R help - Feb 2009 - ggplot: problem with fill option in stat_smooth()

Hi all,

I am using ggplot2 and continuing to find it very useful and pretty. 
However, I am trying to create some graphics for publication that would be
included in an MS Word document (not my choice!) in Windows Vista.

The problem is that I want to use stat_smooth() to add an fitted linear
model line along with its 95% confidence band, but I cannot seem to get the
confidence band in a format that would import into Word.  I have read the
documentation and am using the fill="grey50" argument to eliminate
transparency as a potential problem.  But still, I have tried nearly all
export formats and the only one that correctly shows the confidence band is
PDF, which I cannot import into Word as a vector graphic.

This makes me wonder if the fill="grey50" option is working as
advertised.

Here is a simple example using the mtcars data set included with ggplot2:
qplot(wt,mpg,data=mtcars) + stat_smooth(fill="grey50")

I even tried the Cairo library as one R-help post suggested, but to no
avail.

Any suggestions?

Thanks much,
Ian Fiske
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On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Ian Fiske <ianfiske at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am using ggplot2 and continuing to find it very useful and pretty.
> However, I am trying to create some graphics for publication that would be
> included in an MS Word document (not my choice!) in Windows Vista.
>
> The problem is that I want to use stat_smooth() to add an fitted linear
> model line along with its 95% confidence band, but I cannot seem to get the
> confidence band in a format that would import into Word.  I have read the
> documentation and am using the fill="grey50" argument to
eliminate
> transparency as a potential problem.  But still, I have tried nearly all
> export formats and the only one that correctly shows the confidence band is
> PDF, which I cannot import into Word as a vector graphic.
>
> This makes me wonder if the fill="grey50" option is working as
advertised.
>
> Here is a simple example using the mtcars data set included with ggplot2:
> qplot(wt,mpg,data=mtcars) + stat_smooth(fill="grey50")
It's not - you actually need alpha = 1.  I'll make a note to fix the
documentation.

Hadley

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Ian:
It would work if you copy it as a bitmap.

Felipe D. Carrillo  
Supervisory Fishery Biologist  
Department of the Interior  
US Fish & Wildlife Service  
California, USA


--- On Wed, 2/4/09, Ian Fiske <ianfiske at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Ian Fiske <ianfiske at gmail.com>
> Subject: [R]  ggplot: problem with fill option in stat_smooth()
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 7:12 AM
> Hi all,
> 
> I am using ggplot2 and continuing to find it very useful
> and pretty. 
> However, I am trying to create some graphics for
> publication that would be
> included in an MS Word document (not my choice!) in Windows
> Vista.
> 
> The problem is that I want to use stat_smooth() to add an
> fitted linear
> model line along with its 95% confidence band, but I cannot
> seem to get the
> confidence band in a format that would import into Word.  I
> have read the
> documentation and am using the fill="grey50"
> argument to eliminate
> transparency as a potential problem.  But still, I have
> tried nearly all
> export formats and the only one that correctly shows the
> confidence band is
> PDF, which I cannot import into Word as a vector graphic.
> 
> This makes me wonder if the fill="grey50" option
> is working as advertised.
> 
> Here is a simple example using the mtcars data set included
> with ggplot2:
> qplot(wt,mpg,data=mtcars) +
> stat_smooth(fill="grey50")
> 
> I even tried the Cairo library as one R-help post
> suggested, but to no
> avail.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks much,
> Ian Fiske
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Maybe you could try to open the pdf in Inkscape http://www.inkscape.org/ 
and export it as a .emf or .png ?

Etienne

Ian Fiske a écrit :
> Hi all,
>
> I am using ggplot2 and continuing to find it very useful and pretty. 
> However, I am trying to create some graphics for publication that would be
> included in an MS Word document (not my choice!) in Windows Vista.
>
> The problem is that I want to use stat_smooth() to add an fitted linear
> model line along with its 95% confidence band, but I cannot seem to get the
> confidence band in a format that would import into Word.  I have read the
> documentation and am using the fill="grey50" argument to
eliminate
> transparency as a potential problem.  But still, I have tried nearly all
> export formats and the only one that correctly shows the confidence band is
> PDF, which I cannot import into Word as a vector graphic.
>
> This makes me wonder if the fill="grey50" option is working as
advertised.
>
> Here is a simple example using the mtcars data set included with ggplot2:
> qplot(wt,mpg,data=mtcars) + stat_smooth(fill="grey50")
>
> I even tried the Cairo library as one R-help post suggested, but to no
> avail.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks much,
> Ian Fiske
>   
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Maybe you could try to open the pdf in Inkscape http://www.inkscape.org/ and
export it as a .emf or .png ?

Etienne


Ian Fiske wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am using ggplot2 and continuing to find it very useful and pretty. 
> However, I am trying to create some graphics for publication that would be
> included in an MS Word document (not my choice!) in Windows Vista.
> 
> The problem is that I want to use stat_smooth() to add an fitted linear
> model line along with its 95% confidence band, but I cannot seem to get
> the confidence band in a format that would import into Word.  I have read
> the documentation and am using the fill="grey50" argument to
eliminate
> transparency as a potential problem.  But still, I have tried nearly all
> export formats and the only one that correctly shows the confidence band
> is PDF, which I cannot import into Word as a vector graphic.
> 
> This makes me wonder if the fill="grey50" option is working as
advertised.
> 
> Here is a simple example using the mtcars data set included with ggplot2:
> qplot(wt,mpg,data=mtcars) + stat_smooth(fill="grey50")
> 
> I even tried the Cairo library as one R-help post suggested, but to no
> avail.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks much,
> Ian Fiske
> 
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Thanks for the suggestion, Etienne.  It looks like this might be the
best approach after all, using a high resolution png exported from
Inkscape.  I'm impressed by its flawless pdf import!


-ian


On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Etienne Bellemare Racine
<etiennebr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe you could try to open the pdf in Inkscape http://www.inkscape.org/
and
> export it as a .emf or .png ?
>
> Etienne
>
> Ian Fiske a ?crit :
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am using ggplot2 and continuing to find it very useful and pretty.
> However, I am trying to create some graphics for publication that would be
> included in an MS Word document (not my choice!) in Windows Vista.
>
> The problem is that I want to use stat_smooth() to add an fitted linear
> model line along with its 95% confidence band, but I cannot seem to get the
> confidence band in a format that would import into Word.  I have read the
> documentation and am using the fill="grey50" argument to
eliminate
> transparency as a potential problem.  But still, I have tried nearly all
> export formats and the only one that correctly shows the confidence band is
> PDF, which I cannot import into Word as a vector graphic.
>
> This makes me wonder if the fill="grey50" option is working as
advertised.
>
> Here is a simple example using the mtcars data set included with ggplot2:
> qplot(wt,mpg,data=mtcars) + stat_smooth(fill="grey50")
>
> I even tried the Cairo library as one R-help post suggested, but to no
> avail.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks much,
> Ian Fiske
>