loss of details using "print"

Hi everyone~

I was trying to plot some nice graphs. I tuned everything. It shows what I want in the Matlab plot window. But when I use command "print" to save the plot as a graph file, I lose some details.

Please see the picture https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/109003712917074600640/albums/5914475771820213729/5922469929166195458?pid=5922469929166195458&oid=109003712917074600640 The "1" tick in the color bar was lost.

How I print is:

    set(gcf,'Position',[50 100 1200 500]);
    set(gcf,'PaperUnits','inches','PaperPosition',[0 0 6 3])
    print(gcf,'-dtiffn','-r600', name));

Anybody has any idea/advice please let me know. Thanks a lot~

Answer 1

[Jan]

If you set the tick labels of the color bar manually instead of letting Matlab choose them automatically, the internal resizing for the export does not try to determine a nicer set of ticks.

The shown image does not look like it has a resolution of 600 dpi.

[Yuji Zhang]

Hi Jan~

Thanks for discussion! So you mean, if I do it manually, the "print" command should not automatically change the ticks, right?

The picture doesn't look like 600 dpi because I shrink it. Here's the authentic picture.<<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bbv5GVk2svY/UjIvuEJDCKI/AAAAAAAAA3o/p_UZF0sjs3U/w1004-h540-no/matlab+question2.png>>

Let me know what you think. Any discussion is appreciated. Thanks~

[Jan]

Yes, simply try to set the ticklabels manually and see what happens.

[Yuji Zhang]

Hi Jan~

Ahh i see what you mean! I didn't say it clearly: I already manually set the ticks. Before I setting it, the plot in the Matlab didn't have "1" either.

Now I set it, the plot in Matlab has "1". But when I "print" it, it disappeared....

    set(cbar,'XTick',[0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1]);

    colormap jet(200)

    set(gcf,'Position',[50 100 1200 500]);
    set(gcf,'PaperUnits','inches','PaperPosition',[0 0 6 3])
    print(gcf,'-dtiffn','-r600', name);