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" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
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
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hanson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
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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