[OS X TeX] How to convert eps w/bounding box to pdf retaining Bbox info

[stephenmoye at cox.net]

I have discovered that the program Preview usually makes fairly good PDFs. Simply open the EPS with Preview: it converts to a PDF and you can save the result. YMMV.

SGM

---- Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote: 
> 
> On Aug 10, 2006, at 9:07 AM, Markus Hänchen wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Being forced to move to pdflatex from tex+ghostscript because a  
> > collaborator cannot get its ghostscript working, I have to convert  
> > my eps files to pdf files. If I do a simply 'Save As' in  
> > Illustrator, the resulting pdf will be an A4 with lots of  
> > whitespace below and on top of my original figure. Not good.
> >
> > Although the eps file also was shown to have a Document Size of A4  
> > in Illustrator, by virtue of having a bounding box (the bounding  
> > box having been originally created by e.g. Igor or created by me in  
> > Illustrator), Latex (tex+ghostscript) handled these figures without  
> > any additional whitespace.
> >
> > The only work-around I have found is to define a different document  
> > size, be it in Illustrator or when creating a pdf directly out of  
> > Matlab (there one is limited to a number of fixed paper sizes)  
> > before saving as a pdf. This is quite cumbersome.
> >
> > Is there a better way to produce high-quality graphs with pdflatex  
> > without going the route of high-resolution bitmaps, especially for  
> > graphs coming from Igor or Matlab?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Markus
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Try using the epstopdf package.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
> 
> 
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