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\name{png}
\alias{png}
\alias{jpeg}
\alias{tiff}
\alias{bmp}
\title{BMP, JPEG, PNG and TIFF graphics devices}
\description{
  Graphics devices for BMP, JPEG, PNG and TIFF format bitmap files.
}
\usage{
bmp(filename = "Rplot\%03d.bmp",
    width = 480, height = 480, units = "px", pointsize = 12,
    bg = "white", res = NA, family = "", restoreConsole = TRUE,
    type = c("windows", "cairo"), antialias)

jpeg(filename = "Rplot\%03d.jpg",
     width = 480, height = 480, units = "px", pointsize = 12,
     quality = 75,
     bg = "white", res = NA, family = "", restoreConsole = TRUE,
     type = c("windows", "cairo"), antialias)

png(filename = "Rplot\%03d.png",
    width = 480, height = 480, units = "px", pointsize = 12,
    bg = "white", res = NA, family = "", restoreConsole = TRUE,
    type = c("windows", "cairo", "cairo-png"), antialias)

tiff(filename = "Rplot\%03d.tif",
     width = 480, height = 480, units = "px", pointsize = 12,
     compression = c("none", "rle", "lzw", "jpeg", "zip"),
     bg = "white", res = NA, family = "", restoreConsole = TRUE,
     type = c("windows", "cairo"), antialias)
}
\arguments{
  \item{filename}{the name of the output file, up to 511 characters.  The
    page number is substituted if a C integer format is included in the
    character string, as in the default, and tilde-expansion is
    performed (see \code{\link{path.expand}}).   (The result must be less than
    600 characters long.  See \code{\link{postscript}} for further
    details.)
  }
  \item{width}{the width of the device.}
  \item{height}{the height of the device.}
  \item{units}{The units in which \code{height} and \code{width} are
    given.  Can be \code{px} (pixels, the default), \code{in} (inches),
    \code{cm} or \code{mm}.}
  \item{pointsize}{the default pointsize of plotted text, interpreted as
    big points (1/72 inch) at \code{res} ppi.}
  \item{bg}{the initial background colour: can be overridden by setting
    par("bg").}
  \item{quality}{the \sQuote{quality} of the JPEG image, as a
    percentage.  Smaller values will give more compression but also more
    degradation of the image.}
  \item{compression}{the type of compression to be used.}
  \item{res}{The nominal resolution in ppi which will be recorded in the
    bitmap file, if a positive integer.  Also used for units other than
    the default.  If not specified, taken as 72 ppi to set the size of
    text and line widths.}
  \item{family}{A length-one character vector specifying the default
    font family.  The default means to use the font numbers on the
    Windows GDI versions and \code{"sans"} on the cairographics
    versions.}
  \item{restoreConsole}{See the \sQuote{Details} section of
    \code{\link{windows}}.  For \code{type == "windows"} only.}
  \item{type}{Should be plotting be done using Windows GDI or cairographics?}
  \item{antialias}{Length-one character vector.

    For allowed values and their effect on fonts with \code{type =
      "windows"} see \code{\link{windows}}: for that type if the
    argument is missing the default is taken from
    \code{windows.options()$bitmap.aa.win}.

    For allowed values and their effect (on fonts
    and lines) with \code{type = "cairo"} see \code{\link{svg}}.}
}
\details{  
  Plots in PNG and JPEG format can easily be converted to many other
  bitmap formats, and both can be displayed in modern web browsers.  The
  PNG format is lossless and is best for line diagrams and blocks of
  colour.  The JPEG format is lossy, but may be useful for image plots,
  for example.  The BMP format is standard on Windows, and supported by
  most viewers elsewhere.  TIFF is a meta-format: the default format
  written by \code{tiff} is lossless and stores RGB values
  uncompressed---such files are widely accepted, which is their main
  virtue over PNG.

  Windows GDI imposes limits on the size of bitmaps: these are not
  documented in the SDK and may depend on the version of Windows.
  It seems that \code{width} and \code{height} are each limited to
  \eqn{2^{15}-1}{2^15-1}.  In addition, there are limits on the total
  number of pixels which depend on the graphics hardware.

  By default no resolution is recorded in the file.  Viewers will often
  assume a nominal resolution of 72 ppi when none is recorded.  As
  resolutions in PNG files are recorded in pixels/metre, the reported
  ppi value will be changed slightly.

  For graphics parameters that make use of dimensions in inches,
  \code{res} ppi (default 72) is assumed.
  
  Both \code{bmp} and \code{png} will use a palette if there are fewer
  than 256 colours on the page, and record a 24-bit RGB file otherwise.
  For the \code{png} device, \code{type = "cairo"} does the PNG output in
  the driver and so is compatible with the \code{"windows"} type.
  \code{type = "cairo-png"} uses cairographics' PNG backend which will
  never use a palette and normally creates a larger 32-bit ARGB
  file---this may work better for specialist uses with semi-transparent
  colours.
  
  \code{png(type = "windows")} supports transparent backgrounds on 16-bit
  (\sQuote{High Color}) or better screens: use \code{bg =
    "transparent"}.  There is also support for semi-transparent colours
  of lines, fills and text.  However, as there is only partial support
  for transparency in the graphics toolkit used: if there is a
  transparent background semi-transparent colours are painted onto a
  slightly off-white background and hence the pixels are opaque.

  Not all PNG viewers render files with transparency correctly.
}

\value{
  A plot device is opened: nothing is returned to the \R interpreter.
}

\section{Warnings}{
  Note that by default the \code{width} and \code{height} values are in
  pixels not inches.  A warning will be issued if both are less than 20.
  
  If you plot more than one page on one of these devices and do not
  include something like \code{\%d} for the sequence number in
  \code{file}, the file will contain the last page plotted.
}

\section{Differences between OSes}{
  These functions are interfaces to three or more different underlying
  devices.
  \itemize{
    \item On Windows, devices based on plotting to a hidden screen using
    Windows' GDI calls.

    \item On platforms with support for X11, plotting to a hidden X11
    display.

    \item On Mac OS X when working at the console and when \R is
    compiled with suitable support, using Apple's Quartz plotting
    system.

    \item Where support has been compiled in for cairographics, plotting
    on cairo surfaces.  This may use the native platform support for
    fonts, or it may use \code{fontconfig} to support a wide range of
    font formats.  (This was first available on Windows in \R 2.14.0.)
  }
  Inevitably there will be differences between the options supported and
  output produced.  Perhaps the most important are support for
  antialiased fonts and semi-transparent colours: the best results are
  likely to be obtained with the cairo- or Quartz-based devices where
  available.

  The default extensions are \file{.jpg} and \file{.tif} on Windows, and
  \file{.jpeg} and \file{.tiff} elsewhere.
}

\note{
  The \code{type = "windows"} versions of these devices effectively
  plot on a hidden screen and then copy the image to the required
  format.  This means that they have the same colour handling as the
  actual screen device, and work best if that is set to a 24-bit or
  32-bit colour mode.

  For high-quality plots you will probably want \code{antialias =
    "cleartype"} if this is not the default on your Windows system.  On
  the other hand, \code{png(antialias = "none")} will give the most
  compact files
}

\seealso{
  \code{\link{Devices}}, \code{\link{dev.print}}

  \code{\link{bitmap}} provides an alternative way to generate plots in
  many bitmap formats if GhostScript is available.
}

\section{Conventions}{
  This section describes the implementation of the conventions for
  graphics devices set out in the \dQuote{R Internals Manual}.

  \itemize{
    \item The default device size is in pixels.
    \item Font sizes are in big points interpreted at \code{res} ppi.
    \item The default font family is Arial.
    \item Line widths are a multiple of 1/96 inch (interpreted at
    \code{res} ppi), with a minimum of one pixel (\code{type =
      "windows"}) or 0.01 (\code{type = "cairo"}).
    \item The minimum radius of a circle is 1 pixel for \code{type =
      "windows"}.
    \item Colours are interpreted by the viewing application.
  }
}

\examples{
## copy current plot to a (large) PNG file
\dontrun{dev.print(png, file = "myplot.png", width = 1024, height = 768)

png(file = "myplot.png", bg = "transparent")
plot(1:10)
rect(1, 5, 3, 7, col = "white")
dev.off()

jpeg(file = "myplot.jpeg")
example(rect)
dev.off()
}}
\keyword{device}
