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anon01
anon01

Reputation: 11171

transparent background in figure (matlab)

I'd like to save a matlab figure with transparent background, on mac, and import into Keynote.

This question was asked in 2013, but I understand matlab has changed its graphics handling since then. Is there a 'good' way to do this? The plotting syntax is so scattered and overloaded.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 6569

Answers (1)

DeusExMachina
DeusExMachina

Reputation: 128

I looked for this myself some time ago. Mathworks seems to state that this is not directly possible in matlab and that it isn't a feature they plan on introducing as well:

http://ch.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/19907-transparent-background-for-figures

But as stated in the link it can easily be achieved using a third-party program (for example inkscape, which is freeware(opensource?) program) if you export the figure as a .eps or .pdf. This basically enables you to directly edit or delete certain parts of the image.

This is probably not exactly what you were looking for, but I know of no easier native solution than this. However the author refers to export_fig which might directly solve you porblem (I don't have any experience using it, sorry).

Upvotes: 1

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