Adjusting Plot Size and Resolution in OxCal
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Alejandra P.
Jul 3, 2025, 10:14:29 AMJul 3
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Dear all,
I wanted to ask you a quick question. How can one change the width and resolution of a plot in OxCal? I haven’t been able to adjust it to the required specifications (width of 13.5 cm and a resolution of at least 300 dpi).
Thank you very much for your help!
Best regards,
Alejandra
Fredrik Hallgren
Jul 3, 2025, 10:44:13 AMJul 3
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Hi!
It may be other ways, but one simple way to achieve a good resolution of the plot is to change Zoom in the Oxcal > Edit > Layout menu. If i'm exporting a plot to png I set zoom to 400. The output is still 96 dpi but as the width of the picture is c.72 cm it looks good on screen/print. (And if needed you can easily change it to the requested "width of 13.5 cm and a resolution of at least 300 dpi" in for example photoshop).
If you export the plot to svg-format you instead get a picture in Scalable Vector Graphics which always looks good in print since it is vector graphics. Not all software can handle svg-format though.
kind regards / Fredrik
It may be other ways, but one simple way to achieve a good resolution of the plot is to change Zoom in the Oxcal > Edit > Layout menu. If i'm exporting a plot to png I set zoom to 400. The output is still 96 dpi but as the width of the picture is c.72 cm it looks good on screen/print. (And if needed you can easily change it to the requested "width of 13.5 cm and a resolution of at least 300 dpi" in for example photoshop).
If you export the plot to svg-format you instead get a picture in Scalable Vector Graphics which always looks good in print since it is vector graphics. Not all software can handle svg-format though.
kind regards / Fredrik
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Christopher Ramsey
Jul 3, 2025, 11:16:50 AMJul 3
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Yes - the alternative is pdf format which is read by almost all software. From there you can convert to png at whatever resolution you require. The pdf or svg will always be higher quality though.
Best wishes
Christopher
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Best wishes
Christopher
Alejandra P.
Jul 4, 2025, 3:50:16 AMJul 4
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Dear Fredrik and Christopher,
thank you so much for your help! I've managed to do it :)
Have a nice weekend,
Alejandra
El dia dijous, 3 de juliol del 2025 a les 17:16:50 UTC+2, Christopher Ramsey va escriure:
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