"print figure" to variable... getframe, with better resolution...

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Short version: I want to read my current figure into a variable, with settable resolution. getframe only uses the screen resolution.
Long version: I plot lots of data, and generate "publication ready" png's often... which demand higher resolution (300dpi or better). I'd also like to change some defaults between what's on the screen and the .png file (cropping, color mods, transparency, in addition to the critical resolution).
My curret setup is: scatter(x,y,S,C); print('-dpng','-r300','plot.png'); imdata=imread('plot.png'); ...some manipulations to imdata... imwrite(imdata,'plot.png');
The above code (which saves the file, reads it, and resaves) is not only embarrassing, but slow for multiple images.
Any guidance is appreciated! PS: I do not have any toolboxes.

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Jan
Jan 2012-2-25
Creating a copy of a figure in a higher resolution is time consuming, because a lot of work has to be done. You can reduce the time required by print by writing to a SSD or RAM-disk. Which OS are you using?
Another way is using the undocumented hardcopy, which is the core function of print. hardcopy replies an RGB array, but it demands for some specific modifications of the figure - otherwise Matlab crashs. I give a short example, which works with Matlab 6.5, 7.8 and 7.13 without any guarantee:
ResolutionStr = sprintf('-r%d', round(Resolution));
% Prepare figure for hardcopy:
drawnow;
fig_Renderer = get(FigH, 'Renderer');
fig_Paperposmode = get(FigH, 'PaperPositionMode');
fig_PaperOrient = get(FigH, 'PaperOrientation');
fig_Invhardcopy = get(FigH, 'InvertHardcopy');
set(FigH, ...
'PaperPositionMode', 'auto', ...
'PaperOrientation', 'portrait', ...
'InvertHardcopy', 'off');
% Create hard copy in high resolution:
% Simulate PRINT command (save time for writing and reading image file):
% Set units of axes and text from PIXELS to POINTS to keep their sizes
% independent from from the output resolution:
% See: graphics/private/preparehg.m
root_SHH = get(0, 'ShowHiddenHandles');
set(0, 'ShowHiddenHandles', 'on');
text_axes_H = [findobj(FigH, 'Type', 'axes'); ...
findobj(FigH, 'Type', 'text')];
pixelObj = findobj(text_axes_H, 'Units', 'pixels');
fontPixelObj = findobj(text_axes_H, 'FontUnits', 'pixels');
set(pixelObj, 'Units', 'points');
set(fontPixelObj, 'FontUnits', 'points');
% Set image driver:
if strcmpi(fig_Renderer, 'painters')
imageDriver = '-dzbuffer';
else
imageDriver = ['-d', fig_Renderer];
end
fig_ResizeFcn = get(FigH, 'ResizeFcn');
set(FigH, 'ResizeFcn', '');
% "Normal" is the only erasemode, which can be rendered!
% See: NOANIMATE.
EraseModeH = findobj(FigH, 'EraseMode', 'normal', '-not');
EraseMode = get(EraseModeH, {'EraseMode'});
set(EraseModeH, 'EraseMode', 'normal');
% Get image as RGB array:
high = hardcopy(FigH, imageDriver, ResolutionStr);
% Restore units of axes and text objects, and EraseMode:
set(pixelObj, 'Units', 'pixels');
set(fontPixelObj, 'FontUnits', 'pixels');
set(EraseModeH, {'EraseMode'}, EraseMode);
set(0, 'ShowHiddenHandles', root_SHH);
set(FigH, 'ResizeFcn', fig_ResizeFcn);
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Jan
Jan 2021-3-23
Try to replace hardcopy() by
high = print('-RGBImage');
I cannot try it by my own currently.
giannit
giannit 2021-3-26
Thank you @Jan very kind!
That print command substitute all the other lines of code right?
The drawback is that since it is print it is slow

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Jiro Doke
Jiro Doke 2012-2-25
Take a look at export_fig which is a user-submitted file on File Exchange. I've used it, and it's good.
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Jan
Jan 2012-2-25
export_fig is very good, but as far as I can see, it uses the slow way of print->imread also.
Jiro Doke
Jiro Doke 2012-2-26
Oops, I didn't see the question about "being slow". I guess I'm slow.

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