I have many eps figures. I would like to combine them in a single eps figures (way of arrangement may change for each condition). Could anybody tell me on how to arrange them and suggest the software for arranging/saving eps figures ?
There are some script algorithms, but easy way is to use Microsoft Word.
Insert several figures to a word file, save it as PDF. After that go to any image conversion web service (example https://image.online-convert.com/convert-to-eps) and convert PDF file with your combined figure to EPS. During conversion white background will be removed and you will have just combined image in EPS format.
If you have complex graphics - could be some glitches during conversion. Easy way and convenient for arrangement of figures xD
Good luck!
Dear Vladislav,
Thank you so much for your reply. In your reply you have written, " Insert several figures to a word file". Does several figures here means eps figures or figure files with other extensions (like .jpg, .png, .tif, etc.) ? The MS-Word application inserted in my computer does not recognize eps figures. I do not know why it is !
I was quite in need of arranging eps figures and producing a single eps figures for my manuscript (Figure 2, see: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5086522). In fact, I solved this problem using a software called GIMP. In this software, not only I could draw the figures and save them as eps but also I could arrange eps figures according to my desire and again save them as eps.
I would still be glad to know if we could insert eps figures in word and save them as pdf. I think the qualify of pdf figures files combined from several figures (of extensions other than eps) is not the same as those arranged from only eps.
Dear Bhagirath,
Forgot about that..
Most likely tou are using Windows PC and Windows does not like EPS. Ask someone with Mac OS computer to insert figures. On Mac you can insert EPS or PS figures inside word file, arrange and save as PDF without any los of quality.
Not sure about UNIX, I think I was using some extra software on Ubuntu, but it was a while ago..
Bhagirath Ghimire I always run into the same problem. I produce my EPS figures in R ggplot and then like to insert them into my PDF manuscript.
Here's what works for me, but you need to have Adobe Illustrator installed on your computer: First you save your (Word) file as a PDF, and you leave open spaces there where you want to insert your figures. Second, you open this PDF in Illustrator, here you can insert your EPS graphs, and then save the manuscript (with the figures) again as a PDF. In this way your graphs keep their high quality.
If anyone knows a better way (in which you are not dependent on Illustrator), I'm happy to hear about it!
On Linux Ubuntu , you can combine EPS files, if packages imagemagick and ghostscript are installed, using the following command :
montage -mode concatenate -tile 2x1 image1.eps image2.eps output.eps
where the "tile" option controls the numbers of columns (here 2), and lines (here 1).
Sometimes this command is not authorized. To solve this, you should edit file "policy.xml", which is located for example at /etc/ImageMagick/policy.xml, and change "none" to "read|write" in line " ".
The above command could probably work also for Windows, since both imagemagick and ghostscript are available there.
Dear Carine,
I do not have Linux Ubuntu. Is it possible in Apple MacOs?
Dear Bhagirath,
it seems ImageMagick is available for Mac OS. The main dependence Ghostscript is possibly already installed, I would just try if I were you. Otherwise, you could try to download and install ghostscript yourself (supposed to be multiplatform, but I don't know how well that works).
Bhagirath Ghimire could you please explain how can we combine more than two eps files into single eps file using GIMP software as you have done in the paper(fig 2) "The role of UV photolysis and molecular transport in the generation of reactive species in a tissue model with a cold atmospheric pressure plasma jet"?
I found this link useful: https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/83446/gimp-how-to-combine-two-images-side-by-side
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