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Export graphics without borders

Wed, 09/15/2010 - 08:23 am

For publication quality images I prefer to have an image with a simple scale-bar, no axis, no ticks, and no borders.
I can get rid of axis and ticks - but how can I export graphics without borders?
I end up having to do some trimming in Photoshop every time - a step I would prefer to avoid.
I would like to export an image that only includes the image data - no border of any type.
Any help is appreciated.

aclight

Here's an example for a regular graph using Igor on the Macintosh:

Make/O/N=(100, 100) theWave = p + q

NewImage theWave

ModifyGraph nticks=0,noLabel=2,axThick=0

ModifyGraph margin=-1

SavePICT/E=-5/B=72  // Saves as a .png file with no border

SavePICT/E=-2  // Saves as Quartz .pdf with no border

The key is to set the graph margins correctly. A value of -1 means no margin (a value of 0 means automatic margins, which is the default).

September 15, 2010 at 08:37 am - Permalink