Re: st: Video from multiple graph exports

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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
_______________________
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Hanson" <mshanson@mac.com>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
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
> > _______________________
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Lackie"  <plackie@carleton.edu>
> > To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
> > 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" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>
> > > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > > 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
> > > _______________________
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Hanson"  <mshanson@mac.com>
> > > To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
> > > 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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