[R] Problems with png()

Liaw, Andy andy_liaw at merck.com
Mon Sep 6 16:59:42 CEST 2004


Another obvious thing to check:  See what capabilities() say about png
support.

Andy

> From: Laura Quinn
> 
> Sorry!
> 
> Tried to save the .png from both R-1.9.1 and R-1.8.0 to no avail. I am
> running R-1.9.1 on SusE 9.0, and R-1.8.0 on Debian.
> 
> I have tried to view the images with Gimp and Kview (on both 
> systems), to
> no avail.
> 
> Laura Quinn
> Institute of Atmospheric Science
> School of the Environment
> University of Leeds
> Leeds
> LS2 9JT
> 
> tel: +44 113 343 1596
> fax: +44 113 343 6716
> mail: laura at env.leeds.ac.uk
> 
> On Mon, 6 Sep 2004, Uwe Ligges wrote:
> 
> > Laura Quinn wrote:
> >
> > > I am trying to save a series of plots as .png files by using
> > >
> > > png(file="myfile.png",bg="transparent")
> > > dev.off()
> >
> > More details please, we cannot help otherwise.
> > At least version of R, operating system, and version of 
> libpng, as well
> > as the program that told you the file is corrupted ...
> >
> > Uwe Ligges
> >
> >
> >
> > > for each image plot I produce. Unfortunately when I have 
> tried this I am
> > > unable to open the files, and am told they are corrupted.
> > >
> > > I have tried to use the jpeg() function but have the same 
> problem. The only way I have managed to
> > > export a graphic successfully is as dev.copy2eps. Aside 
> from producing
> > > unwieldy files, this is also unhelpful as I at m hoping to 
> create a movie of
> > > the images via ImageMagick.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > Laura Quinn
> > > Institute of Atmospheric Science
> > > School of the Environment
> > > University of Leeds
> > > Leeds
> > > LS2 9JT
> > >
> > > tel: +44 113 343 1596
> > > fax: +44 113 343 6716
> > > mail: laura at env.leeds.ac.uk
> > >
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