On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Mike Marchywka <marchy...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 23:59:50 -0300 > From: nilzabar...@gmail.com > To: tal.gal...@gmail.com > CC: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Output Graphics GIF > > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Tal Galili wrote: > >> I am guessing you are saving the plot using the menu system. >> >> If that is the case, have a look at: >> >> ?pdf >> ?png >> >> Generally, I like saving my graphics to pdf since it is vectorized. > > btw, is SVG supported at all? Now that you mention it that could be a good > option for some plots. I just used pdf earlier for testing but if you just > have a simple > plot as a picture then an image format should be a better choice. I've always > complained about the cost-benefit for pdf compared to alternatives but > if used properly it can be a good choice in some cases ( I think I tried > to explain some objections I had to pdf files on the itext mailing list, > a package which may be of interest to the other poster intereted in > manipulating pdf files). > > Use a format beneficial for the type of data you have.
...and basically never ever use JPEG for your scientific graphs - it's evil! It's driver should be hidden away in some obscure package far far away, because too people still use it. /Henrik > >> >> Cheers, >> Tal >> >> > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
