Discussion:
[Jalview-discuss] Image export in EPS LineArt format on Mac does not work
Petya Violinova Krasteva
2018-08-10 14:02:28 UTC
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Hello,

I am trying to export some alignment images from Jalview into
high-resolution EPS format for downstream figure making in photoshop. I am
working on a MacAir with MacOS High Sierra. While this functionality was
working fine a few weeks ago, it no longer does as I am getting black
insets for the alignment part of the image and only the text for the
sequences' titles on the left is visible in the exported .eps file. I am
not sure why this problem appeared. I tried to update both Jalview and my
Mac, but the problem persists. Any ideas why this occurs and how it can be
fixed?

Thanks in advance,

Petya
__________________________________________________

Petya V. Krasteva, Ph.D.

Group Leader 'Structural Biology of Biofilms'
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, FR

***@cornell.edu
***@i2bc.paris-saclay.fr
Mungo Carstairs (Staff)
2018-08-10 16:08:19 UTC
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Hello Petya,


Sorry to hear that! To help me investigate...


1) Can you confirm the versions of Jalview and Java that you are running - this is logged at the start of the Jalview Console output (Tools | Show Java Console).


2) Do you choose 'Text' or 'Lineart' for the EPS output?

(If you don't see this option, you may have it set as a preference EPS_RENDERING in your home directory .jalview_properties file.)


3) Are you able to share the output EPS file (by private email if preferred)?


4) Does this also happen with our 'example' alignment? To load this:

File | Input Alignment | From URL...| http://www.jalview.org/examples/uniref50.fa


Thanks and best regards,


Mungo





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Sent: 10 August 2018 15:02:28
To: jalview-***@jalview.org
Subject: [Jalview-discuss] Image export in EPS LineArt format on Mac does not work

Hello,

I am trying to export some alignment images from Jalview into high-resolution EPS format for downstream figure making in photoshop. I am working on a MacAir with MacOS High Sierra. While this functionality was working fine a few weeks ago, it no longer does as I am getting black insets for the alignment part of the image and only the text for the sequences' titles on the left is visible in the exported .eps file. I am not sure why this problem appeared. I tried to update both Jalview and my Mac, but the problem persists. Any ideas why this occurs and how it can be fixed?

Thanks in advance,

Petya
__________________________________________________

Petya V. Krasteva, Ph.D.

Group Leader 'Structural Biology of Biofilms'
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, FR

***@cornell.edu<mailto:***@cornell.edu>
***@i2bc.paris-saclay.fr<mailto:***@i2bc.paris-saclay.fr>


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Jim Procter
2018-08-22 10:31:24 UTC
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Dear Petya - I'm just following up on Mungo's email.


The black insets you see are due to a bug in Jalview 2.10.4 (and
2.10.4b1) which only occur when a sequence is selected in the alignment
view being exported as EPS (see https://issues.jalview.org/browse/JAL-3003).


We're working on a fix for this, but for now, the simplest route is to
simply press 'Escape' or use the Select->Deselect All menu item to clear
the current selection before exporting as EPS.

Let us know if you have any problems!

Regards,
Jim Procter.


On 10/08/2018 17:08, Mungo Carstairs (Staff) wrote:
>
> Hello Petya,
>
>
> Sorry to hear that! To help me investigate...
>
>
> 1) Can you confirm the versions of Jalview and Java that  you are
> running - this is logged at the start of the Jalview Console
> output (Tools | Show Java Console).
>
>
> 2) Do you choose 'Text' or 'Lineart' for the EPS output?
>
> (If you don't see this option, you may have it set as a preference
> EPS_RENDERING in your home directory .jalview_properties file.)
>
>
> 3) Are you able to share the output EPS file (by private email if
> preferred)?
>
>
> 4) Does this also happen with our 'example' alignment? To load this:
>
> File | Input Alignment | From
> URL...| http://www.jalview.org/examples/uniref50.fa
>
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
>
> Mungo
>
>
>
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> *Subject:* [Jalview-discuss] Image export in EPS LineArt format on Mac
> does not work
>  
> Hello, 
>
> I am trying to export some alignment images from Jalview into
> high-resolution EPS format for downstream figure making in photoshop.
> I am working on a MacAir with MacOS High Sierra. While this
> functionality was working fine a few weeks ago, it no longer does as I
> am getting black insets for the alignment part of the image and only
> the text for the sequences' titles on the left is visible in the
> exported .eps file. I am not sure why this problem appeared. I tried
> to update both Jalview and my Mac, but the problem persists. Any ideas
> why this occurs and how it can be fixed?
>
> Thanks in advance, 
>
> Petya
> __________________________________________________
>
> Petya V. Krasteva, Ph.D.
>
> Group Leader 'Structural Biology of Biofilms' 
> Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
> Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
> 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, FR
>
> ***@cornell.edu <mailto:***@cornell.edu>
> ***@i2bc.paris-saclay.fr
> <mailto:***@i2bc.paris-saclay.fr>
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Petya Violinova Krasteva
2018-08-23 07:52:15 UTC
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Dear Jim, dear Mungo,

Thank you both for your e-mails. Indeed, I am now able to export the
alignments properly for figures. It seems to also depend on the memory
usage rigt before the export; what would be an easy way to increase the
dedicated max memory? Also, is there a way to convert the coloring by PID
to a different color scheme, such as the cyan-maroon one that is typically
used for plotting surface conservation.

Thank you in advance if you would be able to reply.

Best,

Petya

On Wednesday, August 22, 2018, Jim Procter <***@compbio.dundee.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Dear Petya - I'm just following up on Mungo's email.
>
>
> The black insets you see are due to a bug in Jalview 2.10.4 (and 2.10.4b1)
> which only occur when a sequence is selected in the alignment view being
> exported as EPS (see https://issues.jalview.org/browse/JAL-3003).
>
> We're working on a fix for this, but for now, the simplest route is to
> simply press 'Escape' or use the Select->Deselect All menu item to clear
> the current selection before exporting as EPS.
>
> Let us know if you have any problems!
>
> Regards,
> Jim Procter.
>
>
> On 10/08/2018 17:08, Mungo Carstairs (Staff) wrote:
>
> Hello Petya,
>
>
> Sorry to hear that! To help me investigate...
>
>
> 1) Can you confirm the versions of Jalview and Java that you are running
> - this is logged at the start of the Jalview Console output (Tools | Show
> Java Console).
>
>
> 2) Do you choose 'Text' or 'Lineart' for the EPS output?
>
> (If you don't see this option, you may have it set as a preference
> EPS_RENDERING in your home directory .jalview_properties file.)
>
>
> 3) Are you able to share the output EPS file (by private email if
> preferred)?
>
>
> 4) Does this also happen with our 'example' alignment? To load this:
>
> File | Input Alignment | From URL...| http://www.jalview.
> org/examples/uniref50.fa
>
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
>
> Mungo
>
>
>
> [image: Email signature]
>
> [image: University of Dundee shield logo] <http://uod.ac.uk/sig-home>
>
> *Mungo Carstairs*
> Jalview Computational Scientist
>
> The Barton Group
> Division of Computational Biology
>
> School of Life Sciences
>
> University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
>
> www.jalview.org
>
> www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk
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> jalview.org> <jalview-discuss-***@jalview.org> on behalf of Petya
> Violinova Krasteva <***@cornell.edu> <***@cornell.edu>
> *Sent:* 10 August 2018 15:02:28
> *To:* jalview-***@jalview.org
> *Subject:* [Jalview-discuss] Image export in EPS LineArt format on Mac
> does not work
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to export some alignment images from Jalview into
> high-resolution EPS format for downstream figure making in photoshop. I am
> working on a MacAir with MacOS High Sierra. While this functionality was
> working fine a few weeks ago, it no longer does as I am getting black
> insets for the alignment part of the image and only the text for the
> sequences' titles on the left is visible in the exported .eps file. I am
> not sure why this problem appeared. I tried to update both Jalview and my
> Mac, but the problem persists. Any ideas why this occurs and how it can be
> fixed?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Petya
> __________________________________________________
>
> Petya V. Krasteva, Ph.D.
>
> Group Leader 'Structural Biology of Biofilms'
> Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
> Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
> 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, FR
>
> ***@cornell.edu
> ***@i2bc.paris-saclay.fr
>
>
> The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
>
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> -------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Division of Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences
> University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
> +44 1382 388734 | www.jalview.org | www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk
>
>

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__________________________________________________

Petya V. Krasteva, Ph.D.

Group Leader 'Structural Biology of Biofilms'
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, FR

***@cornell.edu
***@i2bc.paris-saclay.fr
Mungo Carstairs (Staff)
2018-08-23 08:00:34 UTC
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Hello Petya,


Adjusting Jalview's memory settings is documented at http://www.jalview.org/jvmmemoryparams.html (linked from www.jalview.org<http://www.jalview.org> - Documentation - FAQ).


I'm afraid the PID colours are currently fixed in Jalview. We could raise a feature request to provide the ability to change them if you think that would be useful.


Best regards,


Mungo




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Jalview Computational Scientist

The Barton Group
Division of Computational Biology

School of Life Sciences

University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK

www.jalview.org<http://www.jalview.org>

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From: Petya Violinova Krasteva <***@cornell.edu>
Sent: 23 August 2018 08:52:15
To: Jim Procter
Cc: Mungo Carstairs (Staff); jalview-***@jalview.org; ***@i2bc.paris-saclay.fr
Subject: Re: Image export in EPS LineArt format on Mac does not work

Dear Jim, dear Mungo,

Thank you both for your e-mails. Indeed, I am now able to export the alignments properly for figures. It seems to also depend on the memory usage rigt before the export; what would be an easy way to increase the dedicated max memory? Also, is there a way to convert the coloring by PID to a different color scheme, such as the cyan-maroon one that is typically used for plotting surface conservation.

Thank you in advance if you would be able to reply.

Best,

Petya

On Wednesday, August 22, 2018, Jim Procter <***@compbio.dundee.ac.uk<mailto:***@compbio.dundee.ac.uk>> wrote:

Dear Petya - I'm just following up on Mungo's email.


The black insets you see are due to a bug in Jalview 2.10.4 (and 2.10.4b1) which only occur when a sequence is selected in the alignment view being exported as EPS (see https://issues.jalview.org/browse/JAL-3003).

We're working on a fix for this, but for now, the simplest route is to simply press 'Escape' or use the Select->Deselect All menu item to clear the current selection before exporting as EPS.

Let us know if you have any problems!

Regards,
Jim Procter.


On 10/08/2018 17:08, Mungo Carstairs (Staff) wrote:

Hello Petya,


Sorry to hear that! To help me investigate...


1) Can you confirm the versions of Jalview and Java that you are running - this is logged at the start of the Jalview Console output (Tools | Show Java Console).


2) Do you choose 'Text' or 'Lineart' for the EPS output?

(If you don't see this option, you may have it set as a preference EPS_RENDERING in your home directory .jalview_properties file.)


3) Are you able to share the output EPS file (by private email if preferred)?


4) Does this also happen with our 'example' alignment? To load this:

File | Input Alignment | From URL...| http://www.jalview.org/examples/uniref50.fa


Thanks and best regards,


Mungo





[University of Dundee shield logo]<http://uod.ac.uk/sig-home>

Mungo Carstairs
Jalview Computational Scientist

The Barton Group
Division of Computational Biology

School of Life Sciences

University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK

www.jalview.org<http://www.jalview.org>

www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk<http://www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk>
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Subject: [Jalview-discuss] Image export in EPS LineArt format on Mac does not work

Hello,

I am trying to export some alignment images from Jalview into high-resolution EPS format for downstream figure making in photoshop. I am working on a MacAir with MacOS High Sierra. While this functionality was working fine a few weeks ago, it no longer does as I am getting black insets for the alignment part of the image and only the text for the sequences' titles on the left is visible in the exported .eps file. I am not sure why this problem appeared. I tried to update both Jalview and my Mac, but the problem persists. Any ideas why this occurs and how it can be fixed?

Thanks in advance,

Petya
__________________________________________________

Petya V. Krasteva, Ph.D.

Group Leader 'Structural Biology of Biofilms'
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, FR

***@cornell.edu<mailto:***@cornell.edu>
***@i2bc.paris-saclay.fr<mailto:***@i2bc.paris-saclay.fr>


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Division of Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences
University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
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__________________________________________________

Petya V. Krasteva, Ph.D.

Group Leader 'Structural Biology of Biofilms'
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, FR

***@cornell.edu<mailto:***@cornell.edu>
***@i2bc.paris-saclay.fr<mailto:***@i2bc.paris-saclay.fr>



The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096
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