%PRINT2ARRAY Exports a figure to an image array % % Examples: % A = print2array % A = print2array(figure_handle) % A = print2array(figure_handle, resolution) % A = print2array(figure_handle, resolution, renderer) % [A bcol] = print2array(...) % % This function outputs a bitmap image of the given figure, at the desired % resolution. % % If renderer is '-painters' then ghostcript needs to be installed. This % can be downloaded from: http://www.ghostscript.com % % IN: % figure_handle - The handle of the figure to be exported. Default: gcf. % resolution - Resolution of the output, as a factor of screen % resolution. Default: 1. % renderer - string containing the renderer paramater to be passed to % print. Default: '-opengl'. % % OUT: % A - MxNx3 uint8 image of the figure. % bcol - 1x3 uint8 vector of the background color % Copyright (C) Oliver Woodford 2008-2012 % 05/09/11: Set EraseModes to normal when using opengl or zbuffer % renderers. Thanks to Pawel Kocieniewski for reporting the % issue. % 21/09/11: Bug fix: unit8 -> uint8! Thanks to Tobias Lamour for reporting % the issue. % 14/11/11: Bug fix: stop using hardcopy(), as it interfered with figure % size and erasemode settings. Makes it a bit slower, but more % reliable. Thanks to Phil Trinh and Meelis Lootus for reporting % the issues. % 09/12/11: Pass font path to ghostscript. % 27/01/12: Bug fix affecting painters rendering tall figures. Thanks to % Ken Campbell for reporting it. % 03/04/12: Bug fix to median input. Thanks to Andy Matthews for reporting % it. % 26/10/12: Set PaperOrientation to portrait. Thanks to Michael Watts for % reporting the issue. function [A, bcol] = print2array(fig, res, renderer) % Generate default input arguments, if needed if nargin < 2 res = 1; if nargin < 1 fig = gcf; end end % Warn if output is large old_mode = get(fig, 'Units'); set(fig, 'Units', 'pixels'); px = get(fig, 'Position'); set(fig, 'Units', old_mode); npx = prod(px(3:4)*res)/1e6; if npx > 30 % 30M pixels or larger! warning('MATLAB:LargeImage', 'print2array generating a %.1fM pixel image. This could be slow and might also cause memory problems.', npx); end % Retrieve the background colour bcol = get(fig, 'Color'); % Set the resolution parameter res_str = ['-r' num2str(ceil(get(0, 'ScreenPixelsPerInch')*res))]; % Generate temporary file name tmp_nam = [tempname '.tif']; if nargin > 2 && strcmp(renderer, '-painters') % Print to eps file tmp_eps = [tempname '.eps']; print2eps(tmp_eps, fig, renderer, '-loose'); try % Initialize the command to export to tiff using ghostscript cmd_str = ['-dEPSCrop -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH ' res_str ' -sDEVICE=tiff24nc']; % Set the font path fp = font_path(); if ~isempty(fp) cmd_str = [cmd_str ' -sFONTPATH="' fp '"']; end % Add the filenames cmd_str = [cmd_str ' -sOutputFile="' tmp_nam '" "' tmp_eps '"']; % Execute the ghostscript command ghostscript(cmd_str); catch me % Delete the intermediate file delete(tmp_eps); rethrow(me); end % Delete the intermediate file delete(tmp_eps); % Read in the generated bitmap A = imread(tmp_nam); % Delete the temporary bitmap file delete(tmp_nam); % Set border pixels to the correct colour if isequal(bcol, 'none') bcol = []; elseif isequal(bcol, [1 1 1]) bcol = uint8([255 255 255]); else for l = 1:size(A, 2) if ~all(reshape(A(:,l,:) == 255, [], 1)) break; end end for r = size(A, 2):-1:l if ~all(reshape(A(:,r,:) == 255, [], 1)) break; end end for t = 1:size(A, 1) if ~all(reshape(A(t,:,:) == 255, [], 1)) break; end end for b = size(A, 1):-1:t if ~all(reshape(A(b,:,:) == 255, [], 1)) break; end end bcol = uint8(median(single([reshape(A(:,[l r],:), [], size(A, 3)); reshape(A([t b],:,:), [], size(A, 3))]), 1)); for c = 1:size(A, 3) A(:,[1:l-1, r+1:end],c) = bcol(c); A([1:t-1, b+1:end],:,c) = bcol(c); end end else if nargin < 3 renderer = '-opengl'; end err = false; % Set paper size old_pos_mode = get(fig, 'PaperPositionMode'); old_orientation = get(fig, 'PaperOrientation'); set(fig, 'PaperPositionMode', 'auto', 'PaperOrientation', 'portrait'); try % Print to tiff file print(fig, renderer, res_str, '-dtiff', tmp_nam); % Read in the printed file A = imread(tmp_nam); % Delete the temporary file delete(tmp_nam); catch ex err = true; end % Reset paper size set(fig, 'PaperPositionMode', old_pos_mode, 'PaperOrientation', old_orientation); % Throw any error that occurred if err rethrow(ex); end % Set the background color if isequal(bcol, 'none') bcol = []; else bcol = bcol * 255; if isequal(bcol, round(bcol)) bcol = uint8(bcol); else bcol = squeeze(A(1,1,:)); end end end % Check the output size is correct if isequal(res, round(res)) px = [px([4 3])*res 3]; if ~isequal(size(A), px) % Correct the output size A = A(1:min(end,px(1)),1:min(end,px(2)),:); end end return % Function to return (and create, where necessary) the font path function fp = font_path() fp = user_string('gs_font_path'); if ~isempty(fp) return end % Create the path % Start with the default path fp = getenv('GS_FONTPATH'); % Add on the typical directories for a given OS if ispc if ~isempty(fp) fp = [fp ';']; end fp = [fp getenv('WINDIR') filesep 'Fonts']; else if ~isempty(fp) fp = [fp ':']; end fp = [fp '/usr/share/fonts:/usr/local/share/fonts:/usr/share/fonts/X11:/usr/local/share/fonts/X11:/usr/share/fonts/truetype:/usr/local/share/fonts/truetype']; end user_string('gs_font_path', fp); return