# Publication-ready plots
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/publication-ready-plots/618
**Category:** Visualization
**Created:** [November 28, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/publication-ready-plots/618 "2016-11-28T18:04:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Balinus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Balinus)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/publication-ready-plots/618/1 "2016-11-28T18:04:35Z")
Hello,
is there any “how-to” concerning publication-ready plots? For example, I used these commands, but only got a 600x400 pixels png.
```julia
using Plots
default(show = true)
plot(rand(10,4), linestyle=[:solid :dash])
savefig("test.png")
```
I tried resizing manually the figure and then using “savefig” command, but it didn’t worked.
Thanks for any help!
edit - I know I can use eps output. But sometimes, some journal just does not accept them and insist on tiff or other bitmap format.
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### Author:  [@tbreloff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tbreloff)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/publication-ready-plots/618/2 "2016-11-28T18:13:51Z")
Can you be more specific about what you’d like? Some possible attributes that you’ll want: `size` and `dpi` (see [https://juliaplots.github.io/attributes/#plot](https://juliaplots.github.io/attributes/#plot)). In addition, some backends are more “publication-ready” than others (see [https://juliaplots.github.io/backends/](https://juliaplots.github.io/backends/)). Feel free to ask questions in the gitter chat as well: [tbreloff/Plots.jl - Gitter](https://gitter.im/tbreloff/Plots.jl), though you should read through the docs first.
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### Author:  [@Balinus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Balinus)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/publication-ready-plots/618/3 "2016-11-28T18:22:20Z")
Thanks!
size and dpi was indeed what I was looking for. With these attributes, I can work my way 🙂
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### Author:  [@lobingera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lobingera)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/publication-ready-plots/618/4 "2016-11-28T18:47:47Z")
> [@tbreloff](#):
>
> In addition, some backends are more “publication-ready” than others (see [https://juliaplots.github.io/backends/](https://juliaplots.github.io/backends/)).
How do i see the publication readyness in this?
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### Author:  [@cortner](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cortner)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/publication-ready-plots/618/5 "2016-11-28T19:12:05Z")
e.g. the `PGFPlots` backend perfectly matches the style of latex documents.
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### Author:  [@jheinen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jheinen)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/publication-ready-plots/618/6 "2016-11-28T19:51:43Z")
IMO publication readyness is not a question of (image) resolution. Instead, you should use vector graphics formats, e,g, SVG, PDF, PS, PGF (all supported in `gr()`, but also in other `Plots` backends …)
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### Author:  [@Balinus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Balinus)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/publication-ready-plots/618/7 "2016-11-28T19:54:05Z")
I agree.
I’m generally using eps files, but strangely some journals in my field still insist on tiff files. I guess that I could simply use Inkscape and convert the eps file into tiff files.
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### Author:  [@jheinen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jheinen)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/publication-ready-plots/618/8 "2016-11-28T20:01:25Z")
FYI: The `gr()` SVG output can be edited in Inkscape and probably leads to better results …