I’ve been using the new gradients and patterns in #rstats and #ggplot2 quite a bit for recent package, so here’s a deep dive! Everything from the basics of using gradients in your plots through to sophisticated visual effects.
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James Goldie
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mastodon 4.7.2Data engineer @ countercurrent.ai, former #climatehealth 🌡️ + #datajournalism 🗺️
Building, coding and storytelling with #rstats, #js and #swift for fun and for good ❤️ He/him
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The #PositConf2024** **schedule is out! I'll be presenting on using Sverto and other ways to make animated web graphics in** **#QuartoPub, and my colleague Andrew Bray will be presenting Closeread, a Quarto scrollytelling extension that we've been cooking up!
➡️ Sverto: https://reg.conf.posit.co/flow/posit/positconf24/publiccatalog/page/publiccatalog/session/1712004520411001rz6v
➡️ Closeread: https://reg.conf.posit.co/flow/posit/positconf24/publiccatalog/page/publiccatalog/session/1712004041983001s1h4
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@mothlight@fediscience.org That’s fair! I don’t agree that gradients are necessarily visual clutter even when they are used decoratively, but I also think it’s very easy to go overboard with them 😛