Combine eps figure files (with different colormaps) into one figure

Hi,

Aim: To produce a figure with multiple subplots (each with their own colormap). I have 6 individual .eps files which I want to bring together.

Problem: Subplot would work fine, if I could use multiple colormaps in the one figure. I've tried to freeze colors and colorbars but had no luck.

Any ideas? I have thought about converting my maps to images to get around the one colormap per figure problem but with no luck (see Example 4 here http://www.mathworks.co.uk/support/solutions/en/data/1-GNRWEH/index.html)

Any ideas,

Cheers,

Dom.

Answer 1

[J. D'Ambroise]

Hi,

After also struggling with freezing colormaps I was surprised to realize the solution to this is super easy.

Here's what I did:

 -- open libre office (I think other editors would also work) and import the .eps files as pictures
 -- adjust the size and placement of the pics so they sit as desired
 -- change the page setup so that the whole page measures nearly the same as the total sum of the pics
 -- print as pdf
 -- my pictures flipped around when I printed it so I used command-R in preview to rotate them back right-side-up
 -- embed in latex
 -- if you need some other file format, can also try online or other file converters to get back to eps or other desired format
 -- (submit to journal, get format accepted, Voila !)

I was amazed that getting colormaps on different subfigures could be so quick!