On Friday 18 May 2007 14:09, Steve Litt wrote: > > Anyone know of a way I can use a full sized 8.5x11 graphic without it > > taking over a megabyte of memory? One would think it would be very > > compressible. Over half the graphic is contiguous pure white, with > > another 10% contiguous pure black. > > I figured it out. With a really big graphic, you you must create the > graphic as a .eps, and within LyX include that .eps. Whatever graphic > conversion programs LyX uses blows converts from .jpg or .png to a HUGE > .eps, much bigger than the .eps would be if you created it directly from > Gimp. > Steve,
Probably the best way of getting a full page graphic with a reasonable file size is to use a vector graphic. I haven't used them for covers, but I have used them for full page illustrations within a document. Some vector graphic formats can be taken care of automatically with Lyx -- Grace .agr format, for example, which I use very often -- while others you might export as a .eps file from the application that generates the graphic. -- Les ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
