% Created 2010-10-11 Mon 17:08 \documentclass[presentation]{beamer} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{fixltx2e} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage{float} \usepackage{wrapfig} \usepackage{soul} \usepackage{t1enc} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{marvosym} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{latexsym} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{hyperref} \tolerance=1000 \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage{ae,aecompl} \usepackage{mathpazo,courier,euler} \usepackage[scaled=.95]{helvet} \usepackage{listings} \lstset{language=Python, basicstyle=\ttfamily\bfseries, commentstyle=\color{red}\itshape, stringstyle=\color{darkgreen}, showstringspaces=false, keywordstyle=\color{blue}\bfseries} \providecommand{\alert}[1]{\textbf{#1}} \title{Savefig} \author{FOSSEE} \date{2010-10-11 Mon} \usetheme{Warsaw}\usecolortheme{default}\useoutertheme{infolines}\setbeamercovered{transparent} \begin{document} \maketitle \begin{frame} \frametitle{Outline} \label{sec-1} \begin{itemize} \item Saving plots. \item Plotting in different formats. \item Locating the file in the file system. \end{itemize} \end{frame} \begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Creating a basic plot} \label{sec-2} Plot a sine wave from -3pi to 3pi. \begin{verbatim} In []: x = linspace(-3*pi,3*pi,100) In []: plot(x, sin(x)) \end{verbatim} \end{frame} \begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{savefig()} \label{sec-3} \begin{itemize} \item savefig() - to save plots \label{sec-3_1}% \begin{verbatim} syntax: savefig(fname) \end{verbatim} \item example \label{sec-3_2}% \begin{itemize} \item savefig('/home/fossee/sine.png') \label{sec-3_2_1}% \begin{itemize} \item file sine.png saved to the folder /home/fossee \item .png - file type \end{itemize} \end{itemize} % ends low level \end{itemize} % ends low level \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{More on savefig()} \label{sec-4} \begin{itemize} \item Recall \label{sec-4_1}% \begin{itemize} \item .png - file type \end{itemize} \item File types supported \label{sec-4_2}% \begin{itemize} \item .pdf - PDF(Portable Document Format)\\ \label{sec-4_2_1}% \item .ps - PS(Post Script)\\ \label{sec-4_2_2}% \item .eps - Encapsulated Post Script\\ \label{sec-4_2_3}% \texttt{to be used with} \LaTeX{} \texttt{documents} \item .svg - Scalable Vector Graphics\\ \label{sec-4_2_4}% \texttt{vector graphics} \item .png - Portable Network Graphics\\ \label{sec-4_2_5}% \texttt{supports transparency} \end{itemize} % ends low level \end{itemize} % ends low level \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Exercise 1} \label{sec-5} Save the sine plot in the format EPS which can be embedded in \LaTeX{} documents. \end{frame} \begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Solution 1} \label{sec-6} \begin{verbatim} savefig('/home/fossee/sine.eps') \end{verbatim} \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Exercise 2} \label{sec-7} Save the sine plot in PDF, PS and SVG formats. \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Summary} \label{sec-8} You should now be able to \begin{itemize} \item Use \texttt{savefig()} function \item Save plots in different formats \begin{itemize} \item PDF \item PS \item PNG \item SVG \item EPS \end{itemize} \item Locating the files in file system. \end{itemize} \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Thank you!} \label{sec-9} \begin{block}{} \begin{center} This spoken tutorial has been produced by the \textcolor{blue}{FOSSEE} team, which is funded by the \end{center} \begin{center} \textcolor{blue}{National Mission on Education through \\ Information \& Communication Technology \\ MHRD, Govt. of India}. \end{center} \end{block} \end{frame} \end{document}