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Re: st: Video from multiple graph exports
Not too much magic there. What I meant was: I would not know how to tell
Acrobat or other suggested PDF-makers to just turn my graph into a pdf
file. Most of the other utilities are installed as printers, so that would
complicate matters for me...
sysuse auto, clear
sc mpg wei
cap erase mygr.eps
cap erase mygr.pdf
gr export mygr.eps
!epstopdf mygr.eps
!start mygr.pdf
HTH
Martin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hanson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: st: Video from multiple graph exports
Martin:
Since epstopdf is available for the same three platforms as Stata (i.e.,
Mac, Unix, Windows), perhaps a few examples showing how you "talk to it
from inside Stata" would be of general interest. Indeed, without
stepping on the feet of the Stata Journal editors, I think this would be
a good topic for a Stata Tip in an upcoming issue of the SJ.
-- Mike
On Dec 3, 2008, at 5:58 PM, Martin Weiss wrote:
Well, epstopdf is free as well and I know how to talk to it from inside
Stata. In contrast to ps2pdf, there are no white margins to take care
of...
HTH
Martin
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Lackie" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: st: Video from multiple graph exports
Any Mac can "print to PDF" and there are a number of options for
getting a PC to print to PDF. One reliable free version is "PDFCreator"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Weiss" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 3:20:01 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada
Central
Subject: Re: st: Video from multiple graph exports
"Export the Stata graphs as PDF format. (A feature only available
in the Mac version, I believe.)"
In Windows, -gr export- as .eps and use !epstopdf from your MikTeX
distribution. Not much more effort than on the MAC...
HTH
Martin
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Hanson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: st: Video from multiple graph exports
Dan:
I have done something like this for several presentations -- although
I
typically prefer to use a remote to step through the "movie frames"
rather than automate the transitions. That way I can stop and
comment on
certain slides (the audience sees it as "freezing" the animation), or
go
back to a specific slide to answer questions.
The caveat, given the details you have provided in your message: my
process requires a Macintosh. Specifically, it requires use of
Keynote,
Apple's presentation software available only for Mac OS X.
Briefly, in three steps (though I am happy to provide details if
requested):
1. Export the Stata graphs as PDF format. (A feature only available
in
the Mac version, I believe.)
2. Place PDFs of graphs into individual slides in Keynote.
3. Add automatic timed transitions and effects as needed. You can
set
transition times on a per-slide basis, as you inquired.
This whole process is very easy with Keynote, as it provides fine
controls for aligning the graphs and professional transitions between
slides. Plus, since everything is done with PDF, you don't get those
"jaggies" (i.e. pixelation) that often afflict graphics in
PowerPoint.
Additionally, with Keynote you can export your presentation to
QuickTime
(.mov) or Flash (.swf) formats as a self- running, cross-platform file
if
desired.
I suspect one could use LaTeX-based presentation tools (beamer?
powerdot?
prosper?) to accomplish the same thing, albeit with (much) more
effort.
Hope this helps,
Mike
On Dec 3, 2008, at 2:49 PM, Dan Weitzenfeld wrote:
Hi Folks,
I'm considering making a movie using multiple Stata graphs, exported.
E.g., for t=0,1,...n, graphing the data at each t, and then using a
slide-show program to stack the graphs in time order, creating a
"movie" illustrating how the data changes over time.
My questions:
1. Has anyone does this before, and if so, do you have
recommendations for the most flexible slide-show program?
Specifically, I'm wondering if there is a program that will allow for
variable intervals between slides (e.g., t=0, 1.5, 2, 2.2,....)
2. Is there a way to overlay a Stata graph on top of a .jpg file?
I've been doing this manually, using -spmap- to plot my
location-oriented data, exporting graphs as .emf/.wmf, ungrouping the
result in PowerPoint and aligning the .jpg overlay.
3. Am I trying to use Stata to do something it's not suited for? I
know JMP can play movies from data, but I don't think the movies can
be exported, and, well, I'm partial to Stata.
Thanks in advance,
-Dan
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