how to reduce the file size of scatter plot matrix
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Caimiao Wei ▴ 100
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Dear all, I am trying to get the scatter plot matrix (function "pairs") and MVA plot (function "mva.pairs") of multiple affy chips. When I use postscript() or pdf() to save the graphs generated from 12 affy mouse chips using the "pairs" function, the size of the file is about 500 MB. I would appreciate any suggestions that can effectively reduces the size of these plots. Caimiao [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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A.J. Rossini ▴ 810
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"Caimiao Wei" <caimiaow@u.washington.edu> writes: > I am trying to get the scatter plot matrix (function "pairs") and MVA > plot (function "mva.pairs") of multiple affy chips. When I use > postscript() or pdf() to save the graphs generated from 12 affy mouse > chips using the "pairs" function, the size of the file is about 500 > MB. I would appreciate any suggestions that can effectively reduces > the size of these plots. Instead of scatterplots, you might try contour plots. best, -tony -- Anthony Rossini Research Associate Professor rossini@u.washington.edu http://www.analytics.washington.edu/ Biomedical and Health Informatics University of Washington Biostatistics, SCHARP/HVTN Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center UW (Tu/Th/F): 206-616-7630 FAX=206-543-3461 | Voicemail is unreliable FHCRC (M/W): 206-667-7025 FAX=206-667-4812 | use Email CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachme...{{dropped}}
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Hi, On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Caimiao Wei wrote: > I am trying to get the scatter plot matrix (function "pairs") > and MVA plot (function "mva.pairs") of multiple affy chips. > When I use postscript() or pdf() to save the graphs generated > from 12 affy mouse chips using the "pairs" function, the size > of the file is about 500 MB. I would appreciate any > suggestions that can effectively reduces the size of these plots. Have a look at the hexbin package (available from Bioconductor) by Dan Carr, Nicholas Lewin-Koh and Martin Maechler. It has a nice vignette, available in you R library directory : hexbin/doc/hexagon_binning.pdf OR http://www.bioconductor.org/repository/devel/vignette/hexagon_binning. pdf Regards, James
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Hi Caimiao yet two more options: - use "png" or "jpeg" as an output device. For these the output file size is limited by the number of pixels in the image. - use Jelle Goeman's and Paul Eilers' fast scatterplot smoother http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~jgoeman Best wishes Wolfgang James Wettenhall wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Caimiao Wei wrote: > >>I am trying to get the scatter plot matrix (function "pairs") >>and MVA plot (function "mva.pairs") of multiple affy chips. >>When I use postscript() or pdf() to save the graphs generated >>from 12 affy mouse chips using the "pairs" function, the size >>of the file is about 500 MB. I would appreciate any >>suggestions that can effectively reduces the size of these plots. ------------------------------------- Wolfgang Huber Division of Molecular Genome Analysis German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, Germany Phone: +49 6221 424709 Fax: +49 6221 42524709 Http: www.dkfz.de/abt0840/whuber
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On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Caimiao Wei wrote: > I am trying to get the scatter plot matrix (function "pairs") and MVA plot > (function "mva.pairs") of multiple affy chips. When I use postscript() or > pdf() to save the graphs generated from 12 affy mouse chips using the > "pairs" function, the size of the file is about 500 MB. I would appreciate > any suggestions that can effectively reduces the size of these plots. Dear Caimiao, I think the png() command is what you should use. Using postscript() or pdf() will essentially duplicate your data and project it into postscript expressions. If you are only interested in the picture, png() is the way of choice. jpeg() is IMHO not a good alternative, as it will smear out hard contrasts, which are abundant in scientific plots. Best regards, Michael
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Hi Michael > I think the png() command is what you should use. Using postscript() or pdf() > will essentially duplicate your data and project it into postscript > expressions. If you are only interested in the picture, png() is the way of > choice. jpeg() is IMHO not a good alternative, as it will smear out hard > contrasts, which are abundant in scientific plots. ... while we're talking about image quality: I often use a sequence of commands like dev.copy(pdf, file="img.pdf", height=..., width=...) dev.off() system("convert -density 360 img.pdf -compress RLE img.tif") file.remove("img.pdf") which assumes that the program "convert" from the imageMagick package is in your path and is of course a little clumsy compared to talking to a real device but works well e.g. for inclusion of images in Powerpoint. Best wishes Wolfgang -- ------------------------------------- Wolfgang Huber Division of Molecular Genome Analysis German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, Germany Phone: +49 6221 424709 Fax: +49 6221 42524709 Http: www.dkfz.de/abt0840/whuber
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F Duan ▴ 100
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I am using R/Bioconductor under windows. When I want to copy some plot into word or PowerPoint, I often select the option "copy as matfile" instead of "copy as bmp". I don't know if that could serves your needs. Good luck, Duan -----Original Message----- From: bioconductor-bounces@stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:bioconductor-bounces@stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Caimiao Wei Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 17:53 To: bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [BioC] how to reduce the file size of scatter plot matrix Dear all, I am trying to get the scatter plot matrix (function "pairs") and MVA plot (function "mva.pairs") of multiple affy chips. When I use postscript() or pdf() to save the graphs generated from 12 affy mouse chips using the "pairs" function, the size of the file is about 500 MB. I would appreciate any suggestions that can effectively reduces the size of these plots. Caimiao [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ Bioconductor mailing list Bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor
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