[R] Output Graphics GIF

[Henrik Bengtsson]

On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Mike Marchywka <marchywka at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 23:59:50 -0300
> From: nilzabarros at gmail.com
> To: tal.galili at gmail.com
> CC: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Output Graphics GIF
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> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Tal Galili  wrote:
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>> I am guessing you are saving the plot using the menu system.
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>> If that is the case, have a look at:
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>> ?pdf
>> ?png
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>> Generally, I like saving my graphics to pdf since it is vectorized.
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> 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).
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> 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
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>> Cheers,
>> Tal
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