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Message-ID: <9099A631-A9AF-4B41-849A-1E61DB1739B9@gmail.com>
Date: 2019-02-25T09:40:01Z
From: Peter Dalgaard
Subject: magick package says format is PNG when we load an SVG.
In-Reply-To: <CAC8=1eqebRAq=cgktMk9XjpxDakbqQ-WROu7GJ4qSmRrP64F3g@mail.gmail.com>

The image format in magick is raster based, not vector based, no? So I'd expect that image_read_svg() converts the file on the fly.

-pd

> On 25 Feb 2019, at 08:27 , Ashim Kapoor <ashimkapoor at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> Here is a MWE :
> 
> library(magick)
> tiger <- image_read_svg('http://jeroen.github.io/images/tiger.svg', width = 400)
> print(tiger)
> 
> ##   format width height colorspace matte filesize density
> ## 1    PNG   400    400       sRGB  TRUE        0   72x72
> 
> Why does the format say PNG ? Should it not say SVG? We just read an SVG file.
> 
> Can someone please explain?
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Ashim
> 
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