Saving MATLAB figures as PDF with quality 300 DPI, centered
matlab, matlab-figure, pdf
Solution
Try using the following command:
`print -painters -dpdf -r300 test.pdf`
You will, of course, already have to have a file named test.pdf in the current directory.
Some notes on the -commands as well.
- -painters: this specifies the use of the painters alogrithm for the exporting.
- -dpdf: specifies a vector image, specially a pdf in this case. This is through Ghostscript.
- -r300: specifies a 300 dpi resolution. -r400 would be 400 dpi and so on.
On an off note. I tend to just save the figure as a high DPI tiff image and import that tiff into another program where I actually assemble my figure(s) for the paper. I tend to lean towards CorelDraw personally.
Problem
I want to save a MATLAB figure as PDF, with quality 300 DPI, and centered. So far I managed to save it, but the image appears cropped. I changed the page type to A3 and kind of solves the problem, but I am looking for something more elegant. I am doing it from the GUI, but maybe from the command line is easier in MATLAB. Is there any package or script that makes this (fundamental task for publications and papers) a bit easier?