Hi Zhen,
How did you convert from eps to pdf? If you use "epstopdf" you should not have a problem. This is an automatic way to get around the manual editions proposed by Jaison.
As an example, see the Bourne shell script below that takes one or more ferret .plt files and automatically makes some clean files (including pdf) without the white border. I have often embedded the resulting pdf files in LaTeX documents using pdflatex and have had no problem with resulting white margins around figures.
#!/bin/sh
#
# plt2all: Converts plt file to eps, pdf, and png files
#
# Usage: plt2all file1.plt file2.plt ...
# ------
# J. Orr, LSCE/CEA 25 July 2002
#
for file in $*
do
stem=`echo $file | sed s:\.plt::`
# echo "Input, Output files:" $file "," $stem
echo " "
echo "Making from $file:"
echo "---------------------------------------"
gksm2ps -p portrait -l cps -d cps -R -o $stem.ps $file
echo "1) $stem.ps (Postscript)"
ps2epsi $stem.ps
mv $stem.epsi $stem.eps
echo "2) $stem.eps (Encapsulated Postscript)"
epstopdf $stem.eps
echo "3) $stem.pdf (Adobe PDF)"
convert $stem.eps $stem.png
echo "4) $stem.png (PNG)"
echo "---------------------------------------"
done
exit 0
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Jaison Kurian wrote:
Hi Zhen, Open your ps file in "gv" (ghost view), place the cursor on the figure corners..then you will see some numbers in the 3rd small box on the left column. Then open the ps file in a text editor (like emacs or vim), on the 5th line you can see something like this "BoundingBox: 18 22 593 770". Now according to the numerical values appearing in the small box in gv, correct the entries in ps file against this "bounding box".....then use ps2epsi to get eps and epstopdf to get a pdf..... Rules for editing bounding box : 1. Leftern edge of the page corresponds to x=0 2. bottom edge of the page corresponds to y=0 3. GV displays numerical values in the format "X x Y" 4. Bounding Box entries are in the order X_left, Y_bottom, X_right, Y_top Basically you can get X_left and Y_bottom by placing the cursor at the bottom-left corner of the plot and X_right & Y_top by placing the cursor at the top-right corner of the plot (here plot means the area without the white space). Let me know if you have any difficulties, Regards, Jaison On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 zhen.li@gsfc.nasa.gov wrote:Hi Ferret users: I used the "ps2epsi" command to convert ferret-produced ps file to eps file, so that the a proper bounding box is assigned to the figures, and the white spaces at the edge of the figures are eliminated. However, when I convert the eps file to pdf file, incorporate these figures into the LaTeX document, and then use command "pdflatex" to create a document, the white space remains. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Thank you for your attention! Zhen-- James Orr Marine Environment Laboratories (MEL-IAEA) 4, Quai Antonie 1er MC-98000 Monaco Tel: +377 9797 7229 Fax: +377 9797 7273 Email: j.orr@iaea.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by GMAO's MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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