Re: Problems with filled EPS files in Illustrator

From: Adam Phillips <asphilli_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Thu Nov 14 2013 - 15:14:38 MST

Hi Kyle,
Try passing a (NCL created) .ps version of the graphic through convert
instead of an .eps file.. (You should be able to read in a .ps file into
Illustrator.)
Adam

On 11/14/13 3:05 PM, Kyle Griffin wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but Adam's suggestion does not do the trick
> for me. The result of a simple 'convert subtrop_map_fill.eps
> subtrop_map_fill_NEW.eps' is also in the directory from the original
> email. While some ~60% of the original size, Illustrator still does
> not like the image. My first hunch is that convert reduced the number
> of vertices on the fill area of Eurasia, thus perhaps making the image
> viewable, but if that is the problem, this convert did not do enough
> to remedy the issue.
>
>
> Kyle
>
> ----------------------------------------
> Kyle S. Griffin
> Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
> University of Wisconsin - Madison
> Room 1421
> 1225 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706
> Email: ksgriffin2@wisc.edu <mailto:ksgriffin2@wisc.edu>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Adam Phillips <asphilli@ucar.edu
> <mailto:asphilli@ucar.edu>> wrote:
>
> Hi Kyle,
> Back in 2009 a similar Illustrator issue was asked about a couple
> of times:
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Support/talk_archives/2009/1172.html
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Support/talk_archives/2009/1741.html
>
> The fix then was to have NCL create a .ps file, then pass that .ps
> file through convert, then read the .ps file into Illustrator.
>
> If that does not work for you let ncl-talk know.
> Adam
>
>
> On 11/14/13 2:37 PM, Kyle Griffin wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I know this might be a little far away from typical postings on
>> ncl-talk, but I wanted to see if anyone had similar experiences
>> as what we're seeing here with respect to EPS files.
>>
>> In the directory:
>> http://marrella.meteor.wisc.edu/~ksgriffin2/npac/temp/
>> <http://marrella.meteor.wisc.edu/%7Eksgriffin2/npac/temp/>
>>
>> Three pairs of files exist. Each pair is a filled and non-filled
>> map north polar stereographic map with the complete Northern
>> Hemisphere plotted.
>> The pair "subtrop_map.eps" and "subtrop_map_fill.eps" are made
>> with mpDataBaseVersion = "MediumRes" and mpDataSetName = "Earth..4"
>> The identically-named pdf files are made in the same manner.
>> The pair "subtrop_map_def.eps" and "subtrop_map_def_fill.eps" are
>> made without either of those two resources being set.
>>
>> While some programs (ggv, MacOS Preview) can handle displaying
>> and/or converting all six of these files just fine, Adobe
>> Illustrator (a popular post-processing tool for figure
>> preparation), does not handle the largest "subtrop_map_fill.eps"
>> at all. Further, in "subtrop_map_fill.pdf", the filled land
>> contour of southern Europe is cut off as seen in the screenshot
>> "europe_ai.png" that is also in the web directory. I've included
>> the simple-ish script that I used to make the plots below.
>>
>> It's certainly not anyone's primary goal to determine why certain
>> NCL-generated files don't properly render in some programs but do
>> in others, but I was curious what, if any, experiences others had
>> with this issue. The error is independent of any of the addition
>> wk resources I've added at the bottom and performs the same on
>> 6.1.2 and a 6.2.0 build I have from 16 July.
>>
>> Any thoughts would be appreciated...
>>
>>
>> Kyle
>>
>>
>>
>> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
>> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
>>
>> begin
>>
>> outfile = "subtrop_map_def_fill"
>> ; Plotting graphics here
>>
>> res = True
>> ; res@mpDataBaseVersion = "MediumRes"
>> ; res@mpDataSetName = "Earth..4"
>> res@gsnPolar = "NH"
>> res@mpMinLatF = 0.0
>> res@gsnAddCyclic = True
>> ; res@mpProjection = "Orthographic"
>> res@mpPerimOn = True
>> res@mpOutlineOn = True
>> res@mpGeophysicalLineColor = "red"
>> res@mpFillOn = True
>> res@mpLandFillColor = "green"
>> ;res@mpOceanFillColor =
>> ;res@mpInlandWaterFillColor =
>> res@mpCenterLonF = 0.
>> res@mpCenterLatF = 90.
>> res@mpGridLatSpacingF = 15
>> res@mpGridLonSpacingF = 45
>> res@mpGridLineColor = "blue"
>> res@mpGridLineDashPattern = 0
>> res@gsnMajorLatSpacing = res@mpGridLatSpacingF
>> res@gsnMajorLonSpacing = res@mpGridLonSpacingF
>>
>> wksType = "eps"
>> wksType@wkBackgroundOpacityF = 0.0
>> wksType@wkWidth = 3000
>> wksType@wkHeight = 3200
>>
>> wks = gsn_open_wks(wksType,outfile)
>> plot = gsn_csm_map_polar(wks,res)
>>
>> delete(wks)
>>
>> end
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>> Kyle S. Griffin
>> Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
>> University of Wisconsin - Madison
>> Room 1421
>> 1225 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706
>> Email: ksgriffin2@wisc.edu <mailto:ksgriffin2@wisc.edu>
>>
>>
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