On Sun, May 28, 2023 at 1:46 PM Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is there a way to open a graphics device that plots entirely to an array > or raster in memory? I'd prefer it to use base graphics, but grid would > be fine if it makes a difference. > > For an explicit example, I'd like to do the equivalent of this: > > filename <- tempfile(fileext = ".png") > png(filename) > plot(1:10, 1:10) > dev.off() > > library(png) > img <- readPNG(filename) > > unlink(filename) >
The magick package has this capability too: library(magick) img <- magick::image_device() plot(1:10, 1:10) dev.off() image_data(img) ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
