Getting psfrag to work in pdflatex
Author
Overleaf
Last Updated
a year ago
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Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
Abstract
An example using the pstool
package to get \psfrag
commands working with .eps images in pdflatex.
An example using the pstool
package to get \psfrag
commands working with .eps images in pdflatex.
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[margin=2cm,a4paper]{geometry}
\usepackage{parskip}
\title{Getting psfrag to work in pdflatex }
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{ebgaramond}
\usepackage{newtxmath}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[process=all]{pstool}
\usepackage{hyperref}
%%%%%
%% NOTE IF LOADING hyperref PACKAGE
%% These lines are required ≥TL2020 due to
%% incompatibility between hyperref and preview
%% (See https://github.com/latex3/hyperref/issues/166#issuecomment-760157370)
\makeatletter
\providecommand\HyPL@Entry[1]{}
\AddToHook{env/document/begin}{%
\@ifpackageloaded{preview}{
\ifPreview
\let\Hy@FirstPageHook\relax
\let\Hy@EveryPageAnchor\relax
\fi}{}}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
You will still need a \texttt{.eps} image file; there is no \texttt{pdffrag} package that works for \texttt{.pdf} files.
If you want to use the \texttt{[process=all]} option for \texttt{pstool}, add a custom \texttt{latexmkrc} file that contains this line:
\begin{verbatim}
$hash_calc_ignore_pattern{'pdf'} = '^/(CreationDate|ModDate|ID) ';
\end{verbatim}
to avoid infinite compiling leading to a timeout on Overleaf.
Alternatively, you may want to work out all the \verb|\psfrag| commands in a separate project with \verb|\usepackage{psfrag}| and the LaTeX+dvipdf engine (see \url{https://www.overleaf.com/latex/examples/psfrag-example/tggxhgzwrzhn}), and once you've finalised that, copy the code into your main project (using pdflatex) and replace with \verb|\usepackage{pstool}| and \verb|\psfragfig| instead.
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\psfragfig[width=0.6\linewidth]{example}{%
\psfrag{p1}{$p_1$}
\psfrag{p2}{$p_2$}
\psfrag{p3}{$p_3$}
\psfrag{\\tex[B][B]\{Plot of \$\\sin(t)\$ and \$\\cos(t)\$\}}{Plot of $\sin(t)$ and $\cos(t)$}
\psfrag{\\tex[t][t]\{\$t\$\}}{$t$}
\psfrag{\\tex[B][B]\{\$\\sin(t)\$, \$\\cos(t)\$\}}{$\sin(t)$, $\cos(t)$}
\psfrag{-1}{-1}
\psfrag{-0.2}{-0.2}
\psfrag{-0.4}{-0.4}
\psfrag{-0.6}{-0.6}
\psfrag{-0.8}{-0.8}
\psfrag{0}{0}
\psfrag{0.2}{0.2}
\psfrag{0.4}{0.4}
\psfrag{0.6}{0.6}
\psfrag{0.8}{0.8}
\psfrag{1}{1}
\psfrag{2}{2}
\psfrag{4}{4}
\psfrag{6}{6}
\psfrag{8}{8}
\psfrag{10}{10}
}
% \includegraphics[width=.6\linewidth]{example}
\caption{The same EPS image with psfragfig}
\end{figure}
\end{document}