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Image Export
To export Figure or Fit Plot image click on Project → Export Image
menu item or use corresponding toolbar button.
You can set various options of file export format by clicking on Format Options
button in Export Image
dialog window.
You can also copy image to clipboard.
Raster Image Formats
The following lossless raster graphics formats are supported:
Setting the resolution of exported raster image
Image resolution for raster export can be set individually for every Figure and Fit Plot in Canvas
tab of the Properties
window. The default resolution is 300 DPI.
Why is MagicPlot not capable to export images in JPEG format?
JPEG is a commonly used format of lossy compression for photographic images. The JPEG compression algorithm is at its best on photographs and paintings of realistic scenes with smooth variations of tone and color. However, JPEG is not suited for line drawings and other textual or iconic graphics, where sharp contrasts between adjacent pixels cause noticeable artefacts. Such images are better saved in a lossless raster graphics format such as BMP, GIF, PNG or vector graphics formats.
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Vector Image Formats
The following vector graphics formats are supported:
Export in vector graphics formats by virtual printer
You also can use third-party virtual printer software to save an image in vector graphics format (use Project → Print
menu item).
Image Format Restrictions
- BMP:
- Transparent background is not supported.
- GIF:
- Transparent background is supported but semi-transparency is not. Only 256 colours.
- EMF and vector copy on Windows:
- No semi-transparent colors (but transparent background is supported).
- Image may be opened without antialiasing in some applications.
- Text tracking changing is not supported
- EPS:
- Transparency is available only in Acrobat Distiller. Set
Allow Pdfmark Transparency
checkbox in EPS format options, add/AllowTransparency true
into Acrobat Distiller's.joboptions
file. - Transparent images inserted on plots will have solid color background.
- Raster image copying:
- Transparent background is not supported.