topic Re: The image output to PDF was blurry when using SAS EG in SAS Enterprise Guide

The image output to PDF was blurry when using SAS EG

Jinlf — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:19:06 GMT

Hi,

I was uning SAS EG to generate some image and output the images to PDF using ODS PDF. The images look blurry. But when i do the same work in SAS 9.4 for Window, the images was vector images and does not blurry after magnification. My SAS EG was for Linux system. The output difference was like the following picture.

Can you tell me how to output the vector image using ODS PDF.

Thank you very much.

Re: The image output to PDF was blurry when using SAS EG

Jinlf — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:28:28 GMT

My expmple code was:
ods pdf file="/*path*/Test.pdf";
proc sgplot data=sashelp.class;
scatter x=height y=weight;
ellipse x=height y=weight;
run;
ods pdf close;

I need to output the image to PDF using SAS EG, not RTF.

Re: The image output to PDF was blurry when using SAS EG

Ksharp — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 12:09:57 GMT

Add option DPI= .

ods pdf file="c:\temp\Test.pdf" dpi=300;

Re: The image output to PDF was blurry when using SAS EG

Jinlf — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 01:06:06 GMT

The image was more clear when adding option DPI=300, but the image was not vector image. When using SAS for Windows the image was an ector image. I don't know how the difference come about.

Re: The image output to PDF was blurry when using SAS EG

Ksharp — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 11:51:58 GMT

No. You can't , unless you specify it is a vector image (e.g. SVG file).

ods pdf file="c:\temp\Test.pdf";
ods graphics on / reset=all outputfmt=svg;
proc sgplot data=sashelp.class;
scatter x=height y=weight;
ellipse x=height y=weight;
run;
ods pdf close;

Re: The image output to PDF was blurry when using SAS EG

Jinlf — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 15:18:13 GMT

Hi,

This method was usefull in Windows system but not in SAS for Linux. It not suppsort SVG image in Linux.

Re: The image output to PDF was blurry when using SAS EG

Tom — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 16:35:07 GMT

@Jinlf wrote:

Hi,

This method was usefull in Windows system but not in SAS for Linux. It not suppsort SVG image in Linux.

So it is not an Enterprise Guide issue.

What is the version of SAS that your Enterprise Guide project is using?

What operating system is your SAS session running on?

Re: The image output to PDF was blurry when using SAS EG

Jinlf — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 03:09:42 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. My SAS version is 9.4 M7 and was running on Linux for X64.

Re: The image output to PDF was blurry when using SAS EG

Ksharp — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 12:39:02 GMT

Sorry. I can't help you .
You could raise a ticket for SAS technology support ,
Or could make DPI= bigger

ods pdf file="c:\temp\Test.pdf" dpi=3000;

https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/2021/08/17/editable-emf-graph-output/

https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/2015/11/20/how-to-increase-the-resolution-of-your-sas-graphics-output/

https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/2014/12/19/have-you-created-scalable-vector-graphics-with-sas/