-C2C3-48EE-8CA7-43375EE70FD5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi Eduardo, Thanks for the insight, I really appreciate this. Cheers, M > On Apr 10, 2017, at 12:51 PM, Eduardo Mercovich = wrote: >=20 > Hi Marvin. >=20 >> I also agree that in terms of resolution (pix per inch ) pdf and jpg = are the same. However, pdf (and SVG) allow the image to be scaled with = little loss in image quality. >=20 > Sorry to disagree, but again, pdf images can be vector (like svg) and = infinitely scaled or raster (bitmap, as a jpg) and in this case the = quality is on the file. The pdf format only adds and envelope around the = original jpg image, or in the conversion it can be downscaled. >=20 > Just to test this you can extract the images from the pdf and check = their properties. The specific tools depend on your OS of choice, but at = least in Linux there are many options, some command line based and = others GUI based. >=20 >> In my lab we typically save the images in pdf because the most = biomedical journals don=E2=80=99t accept SVG file format (not yet). >=20 > Sure. But why not simply use a jpg or png? > * Journals accept those formats perfectly well, * you will see them = with their best quality, and > * you can see them in emacs buffers natively. >=20 > Just try it and you'll see that -if I understood you ok- you will gain = in every dimension. :) >=20 > Best... >=20 >=20 > -- > eduardo mercovich >=20 > Donde se cruzan tus talentos con las necesidades del mundo, ah=C3=AD = est=C3=A1 tu vocaci=C3=B3n. (An=C3=B3nimo) --Apple-Mail=_B87194C9-C2C3-48EE-8CA7-43375EE70FD5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJY7iYxAAoJEBwrWjMT8xXriiAP/Rx3iZmkSMg7TgT1HFQrDgt7 SylO+45jUhx3fMADBaa7hzKwboIdFhxfjnyI3z4GV2w4tj5/LtHymU9a8MojyGBH w3OzbOWqpKalwYiiBOxQf+P5Cbo0Q8LbD+z4hNqkRUFb8qDmSJEDTkF2Cwe/pOM3 g0CFg+JSzsnTInqvYXgxqEiwkbWfoy1hdpfvx6uA4oLKhf6yIV65BQLcNAguJ4dV bbPnRxih7BYO88DuL9QUbidKeJ7dufT5a91KJLpvskP6dYdh2JP0szsY4C1kSazP tiwmYgIuhyrfb8w7JHMmdmJczJU6EmklTjZ5yDPVkXWScU0a+VhhnoIumaY4QhTK qVOJNuekVjotq9rj9ph+Dq8qDb86GMH90S9HhcACvR833fxsNmzbSenvCyNqLeCO lu8xmF07lMyNawtA7Emcl1rfETDUJHnyngbm1YnTdXCtG1ZrYo1xkRLo2N4Wonxg pIGjcWWR21k/slapqNdGkIdMbUqZDeovpj9gdccEy9N35t3AHOyMWyjBppo4rE82 zzRr4XSReKonV36plDBDUVg52+M5Ag+Pdmcm/YFDUDndej7k6Acu4N4bMNDqhcp9 8DbXce72sT+l+ahjhaxK1y9yOz1lHpsJWbKjwpiOdg6h0i+t+KOaYTTV5mhNHgkz 7nDHMmePgpqG1uq9Y8VR =KXoy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_B87194C9-C2C3-48EE-8CA7-43375EE70FD5--