On 17.03.08, Steve Litt wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have three Inkscape drawings. They pixellate very badly when I export them
> to .png and then include them in my LyX written book.
Because PNG is a Pixel format.
Maybe you can set the resolution somewhere in the Inkscape settings to
improve things a bit, but this does not solve the general problem.
> When I export them to PDF they are pixellated but not as badly. Both
> text and curves pixellate.
They should not pixel at all in PDF as both Inkscapes' native SVG and
PDF are vector graphic formats.
However, if you include something into the graphic that already is pixy
(a PNG graph or a JPEG picture, say), then of course you cannot revert
this.
> What's the best way to put an Inkcape drawn drawing into LyX?
IMO, insertion as SVG (as produced by Inkcape and saved with Ctrl-S)
together with defining the file format and converters in Tools>Preferences:
File Formats:
SVG: Extension svg
Viewer inkview
Editor inkscape
x Vector graphics format
Converters
SVG -> PDF (pdflatex)
inkscape $$i --export-pdf=$$o
Converter File Cache
x enabled
SVG -> EPS
inkscape $$i --export-eps=$$o
Converter File Cache
x enabled
Guenter
