Unanswered Questions
689 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Obtain an animated PDF from an animated SVG
I have read Animations in LaTeX, but my question (I think) is different.
I have an SVG animated file and I want to create the same animation in LaTeX, without rewriting the code.
An example is this ...
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Asymptote 3D graphics: Convert prc-file to 2D file format
I have a question regarding Asymptote, which I recently started to use to make some simple drawings. I am facing some problems when I try to create 2D output files.
I am working in a software company,...
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Creating a PDF form that accepts uploaded images
I am creating some forms that require users to stick photos in boxes. I was wondering if one could, with some PDF magic, create forms that could accept user supplied (via an upload button on the form) ...
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how does \includegraphics from the graphicx get the size of a .jpg image
Is there someplace where I can read about how \includegrapics uses the metadata that is stored with a JPG image?
I have carefully sized 80 images with Photoshop such that the Photoshop's ImageSize ...
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Automatically externalizing content of a PGFplot as a PNG
I've got basically the same issue as in this question: I have a rather complicated plot made with PGFplots and I can get a very significant file size reduction by using a rasterized image (PNG) ...
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Characters missing when embedding PDF with pdftex
I have the feeling this must have been asked before, but I couldn't find it with search...
When I run the following test file
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
% \pdfmapfile{+rotis....
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Drawing three surfaces and a bunch of points which need to be placed between the surfaces
I want to draw three surfaces, which are kind of parallel with each other, and a bunch of points. Some of these points will be placed in the region between the most external surfaces and others will ...
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Interactive graphs in PDF file with Latex?
There are several questions which are asking similar question, but not exactly.
I'm looking for a tool/method in Latex to generate really interactive graphs, when by dragging something on the graph ...
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Issues with grffile passing options to graphicx (draft/final)
I’ve been trying to set draft mode globally on my document, but I still want \includegraphics to work normally, so the graphicx package should receive the final option.
I’m also using the grffile ...
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File names with spaces stopped working in \includepdf and \includegraphics in TeX Live 2016 if compiled with LuaLaTeX
The following used to work in TeX Live 2015 compiled with LuaLaTeX, but does not work in TeX Live 2016:
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{grffile} % Extended file name support for graphics
\...
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Fast PNG embedding using xetex
As discussed in this post and also this post, pdftex has the ability of copying PNG files as-is if they are in the right format. This is very useful for me (I’m experimenting with 1024×786px ...
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Why am I getting empty Asymptote output and empty error files?
I am trying to reproduce this picture
shown in this answer to this question. The code provided in the answer is:
% impsurfsmooth.tex :
%
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\...
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Alternative to psfrag that works with matplotlib / Python?
Is there an alternative to the psfrag library that works with plots made outside of the MATLAB program? For example, in Python, even if you save a figure with the .eps extension, it is not compatible ...
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Lossless \includegraphics for PNG without conversion for pdflatex/xelatex
I try to find a way to include raster graphics in pdflatex/xelatex without repacking/conversions/etc.
Accorging to "pdflatex that does not change the image data. This can be tested"
(from "PNG and ...
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Subfigures in a0poster
I am working on a poster for a scientific conference using the a0poster document type (with 3 equally spaced columns), but it seems that images/figures are not easy to work with. When I include the ...