On Mon, 7 Apr 2008, Miguel Daniel RodrÃguez Magarzo wrote:
Images are usual, a great many in my texts, since they are necessary needed by the text. They are sketch, diagrams, graphics, draws, etc... made with The Gimp most of the times, also some formed images caught over there or even scanned, whatever...
Daniel, The GIMP creates bit-mapped images; LyX/TeX work with vector images.
First, I saved everything in the .png format, and after resizing, etc... properly with The Gimp and the image was really ready, just went to Lyx Insert image.
A better converter is ImageMagick's 'convert.' Read 'man convert' for details.
Then, I don't know if I read something here or wherever..., about saving in .eps format. I thought it would make sense (because of postscript, TeX, etc...), so I tried (with The Gimp too), was OK and then all images were converted to .eps, but going to LyX > Insert Image (as before).
I've used .png and .jpg bit-mapped images in LyX documents with no problems.
This way needs the permanent existence of a folder with the set of images for each document, right. On the other hand, I read in the CTAN, documentation, ... that there is a package to INCLUDE the own image (eps) inside the document, that is, as a built-in of the document. Am I right?
I don't understand the above. Normally, one would keep graphic image files in the same directory as the text files. You can, however, create a subdirectory below the one with the text files and keep your images there.
If the above is right, my question: What's the difference? Is there a difference in terms of quality, an advantage, ...or just is a question about "comfort"?
Vector images scale; bit-mapped images don't. The lines on vector images are cleaner and sharper than those of bit-mapped images. The format depends on the content of the image. You can use either with a LyX/LaTeX/TeX document. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity Credibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863
