Saving a matlab figure file without displaying it

Usually I generate a matlab plot using plot command and then save it for offline viewing. When I have to do the same for, say, 1000 plots, displaying each of them before saving becomes time consuming. Is there a way to save a matlab plot as jpeg without displaying it?

Answer 1

[Titus Edelhofer]

Hi,

you might open the figure invible:

f = figure('visible', 'off');
surf(peaks);
print -djpeg test.jpg
close(f)

It will still take some time, though.

Titus

[TP Das]

Thanks. This solves my problem.

Answer 2

[Blanca Larraga]

Hi, I do this but the .jpeg are empty. Is there anything else I should consider?

Answer 3

[Y. J.]

Hey I have a similiar problem. I'm plotting in a invisible figure in the first time that works good but if I want to hold on the plot and plot another one in it, it is overwriting the first plot? Any Idea for that?

[Benjamin Abruzzo]

Thy this

f = figure('visible', 'off');
X = rand(10,1); Y = rand(10,1); Z = rand(10,1);
hold on
  plot(X,Y)
  plot(X,Z)
  plot(Y,Z)
hold off
print -djpeg test.jpg
close(f)