topic Re: Exporting vector field to png/pdf/jpeg: bad representation in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351080#M3813 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><IMG alt="R0_Nmen_TIII200_TII50IBERsemsed.png" class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/207281_R0_Nmen_TIII200_TII50IBERsemsed.png" style="width: 620px; height: 876px;" /></P><P>This is an example: velocities in a river.</P><P>I'm using ARCMAP 10.4 and the resolution is 340 dpi and the problem happens in every machine</P><P>Changing resolution or size of the map doesn't help.</P><P>Only thin that works is to use a very limited density of arrows, but if I use that option I don't have the precision needed.</P><P>Regards</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 09:46:54 GMT RuiRibeiro1 2016-06-09T09:46:54Z Exporting vector field to png/pdf/jpeg: bad representation https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351078#M3811 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P> most of the arrows are under or above others. I've changed the resolution and the size of the arrows but it doesn't work.</P><P>What can I do to resolve this problem.</P><P></P><P>Regards</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 08:01:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351078#M3811 RuiRibeiro1 2016-06-09T08:01:00Z Re: Exporting vector field to png/pdf/jpeg: bad representation https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351079#M3812 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can you show us a picture of what is not correct.</P><P>Is this a map you are exporting?</P><P>Plus software version etc.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 09:18:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351079#M3812 NeilAyres 2016-06-09T09:18:53Z Re: Exporting vector field to png/pdf/jpeg: bad representation https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351080#M3813 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><IMG alt="R0_Nmen_TIII200_TII50IBERsemsed.png" class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/207281_R0_Nmen_TIII200_TII50IBERsemsed.png" style="width: 620px; height: 876px;" /></P><P>This is an example: velocities in a river.</P><P>I'm using ARCMAP 10.4 and the resolution is 340 dpi and the problem happens in every machine</P><P>Changing resolution or size of the map doesn't help.</P><P>Only thin that works is to use a very limited density of arrows, but if I use that option I don't have the precision needed.</P><P>Regards</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 09:46:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351080#M3813 RuiRibeiro1 2016-06-09T09:46:54Z Re: Exporting vector field to png/pdf/jpeg: bad representation https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351081#M3814 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>And on the screen it looks fine?</P><P>Only when the map is exported does it change to this?</P><P>Perhaps experiment with different formats, tried pdf?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 10:12:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351081#M3814 NeilAyres 2016-06-09T10:12:42Z Re: Exporting vector field to png/pdf/jpeg: bad representation https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351082#M3815 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>On screen there is no problem. The arrows are well drawn.</P><P>When I export, this problem happens. No matter the format I try to export, this always happens. In my previous version of 10.2 it happened too. Also if I try to print instead of export: same problem.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 10:16:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351082#M3815 RuiRibeiro1 2016-06-09T10:16:31Z Re: Exporting vector field to png/pdf/jpeg: bad representation https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351083#M3816 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>As a work around, you could just screen grab your map layout and use that instead.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 10:18:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351083#M3816 NeilAyres 2016-06-09T10:18:26Z Re: Exporting vector field to png/pdf/jpeg: bad representation https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351084#M3817 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>And very cool data there Rui...</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 10:19:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351084#M3817 NeilAyres 2016-06-09T10:19:38Z Re: Exporting vector field to png/pdf/jpeg: bad representation https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351085#M3818 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Well, that way I can't have the right scale or file resolution so that isn't an option.</P><P>Thank you nonetheless</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 10:21:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351085#M3818 RuiRibeiro1 2016-06-09T10:21:10Z Re: Exporting vector field to png/pdf/jpeg: bad representation https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351086#M3819 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Well scale is relative <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/wink.png" />. Is this layout going straight to paper at a fixed size? If its not, then the scalebar is all you need.</P><P>I thought it wasn't, because you were out putting an image for dropping into a report or something.</P><P>My laptop screen has enough resolution to look fine in powerpoint or a word doc. Just quicker that way.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 10:27:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/exporting-vector-field-to-png-pdf-jpeg-bad/m-p/351086#M3819 NeilAyres 2016-06-09T10:27:16Z