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The simplest way to view EPS files is to use EPS Viewer in Window or Mac, which is an easy single-function app intended to view EPS files only. Firstly you have installed the app. Right-click on the EPS Viewer app to choose another app option. Select EPS Viewer with 'Always use this app to open.eps files'.
- How to view EPS, PS (PostScript) and Ai's. EPSViewer is far more than a simple graphic viewer for Mac OS X. When you get the app, you receive the whole meal deal right out of the box from viewing, printing and many more extras. Viewing EPS, PS (PostScript) or Ai files using EPSViewer is amazing. There are couple steps to take.
- Free ai viewer mac free download - VSD Viewer Mac, iBackup Viewer, LockLizard PDF Control - PDC Mac viewer, and many more programs.
- I've updated my mac pro from leopard to Lion and what i notice is that it takes finder a few seconds to preview (inside finder) an.eps file, in opposite to the instant view on leopard. When i view the same files in coverflow, they all show up without delay. My question is if there is any.
- I would not use this app or others listed here. I use the built-in Quick-View app. Open folder of pictures, select all with Apple-A, then Quick-View with Apple-Y, or the context menu. Left-Right arrow key or use multi-view and double-click the one you want. Scroll through hundreds of pics quickly.
Figures in LyX
How LyX handles figures
The LyX Team
LyX has the ability to handle literally any graphics format in the knownuniverse so long as a conversion path from this graphics format to thetarget output format can be created. If that sounds a little obtuse, consider how LyX handles Encapsulated PostScript® figures. LaTeX provides native support for this format, so LyX needs do nothing other than use the includegraphics LaTeX command to insert the figure in the final document.
To view the figure on the LyX screen, however, some additional work is required because neither the XForms nor the Qt GUI libraries can load PostScript® figures themselves. Thus, LyX must initiate a conversion from Encapsulated PostScript® to a loadable graphics format.
The XForms library can load figures in the following, widely used, graphics formats: bmp, gif, jpeg, pbm, pgm, ppm, tif, xbm whilst the Qt library can also handle mng, png and xpm format figures. This information and much more about the conversion process can be obtained by running LyX from the command line as
If you're having problems with your figures, then it's almost certain that the reason why things are going wrong can be found in the output generated by the above command.
To view the figure on the LyX screen LyX must initiate a conversion from Encapsulated PostScript® to a loadable graphics format. It does this using the powerful, configurable converters mechanism exposed in the Converters section of the Edit→Preferences dialog. Adding a new converter will result in a line like
being added to your .lyx/preferences file. This line defines a converter from Encapsulated PostScript® to PNG format using the external program my_ps2png. The placeholders $$i and $$o are replaced by LyX by the names of the input and output files, respectively.
If LyX cannot create a conversion path (which might have many steps) from Encapsulated PostScript® to one of the loadable formats listed above, then it defaults to the use of a shell script convertDefault.sh. This latter is a simple wrapper for ImageMagick's convert utility. Clearly, therefore, it can work only if you have convert installed and if convert can handle the conversion from one format to the other.
If, after all that, LyX still cannot load the figure, then it'll tell you so with a message 'Error converting to loadable format' in place of an on-screen view of your figure. If you're presented with such a message, then you'll need to augment the list of known converters.
An example (for Mac OS X) of add EPS->PNG converter if 'Error converting to loadable format' appears in Lyx on-screen view after insert a EPS graph.
Step 1: The idea is using external image conversion tool ImageMagick to convert from EPS to PNG. Then the first step is to install ImageMagick if ImageMagick has not been installed. After installation, check if the converter eps to png works properly by typing 'covert /path/test.eps /path/test.png' in terminal (for Mac OS X).
Step 2: Add EPS to PNG converter in Lyx following Lyx->Preferences->File Handling->Converters. Choose EPS->PDF and change the 'to format' from PDF to PNG. In the converter line, type 'convert $$i $$o' and then press add and save.
Step 3: Add the path where the convert command is located to Lyx. Such as /opt/ImageMagick/bin (for Mac OS X). Go to Lyx>Preferences>Paths>Path prefix add :/opt/ImageMagick/bin to the end of the paths. Save the paths and exit Lyx.
Step 4: Run Lyx again and open the file containing eps figures should display png figures in preview.
Problems loading PDF graphics
If you see the 'Error converting to loadable format' message only with PDF files and you've verified that you have the converter tools mentioned above, check which version of GhostScript you are using. Version 8.7 has a known bug that prevents LyX from loading PDFs. Upgrade to Version 9, or do the following workaround:
- Find script convertDefault.py
- Edit the script and comment out two lines:
Reference: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg80148.html
(If you're experiencing problems with previews after upgrading, you may wish to try to reset your personal settings. The default settings typically work fine, but seem to change over time...)Uncategorized
Problems loading PDF graphics #2:
If you see the 'Error converting to loadable format' message only with PDF files : the problem may be ImageMagick's version (7), and its incompatibility with LyX conversion scripts, as mentioned here (https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg194142.html).If you are using brew, you can fix this problem by removing imagemagic and installing the latest 6.x version: imagemagick@6 and then creating a symbolic link (in /user/local/bin) pointing to /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick@6/6.9.7-5/bin/convert .
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Figures in LyX
How LyX handles figures
The LyX Team
Open Eps Files On Mac
LyX has the ability to handle literally any graphics format in the knownuniverse so long as a conversion path from this graphics format to thetarget output format can be created. If that sounds a little obtuse, consider how LyX handles Encapsulated PostScript® figures. LaTeX provides native support for this format, so LyX needs do nothing other than use the includegraphics LaTeX command to insert the figure in the final document.
To view the figure on the LyX screen, however, some additional work is required because neither the XForms nor the Qt GUI libraries can load PostScript® figures themselves. Thus, LyX must initiate a conversion from Encapsulated PostScript® to a loadable graphics format.
The XForms library can load figures in the following, widely used, graphics formats: bmp, gif, jpeg, pbm, pgm, ppm, tif, xbm whilst the Qt library can also handle mng, png and xpm format figures. This information and much more about the conversion process can be obtained by running LyX from the command line as
If you're having problems with your figures, then it's almost certain that the reason why things are going wrong can be found in the output generated by the above command.
To view the figure on the LyX screen LyX must initiate a conversion from Encapsulated PostScript® to a loadable graphics format. It does this using the powerful, configurable converters mechanism exposed in the Converters section of the Edit→Preferences dialog. Adding a new converter will result in a line like
being added to your .lyx/preferences file. This line defines a converter from Encapsulated PostScript® to PNG format using the external program my_ps2png. The placeholders $$i and $$o are replaced by LyX by the names of the input and output files, respectively.
If LyX cannot create a conversion path (which might have many steps) from Encapsulated PostScript® to one of the loadable formats listed above, then it defaults to the use of a shell script convertDefault.sh. This latter is a simple wrapper for ImageMagick's convert utility. Clearly, therefore, it can work only if you have convert installed and if convert can handle the conversion from one format to the other.
An example (for Mac OS X) of add EPS->PNG converter if 'Error converting to loadable format' appears in Lyx on-screen view after insert a EPS graph.
Step 1: The idea is using external image conversion tool ImageMagick to convert from EPS to PNG. Then the first step is to install ImageMagick if ImageMagick has not been installed. After installation, check if the converter eps to png works properly by typing 'covert /path/test.eps /path/test.png' in terminal (for Mac OS X).
Step 2: Add EPS to PNG converter in Lyx following Lyx->Preferences->File Handling->Converters. Choose EPS->PDF and change the 'to format' from PDF to PNG. In the converter line, type 'convert $$i $$o' and then press add and save.
Step 3: Add the path where the convert command is located to Lyx. Such as /opt/ImageMagick/bin (for Mac OS X). Go to Lyx>Preferences>Paths>Path prefix add :/opt/ImageMagick/bin to the end of the paths. Save the paths and exit Lyx.
Step 4: Run Lyx again and open the file containing eps figures should display png figures in preview.
Problems loading PDF graphics
If you see the 'Error converting to loadable format' message only with PDF files and you've verified that you have the converter tools mentioned above, check which version of GhostScript you are using. Version 8.7 has a known bug that prevents LyX from loading PDFs. Upgrade to Version 9, or do the following workaround:
- Find script convertDefault.py
- Edit the script and comment out two lines:
Reference: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg80148.html
(If you're experiencing problems with previews after upgrading, you may wish to try to reset your personal settings. The default settings typically work fine, but seem to change over time...)Uncategorized
Problems loading PDF graphics #2:
If you see the 'Error converting to loadable format' message only with PDF files : the problem may be ImageMagick's version (7), and its incompatibility with LyX conversion scripts, as mentioned here (https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg194142.html).If you are using brew, you can fix this problem by removing imagemagic and installing the latest 6.x version: imagemagick@6 and then creating a symbolic link (in /user/local/bin) pointing to /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick@6/6.9.7-5/bin/convert .
<< | Page list | >>Figures in LyX
How LyX handles figures
The LyX Team
Open Eps Files On Mac
LyX has the ability to handle literally any graphics format in the knownuniverse so long as a conversion path from this graphics format to thetarget output format can be created. If that sounds a little obtuse, consider how LyX handles Encapsulated PostScript® figures. LaTeX provides native support for this format, so LyX needs do nothing other than use the includegraphics LaTeX command to insert the figure in the final document.
To view the figure on the LyX screen, however, some additional work is required because neither the XForms nor the Qt GUI libraries can load PostScript® figures themselves. Thus, LyX must initiate a conversion from Encapsulated PostScript® to a loadable graphics format.
The XForms library can load figures in the following, widely used, graphics formats: bmp, gif, jpeg, pbm, pgm, ppm, tif, xbm whilst the Qt library can also handle mng, png and xpm format figures. This information and much more about the conversion process can be obtained by running LyX from the command line as
If you're having problems with your figures, then it's almost certain that the reason why things are going wrong can be found in the output generated by the above command.
To view the figure on the LyX screen LyX must initiate a conversion from Encapsulated PostScript® to a loadable graphics format. It does this using the powerful, configurable converters mechanism exposed in the Converters section of the Edit→Preferences dialog. Adding a new converter will result in a line like
being added to your .lyx/preferences file. This line defines a converter from Encapsulated PostScript® to PNG format using the external program my_ps2png. The placeholders $$i and $$o are replaced by LyX by the names of the input and output files, respectively.
If LyX cannot create a conversion path (which might have many steps) from Encapsulated PostScript® to one of the loadable formats listed above, then it defaults to the use of a shell script convertDefault.sh. This latter is a simple wrapper for ImageMagick's convert utility. Clearly, therefore, it can work only if you have convert installed and if convert can handle the conversion from one format to the other.
If, after all that, LyX still cannot load the figure, then it'll tell you so with a message 'Error converting to loadable format' in place of an on-screen view of your figure. If you're presented with such a message, then you'll need to augment the list of known converters.
An example (for Mac OS X) of add EPS->PNG converter if 'Error converting to loadable format' appears in Lyx on-screen view after insert a EPS graph.
Step 1: The idea is using external image conversion tool ImageMagick to convert from EPS to PNG. Then the first step is to install ImageMagick if ImageMagick has not been installed. After installation, check if the converter eps to png works properly by typing 'covert /path/test.eps /path/test.png' in terminal (for Mac OS X).
Step 2: Add EPS to PNG converter in Lyx following Lyx->Preferences->File Handling->Converters. Choose EPS->PDF and change the 'to format' from PDF to PNG. In the converter line, type 'convert $$i $$o' and then press add and save.
Step 3: Add the path where the convert command is located to Lyx. Such as /opt/ImageMagick/bin (for Mac OS X). Go to Lyx>Preferences>Paths>Path prefix add :/opt/ImageMagick/bin to the end of the paths. Save the paths and exit Lyx.
Step 4: Run Lyx again and open the file containing eps figures should display png figures in preview.
Problems loading PDF graphics
If you see the 'Error converting to loadable format' message only with PDF files and you've verified that you have the converter tools mentioned above, check which version of GhostScript you are using. Version 8.7 has a known bug that prevents LyX from loading PDFs. Upgrade to Version 9, or do the following workaround:
Open Eps On Mac
- Find script convertDefault.py
- Edit the script and comment out two lines:
Reference: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg80148.html
(If you're experiencing problems with previews after upgrading, you may wish to try to reset your personal settings. The default settings typically work fine, but seem to change over time...)Uncategorized
Problems loading PDF graphics #2:
Eps Viewer Mac
If you see the 'Error converting to loadable format' message only with PDF files : the problem may be ImageMagick's version (7), and its incompatibility with LyX conversion scripts, as mentioned here (https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg194142.html).If you are using brew, you can fix this problem by removing imagemagic and installing the latest 6.x version: imagemagick@6 and then creating a symbolic link (in /user/local/bin) pointing to /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick@6/6.9.7-5/bin/convert .
