Prof Ripley, I see that now; I can get the transparency to work, but even with using pdf() my plot still does not draw if I first use:
grid.picture(noaalogo,distort=**FALSE,width=0.5,x=0.50,y=0.50) grid.rect(gp=gpar(fill=rgb(1,**1,1,0.9))) Regards, Tom On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Prof Brian Ripley <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk>wrote: > I suspect you need a device supporting translucency: PostScript does not > and hence postscript() cannot. Try the pdf() device (and convert the > output if you need it). > > > On 28/12/2012 17:23, Thomas Adams - NOAA Federal wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I want to use grImport to create a watermark on a plot() using the methods >> Paul Murrell describes here: >> http://cran.r-project.org/web/**packages/grImport/vignettes/**import.pdf<http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/grImport/vignettes/import.pdf>(page >> 28). I can essentially reproduce this manually at the R prompt, and >> > > On what OS and what device: see the posting guide .... > > independently I can use grid.picture( ) successfully in a R script, but >> when I attempt to do do this in my script: >> >> >> >> >> postscript(outputFilename,**paper="us") >> >> grid.picture(noaalogo,distort=**FALSE,width=0.5,x=0.50,y=0.50) >> grid.rect(gp=gpar(fill=rgb(1,**1,1,0.9))) >> >> >> plot(dat,xaxt="n",type="b",**ylim=c(y_range[1],y_range[2]),** >> main=labelStr,xlab="Date",**ylab="Elevation, >> NAVD88 (Ft)") >> >> >> >> dev.off() >> >> The picture "noaalogo" is drawn, but either the plot() is obscured or is >> not drawn at all. In either case, the "watermarking" effect is not >> happening in my script, but does work as expected, manually, at the R >> prompt. I'm sure this is a graphics device related issue, but I have not >> been able to find a solution through my searches. >> >> Thank you, >> Tom >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/** >> posting-guide.html <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk > Professor of Applied Statistics, > http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~**ripley/<http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/> > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > > ______________________________**________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/** > posting-guide.html <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Thomas E Adams Development & Operations Hydrologist National Weather Service Ohio River Forecast Center 1901 South State Route 134 Wilmington, OH 45177 http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/ohrfc/ EMAIL: thomas.ad...@noaa.gov VOICE: 937-383-0528 FAX: 937-383-0033 [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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