[OT] Re: [R] Transparent backgrounds in png files

2004-07-30 Thread tobias . verbeke
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 30/07/2004 05:34:32: snip Are the Windows recipients of the R graphics involved in creating/editing the resultant documents, or do they simply require read only access of a final document? If the latter, then let me suggest that you generate EPS based

Re: [R] Transparent backgrounds in png files

2004-07-30 Thread Marc Schwartz
Patrick, Here is one additional option for you. I happened to be doing some searching on the OO.org site today for some printing related issues in their Bugzilla equivalent. There was a reference to a MS Office PDF import filter available from ScanSoft that would enable you to create PDF vector

Re: [R] Transparent backgrounds in png files

2004-07-29 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
The bitmap() device does not support transparency. The png() device does. On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Patrick Connolly wrote: The result I'm aiming to achieve is a bitmap that can be imported into a PowerPoint file that shows what's behind the lines of the plot. There's a way in PowerPoint that

Re: [R] Transparent backgrounds in png files

2004-07-29 Thread Patrick Connolly
On Thu, 29-Jul-2004 at 08:38AM +0100, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: | The bitmap() device does not support transparency. The png() device does. Unfortunately, though png() does a fine job at a transparent background, it's rather lumpy even on a screen. | | On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Patrick Connolly

Re: [R] Transparent backgrounds in png files

2004-07-29 Thread Marc Schwartz
On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 19:24, Patrick Connolly wrote: On Thu, 29-Jul-2004 at 08:38AM +0100, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: | The bitmap() device does not support transparency. The png() device does. Unfortunately, though png() does a fine job at a transparent background, it's rather lumpy even

[R] Transparent backgrounds in png files

2004-07-28 Thread Patrick Connolly
The result I'm aiming to achieve is a bitmap that can be imported into a PowerPoint file that shows what's behind the lines of the plot. There's a way in PowerPoint that almost works. By choosing a colour to set as transparent, what is behind the graphic is indeed visible, but it's at the expense