Hi Tony,
My mpl version is 0.98.5.2. I saved the figure using GUI. I just tried
saving with savefig function. In that case, the size of the figure is
exactly what i gave in figsize arguement. You question helped me. Thank you.
Thanks,
Bala
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Tony S Yu <tsy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 17, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Bala subramanian wrote:
>
> > Friends,
> >
> > I am trying to make a figure for publication. I am making a double column
> figure of 7inch as per journal guidelines. The figure comes out nicely but
> the final size of the figure that is saved is not what i have given in
> 'figsize'. It is 10inch X 5.38 inch. How can i make mpl to create the figure
> of exact size and resolution?
> >
> > fig=plt.figure(figsize=(7,4))
> > fig.subplots_adjust(wspace=0.1,hspace=0.1)
> > ax1=fig.add_subplot(221)
> > ax2=fig.add_subplot(222,sharex=ax1,sharey=ax1)
> > ax3=fig.add_subplot(223,sharex=ax1,sharey=ax1)
> > ax4=fig.add_subplot(224,sharex=ax1,sharey=ax1)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bala
>
> That's strange. I don't see any problems with the figure size on my system.
> This may seem like a silly question, but do you have the same sizing issue
> for the following code:
>
> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
> fig=plt.figure(figsize=(7,4))
> fig.subplots_adjust(wspace=0.1,hspace=0.1)
> ax1=fig.add_subplot(221)
> ax2=fig.add_subplot(222,sharex=ax1,sharey=ax1)
> ax3=fig.add_subplot(223,sharex=ax1,sharey=ax1)
> ax4=fig.add_subplot(224,sharex=ax1,sharey=ax1)
> plt.savefig('test.pdf')
> # works fine on my system with png, pdf, and eps
>
> I just want to make sure you aren't altering the figure in any other way
> before you save.
>
> Are you using savefig or are you saving from a GUI window? Are you on a
> current version of matplotlib (if yes, you might be interested in
> `plt.subplots` to create your axes)? What image format are you using?
>
> -Tony
>
>
>
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