Re: Problems with filled EPS files in Illustrator

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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