When I save a figure to a file (saveas , hgexport) the figure is re-sized. How do I save a figure to a file that is identical to the screen figure (i.e. not resized)? Why isn't this the default for saving figures?

I have changed the figure size using:

figure('OuterPosition',[1 1 scrsz(3)/1.1 scrsz(4)/1.1]);

When I attempt to save the figure to a file (png, bmp, jpg) using saveas or hgexport, the figure size is resized back to default. How do I avoid this?

Using the figure window menu bar and edit>copy figure copies the screen figure to the clipboard without re-sizing. Why isn't this easy to do with Matlab commands?

[Brendan Hamm]

Try using the print function. This should do the trick.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

You probably need to look at the figure PrintPosition and PrintPositionMode properties.

[David]

What I am trying to do is very simple -- just save the figure exactly as it is drawn on the screen, just like the GUI-copy-figure command does. It seems to me like the answer should be equally simple. I have looked at the print command and it appears that there are several variables that control scaling, position and resolution. I'm still hoping that there is a simple answer.

[David]

I did search the help database for paper Position Mode and I found the following. This does solve the problem. Thanks for your help.

set(gcf,'PaperPositionMode','auto') % Use screen size

Answer 2

[Allen Goldstein]

You need to change the Resolution in the factorystyle to 0:

                style = hgexport('factorystyle'); % get the style
                style.Resolution = 0;   % Resolution = 0 meanst use the screen resolution
                hgexport(data,'-clipboard',style);