How to save plots in R and have them nice looking

r ggplot2 cowplot
MLEN picture MLEN · Aug 1, 2017 · Viewed 9k times · Source

I'm trying to make a plot in R with some data and a table beneath it. In R, it looks good (Picture 1), however, when I export the picture (Picture 2), it looks really ugly and is not in same format. 

library(tidyverse)
library(cowplot)


p <- ggplot(iris, aes(Sepal.Length, Petal.Length, col = Species))  + geom_point()

info <- iris %>% group_by(Species) %>% summarise_all(mean)

table_plot <- tableGrob(info, theme = ttheme_default(base_size = 8), rows = NULL)

plot_total <- plot_grid(p, table_plot, nrow = 2, rel_heights = c(4 / 5, 1 / 5))
plot_total

save_plot("iris.png", plot_total)

Picture1

Picture2

Answer

Bjorn picture Bjorn · Aug 1, 2017

Another solution is using ggsave:

ggsave("plotname.png", plot = p, width = 30, height = 20, units = "cm")

You might have to play around with the dimension a bit to get it right. You can also specify the format you want the plot in (i.e. .png or .tiff, etc.) and you can specify the units as well.

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