[Matplotlib-users] WebP support

2010-10-02 Thread Nils Wagner
Hi all, just curious - is the WebP format supported by matplotlib ? Nils http://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/speed/webp/ -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify app

Re: [Matplotlib-users] WebP support

2010-10-02 Thread Jouni K . Seppänen
"Nils Wagner" writes: > just curious - is the WebP format supported by matplotlib No. It seems to be a method for lossy compression of photographs and therefore not likely to be useful for line drawings - or what did you have in mind? -- Jouni K. Seppänen http://www.iki.fi/jks -

Re: [Matplotlib-users] imshow() and a transparent colormap?

2010-10-02 Thread Nicolas Bigaouette
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Stan West wrote: > *From:* Nicolas Bigaouette [mailto:nbigaoue...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 18:00 > > What I would like to do it have a colormap which is transparent for lower > values of data and opaque for high values, so the blue on the

Re: [Matplotlib-users] WebP support

2010-10-02 Thread Benjamin Root
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Jouni K. Seppänen wrote: > "Nils Wagner" writes: > > > just curious - is the WebP format supported by matplotlib > > No. It seems to be a method for lossy compression of photographs and > therefore not likely to be useful for line drawings - or what did you > have

Re: [Matplotlib-users] imshow() and a transparent colormap?

2010-10-02 Thread Benjamin Root
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Nicolas Bigaouette wrote: > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Stan West wrote: > >> *From:* Nicolas Bigaouette [mailto:nbigaoue...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 18:00 >> >> What I would like to do it have a colormap which is transparent for low

Re: [Matplotlib-users] WebP support

2010-10-02 Thread Darren Dale
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: > On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Jouni K. Seppänen wrote: >> >> "Nils Wagner" writes: >> >> > just curious - is the WebP format supported by matplotlib >> >> No. It seems to be a method for lossy compression of photographs and >> therefore n

Re: [Matplotlib-users] WebP support

2010-10-02 Thread Benjamin Root
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Darren Dale wrote: > On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Jouni K. Seppänen wrote: > >> > >> "Nils Wagner" writes: > >> > >> > just curious - is the WebP format supported by matplotlib > >> > >> No. It seems

Re: [Matplotlib-users] WebP support

2010-10-02 Thread Jouni K . Seppänen
Benjamin Root writes: > And yet, we still allow for saving to jpegs. Wow, I didn't know. Last time I tried that I got a traceback, and assumed that it was not supported exactly because jpeg is a nonsensical format for most graphs. I just tried again, and got "TypeError: 'int' object is unsubscr

[Matplotlib-users] postscript fonts: examples in matplotlib

2010-10-02 Thread Ed Lazarus
All, I am wondering if anyone knows of a working example that yields a postscript figure editable in Adobe Illustrator; that is, the characters are editable as characters. I have only been able to get drawn fonts and would love to have a test case that is known to work. My environment is: > p

Re: [Matplotlib-users] WebP support

2010-10-02 Thread Benjamin Root
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Jouni K. Seppänen wrote: > Benjamin Root writes: > > > And yet, we still allow for saving to jpegs. > > Wow, I didn't know. Last time I tried that I got a traceback, and > assumed that it was not supported exactly because jpeg is a nonsensical > format for most g

Re: [Matplotlib-users] WebP support

2010-10-02 Thread Gaius Hammond
It's really not clear to me why we would want to lower the quality of our graphs to save Google's bandwidth bills. Because that's all this is... Cheers, G -- -Original Message- From: "Nils Wagner" Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 12:59:12 To: Subject: [Matplotlib-users]

Re: [Matplotlib-users] WebP support

2010-10-02 Thread Daπid
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Jouni K. Seppänen wrote: >> And yet, we still allow for saving to jpegs. > > Wow, I didn't know. Last time I tried that I got a traceback, and > assumed that it was not supported exactly because jpeg is a nonsensical > format for most graphs. Don't forget MPL is al