[R] animated grid graphics

hadley wickham h.wickham at gmail.com
Tue Jul 21 19:00:51 CEST 2009


> Drawing grid graphics always takes long, I would write the images to png's
> and make the animation. If you use Linux I can suggest some nice tools to do
> this. This movie is also much more compatible with all kinds of machines. It
> might be that you can get your grid animation working on your own computer,
> but if another user has a less powerfull machine he might not have a smooth
> animation.

If you're brave, another approach is to use one of the new graphics
systems, iplots extreme or qtpaint, tailored for high speed drawing.
Unfortunately neither system is ready for prime time (i.e. no
documentation) but they both offer tantalising glimpses of
fantastically quick animation inside R.

Hadley

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