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I had the same question. The screen capture worked fine, but I wonder how much quality is lost, and whether a more direct output to pdf wouldn't be better. In fact, when people illustrate textbooks, do they sometimes use Sagemath, or do they always switch to Mathematica or Maple or something partly because of this issue ?

I had the same question. The screen capture suggested by calc314 worked fine, but thank you! But I wonder how much quality is lost, and whether a more direct output to pdf wouldn't be better. In fact, when people illustrate textbooks, do they sometimes use Sagemath, or do they always switch to Mathematica or Maple or something partly because of this issue ? ?

I had the same question. The screen capture suggested by calc314 worked fine, thank you! But I wonder how much quality is lost, and whether a more direct output to pdf wouldn't be better. I tried Tachyon but the result was much worse- axes had been shifted, a transparent surface had disappeared....!!!

In fact, when people illustrate textbooks, do they sometimes use Sagemath, or do they always switch to Mathematica or Maple or something partly because of this issue ?