Re: PDFLatex with included graphics

["Thomas R. Shemanske" <thomas.r.shemanske@dartmouth.edu>]

Neilen wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am trying to use pdflatex to create a PDF file of a report, with some
> included graphics.  I found a site which said that to make this work,
> one needs mereley to use the graphicx package(which I was), specify the
> filename without extension(which I did), and then convert  the eps file
> to pdf.
>
> The image conversion worked, and I have the original uvtriangle.eps
> file, and uvtriangle.pdf, which I can view in acroread.  The PDF file
> that pdflatex generates is still missing the figure.  
>
> I include the figure like this:
>
> \begin{figure}[htbp]
>   \centering
>   \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{uvtriangle}
>   \caption{Mapping Performed}
>   \label{fig:uvxymap}
> \end{figure}
>
> My preamble is:
>
> \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}
> \usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}
> \usepackage{verbatim}
> \usepackage[intlimits]{amsmath}
> \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.4}
> \renewcommand{\matrix}[1]{\mathbf{#1}}
>
>
> Any idea whats going on?  I'm running woody.
>
> Oh, and one other question.  Is there any inherent advantage to using
> pdflatex instead of dvips -Ppdf, then ps2pdf?  Both give you good
> looking screen output...
>
> Thanks
> Neilen

Your preamble may not be correct.

When using pdflatex, I use
\usepackage[pdftex]{epsfig}

(note the pdftex option instead of dvips)


Actually I rarely use pdflatex anymore.  There are differences in 
creating pdf files with embedded hyperlinks, but for standard pdf with 
graphics, I generally create the postscript file and then use ps2pdf

This way, I don't have to bother converting all the images.

Cheers,

Tom