How can i prevent the plots from appearing while still using them as frames for the movie function?

I have a script written out that in a loop plots out multiple curves. I then use getframe to put the frames in a vector. After the loop I use the movie function to play the frames. Thus, the frames are played out twice: once when being plotted and once with the movie function. My question is: Is there a way to suppress the plotted figures so that it is only played with the movie function. I want to suppress the first one so that i can have better control over the framerate as given by the movie funnction

Answer 1

[Tommy]

Plot your frames on a figure whose Visible property is set to 'off':

fig = figure('Visible', 'off');
ax = axes(fig);
x = linspace(0,2*pi,1000);
N = 25; fps = 15;
frames(N) = struct('cdata',[],'colormap',[]);
for i = 1:N
    plot(ax, x, sin(x+i)); axis tight;
    frames(i) = getframe(fig);
end
clf(fig);
fig.Visible = 'on';
movie(fig, frames, 1, fps);