R: Render a raster object

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## Render a raster object

### Description

Render a raster object (bitmap image) at the given location, size, and orientation.

### Usage

    grid.raster(image,
                x = unit(0.5, "npc"), y = unit(0.5, "npc"),
                width = NULL, height = NULL,
                just = "centre", hjust = NULL, vjust = NULL,
                interpolate = TRUE, default.units = "npc",
                name = NULL, gp = gpar(), vp = NULL)

    rasterGrob(image,
               x = unit(0.5, "npc"), y = unit(0.5, "npc"),
               width = NULL, height = NULL,
               just = "centre", hjust = NULL, vjust = NULL,
               interpolate = TRUE, default.units = "npc",
               name = NULL, gp = gpar(), vp = NULL)

### Arguments

`image` | Any R object that can be coerced to a raster object.
`x` | A numeric vector or unit object specifying x-location.
`y` | A numeric vector or unit object specifying y-location.
`width` | A numeric vector or unit object specifying width.
`height` | A numeric vector or unit object specifying height.
`just` | The justification of the rectangle relative to its (x, y) location. If there are two values, the first value specifies horizontal justification and the second value specifies vertical justification. Possible string values are: `"left"`, `"right"`, `"centre"`, `"center"`, `"bottom"`, and `"top"`. For numeric values, 0 means left alignment and 1 means right alignment.
`hjust` | A numeric vector specifying horizontal justification. If specified, overrides the `just` setting.
`vjust` | A numeric vector specifying vertical justification. If specified, overrides the `just` setting.
`default.units` | A string indicating the default units to use if `x`, `y`, `width`, or `height` are only given as numeric vectors.
`name` | A character identifier.
`gp` | An object of class `gpar`, typically the output from a call to the function `gpar`. This is basically a list of graphical parameter settings.
`vp` | A Grid viewport object (or NULL).
`interpolate` | A logical value indicating whether to linearly interpolate the image (the alternative is to use nearest-neighbour interpolation, which gives a more blocky result).

### Details

Neither `width` nor `height` needs to be specified, in which case, the aspect ratio of the image is preserved. If both `width` and `height` are specified, it is likely that the image will be distorted.

Not all graphics devices are capable of rendering raster images and some may not be able to produce rotated images (i.e., if a raster object is rendered within a rotated viewport). See also the comments under `rasterImage`.

All graphical parameter settings in `gp` will be ignored, including `alpha`.

### Value

A rastergrob grob.

### Author(s)

Paul Murrell

### See Also

`as.raster`.

`dev.capabilities` to see if it is supported.

### Examples

    redGradient <- matrix(hcl(0, 80, seq(50, 80, 10)),
                          nrow=4, ncol=5)
    # interpolated
    grid.newpage()
    grid.raster(redGradient)
    # blocky
    grid.newpage()
    grid.raster(redGradient, interpolate=FALSE)
    # blocky and stretched
    grid.newpage()
    grid.raster(redGradient, interpolate=FALSE, height=unit(1, "npc"))

    # The same raster drawn several times
    grid.newpage()
    grid.raster(0, x=1:3/4, y=1:3/4, w=.1, interp=FALSE)

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