## S3 method for class 'AmigaBitmapFont'
as.raster(x, text, style, palette, ...)

## S3 method for class 'AmigaBitmapFontSet'
as.raster(x, text, style, palette, ...)

## S3 method for class 'hardwareSprite'
as.raster(x, background = "#AAAAAA", ...)

## S3 method for class 'IFFChunk'
as.raster(x, ...)

## S3 method for class 'AmigaIcon'
as.raster(x, selected = F, ...)

## Not run: 
## load an IFF file
example.iff <- read.iff(system.file("ilbm8lores.iff", package = "AmigaFFH"))

## The file contains an interleaved bitmap image that can be
## converted into a raster:
example.raster <- as.raster(example.iff)

## the raster can be plotted:
plot(example.raster)

## note that the IFFChunk can also be plotted directly:
plot(example.iff)

## Hardware sprites can also be converted into raster images.
## Let's generate a 16x16 sprite with a random bitmap:
spr <- new("hardwareSprite",
           VStop = 16,
           bitmap = as.raw(sample.int(255, 64, replace = TRUE)))

## now convert it into a raster image.
## as the background colour is not specified for hardware
## sprite, we can optionally provide it here.
spr.raster <- as.raster(spr, background = "green")

## End(Not run)