[Matplotlib-users] Simplifying plots (reducing data points)?

[Neal Becker]

Yes, I considered this.  But to produce publication quality documents I've
learned to avoid bitmap graphics.

On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 9:40 AM fiolj <fiolj at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I don't know if it is acceptable to you, but may be producing a png file
> would be an option (latex would accept it).
> Regards,
>         Juan
>
> El 10/2/20 a las 10:21 AM, Neal Becker escribió:
> > I produced a line plot as:
> > ax.plot (x, y, '.')
> > and saved as pdf.
> >
> > Both x and y were large vectors, resulting in a large pdf, and when
> > incorporated into a LaTeX document, the resulting pdf takes a long time
> > to open.
> >
> > Other than my manually decimating the vectors:
> > ax.plot (x[::100], y[::100], '.')
> >
> > Is there some way within mpl to simplify plots?  Or perhaps
> > post-processing the pdf?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Neal
> >
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