Why does exportgraphics change the figure when exporting an area plot to png?

Hey everyone,

when I export my area-plot with exportgraphics at high resolutions (e.g. >300 dpi), it changes the plotted area like follows:

<-How it should look

<- How it actually looks

the export-command I am using is as follows:

exportgraphics(gcf,'figure.png','Resolution',300)

I am also plotting using yyaxis and tiled layout.

Does someone know a quick work-around or the reason why matlab does this? When manually exporting the figure the same issue ocurrs...

Best,

Johannes

[Dyuman Joshi]

From the documentation - "exportgraphics(obj,filename) saves the contents of the graphics object specified by obj to a file. The graphics object can be any type of axes, a figure, a standalone visualization, a tiled chart layout, or a container within the figure. The resulting graphic is tightly cropped to a thin margin surrounding your content."

Note the underlined part.

Try using print or saveas instead.

Options from FEX include export_fig

[Johannes Schorr]

Thanks for the suggestions, however, neither of these seem to resolve the issue.

Answer 1

[Johannes Schorr]

My work-around is now to go to:

• File > Export Setup > Rendering > Resolution: 300/600 > Apply to Figure > OK
• File > Save as --> save figure in desired format

This solves the issue, but is rather tedious if you have many figures to export...