abonatto
Jun3-11, 10:16 PM
Dear All,
I am plotting a density and a contour plot of the same function in order to have a smooth shading in the background of the contour lines. I do this using "Show[DensityPlot[...], ContourPlot[..., ContourShading->None]", like the following example given by Mathematica help files:
Show[DensityPlot[Sin[x] Sin[y], {x, -3, 3}, {y, -3, 3}],
ContourPlot[Sin[x] Sin[y], {x, -3, 3}, {y, -3, 3},
ContourShading -> None]]
The problem is that, when I do this procedure to plot large lists of imported data, there are 2 big issues:
1st) there are some artifacts in the shading (like irregular grids of white lines).
2nd) if I export this as an EPS, the size of the generated file is huge!
As a solution I was thinking of rasterize the density plot (without frame, to have just the color gradient as a bitmap) and show it together with the contour plot (this way, all the contour lines and frame fonts would preserve their vectorial format). I have tried the following command:
Show[Rasterize[DensityPlot[...]], ContourPlot[..., ContourShading->None]
But it is not working. Any suggestions?
Regards.
I am plotting a density and a contour plot of the same function in order to have a smooth shading in the background of the contour lines. I do this using "Show[DensityPlot[...], ContourPlot[..., ContourShading->None]", like the following example given by Mathematica help files:
Show[DensityPlot[Sin[x] Sin[y], {x, -3, 3}, {y, -3, 3}],
ContourPlot[Sin[x] Sin[y], {x, -3, 3}, {y, -3, 3},
ContourShading -> None]]
The problem is that, when I do this procedure to plot large lists of imported data, there are 2 big issues:
1st) there are some artifacts in the shading (like irregular grids of white lines).
2nd) if I export this as an EPS, the size of the generated file is huge!
As a solution I was thinking of rasterize the density plot (without frame, to have just the color gradient as a bitmap) and show it together with the contour plot (this way, all the contour lines and frame fonts would preserve their vectorial format). I have tried the following command:
Show[Rasterize[DensityPlot[...]], ContourPlot[..., ContourShading->None]
But it is not working. Any suggestions?
Regards.