animation erase modes for movies annotating graphs adding a legend adding a title adding labels adding plots of data statistics adding text annotations adding adding area area area graphs area graphs arrays, storing images arrow annotations adding arrows adding to a graph axes adding labels adding text aspect ratio 2-D automatic modes axis control axis direction CLim property color limits ColorOrder property colors functions for individual axis control labeling labels font properties using TeX characters locking position making grids coincident multi-axis multiple multiple NextPlot property overlapping positioning preparing to accept graphics properties for labeling list properties of protecting from output scaling independent setting limits line styles used for plotting setting limits standard plotting behavior target for graphics tick marks locating units unlocking position with two x and y axes axis axis equal illustrated examples, 2-D image square tight backing store bar bar bar graphs 3-D grouped 2-D 3-D horizontal labeling labeling overlaid with plots stacked bar3 bar3 bar3h barh binary images bins, specifying for histogram BMP buttons on toolbar buttons on toolbar buttons on toolbar buttons on toolbar CData property images CDataMapping property images cla clabel clabel clf close close request function default closereq.m CloseRequestFcn property default value errors in overriding closing figures closing MATLAB, errors occurring when color limits, calculating colordef colormaps large minimum size simulating multiple size of dithermap ColorOrder colors changing color scheme colormaps controlled by axes controlled by figure properties dithering effects of dithering fixed indexed and dithering mapping to data shared size of dithermap specifying Figure colors used for plotting using a large number compass compass plots complex numbers, plotting with feather contour contour plots algorithm filled in polar coordinates labeling specifying contour levels specifying contour levels contour3 contourc contourc contourf contourf conv2 converting the data class of an indexed image convn copying figures options copying graphics objects current Axes Figure object cursors, see pointers data statistics formatting plots of of plotting plotting Data Statistics tool example interface overview saving to workspace data types 8-bit integers double-precision DataAspectRatio property images default CloseRequestFcn factory figure color scheme property values 7-23-?? removing search path, diagram setting to factory defaults default line styles, setting and removing deleting graphics objects deselecting objects discrete data graphs stairstep plots stem plots dithering algorithm effects of Dithermap property DithermapMode property DithermapMode property documentation double double converting double to uint8 or uint16 converting image data to double double buffering double converting double to uint16 double converting double to uint8 Edit menu starting Property Editor editing plots interactively efficient programming efficient programming ending plot edit mode erase modes and printing background images none xor errors closing MATLAB examples animation area graphs bar graphs contour plots copying graphics objects custom pointers direction and velocity graphs discrete data graphs double axis graphs finding objects handles histograms hold line movies multiline text newplot object creation functions overlapping axes pie charts placing text dynamically plot complex data plotting linestyles ScreenSize property setting default property values simulating multiple colormaps specifying figure position subplot text exporting figures extent of computer screen factory defaults feather feather feather plots fft2 fftn figure files figures CloseRequestFcn closing copying defining custom pointers defining pointers defining the color of fixed colors for plotting index color properties introduction to NextPlot property nonactive opening positioning positioning example preparing to accept graphics protecting from output rendering properties saving specifying pointers standard plotting behavior units visible property with multiple axes files exporting figure fig formats for figures opening printing saving fill, properties changed by fill3, properties changed by findobj fixed colors FixedColors property Floyd-Steinberg dithering algorithm fonts axis labels formats for figures functions convenience forms high-level vs. low-level to create graphics objects gca handle visibility gcf handle visibility gco get getframe ginput gradient graphical input graphics M-files, structure of graphics file formats list of formats supported by MATLAB graphics images 16-bit intensity 8-bit intensity RGB converting from one format to another converting to RGB reading from file see also BMP, HDF, JPG, PCX, PNG, TIFF, XWD writing to file graphics objects accessing handles accessing hidden handles axes controlling where they draw copying deleting editing properties editing properties figures functions that create convenience forms handle validity versus visibility HandleVisibility property hierarchy images See also Image chapter invisible handles lights line patches properties changed by functions changed when created common to all objects factory defined getting current values listing possible values querying in groups search path for default values searching for setting values property names rectangle root setting parent of specifying tag value surface text uicontrol uimenu graphs area bar horizontal compass plots contour plots direction and velocity discrete data feather plots histograms labeling pie charts quiver plots stairstep plots with double axes grayscale see also intensity images Greek characters see text function using to annotate grids, coincident Handle Graphics graphics objects hierarchy of graphics objects handles to graphics objects finding handles, saving in M-files HandleVisibility property HDF help high-level functions hist histograms in polar coordinates labeling the bins rose plot specifying number of bins hold and NextPlot testing state of hold state, testing for HorizontalAlignment property image image properties changed by image types binary images 16-bit indexed 8-bit indexed data types erase modes indexed information about files intensity numeric classes printing properties CData CDataMapping XData and YData RGB see also graphics images size and aspect ratio storing in MATLAB truecolor types imagesc imagesc imagesc imfinfo imfinfo imread imread imwrite imwrite ind2rgb indexed color displays dithering truecolor indexed images converting the data class of indirgb intensity images converting the data class of interpreter property ishold JPEG labeling axes labeling graphs labeling graphs LaTeX. See TeX legend adding to a graph editing text labels positioning in a graph legend legends with data statistics limits axes axes line styles used for plotting redefining lines adding as annotations adding to existing graph annotations marker types properties of styles LineStyleOrder property locking axes position loglog, properties changed by low-level functions mapping data to color markers used for plotting MATLAB 4 color scheme MATLAB, quitting matrix displaying contours plotting representing as area graph bar graph histogram storing images menus meshc M-files basic structure of graphics closereq to set color mapping using newplot writing efficient min plotting MinColormap property movie movie movies example moving objects multiaxis axes multiline text navigation bar in Property Editor newplot example using NextPlot property add replace replacechildren replacechildren setting plotting color order object properties editing online help open open OpenGL OpenGL opening figures options for copying organization of Handle Graphics page setup painters algorithm parent, of graphics object PCX pie charts labeling offsetting a slice removing a piece plot properties changed by plot edit mode, starting and ending plot editing mode overview plot3 properties changed by plotedit plots editing object in plotting adding to existing graph annotating graphs area graphs bar graphs compass plots complex data contour plots contours, labeling creating a plot data-point markers elementary functions for feather plots interactive line colors line styles matrices multiple graphs overlaying bar graphs quiver plots specifying line styles specifying line styles stairstep plots stem plots to subaxis vector data windows for plotting statistics PNG writing as 16-bit using imwrite Pointer property pointers custom example defining specifying PointerShapeCData property PointerShapeHotSpot property polar polar coordinates contour plots rose plot pop-up menus position of figure Position property axes figure positioning axes positioning of axes positioning text on a graph preferences printing images Print dialog box quick start resolution with painters renderer with Z-buffer renderer troubleshooting Z-buffer printing figures properties automatic axes axes changed by built-in functions changed by object creation functions defining in startup.m editing editing for labeling axes naming convention See also graphics objects specifying default values Property Editor closing editing multiple objects interface overview searching for objects starting using the navigation bar property values defaults defined by MATLAB getting resetting to default setting specifying defaults user defined pseudocolor displays, see indexed color quiver quiver quiver plots 2-D 3-D combined with contour plot displaying velocity vectors quiver3 Renderer property and printing rendering options Z-buffer reset resizing objects RGB converting to images converting the data class of right-clicking rose rose rotating a plot saveas saving figures screen extent, determining ScreenSize property example selecting multiple objects selection button semilogx, properties changed by semilogy, properties changed by set ShareColors property ShowHiddenHandles property size of computer screen spline stairs stairs stairstep plot starting plot edit mode statistics formatting plots of plotting plotting saving to workspace stem stem plots 3-D overlaid with line plot stem3 stem3 string variable, in text subplot sum surfc symbols, TeX characters tag specifying value of TeX available characters creating mathematical symbols symbols in text symbols in text text adding to Axes adding to Axes annotating graphs annotations, adding editing editing for labeling plots horizontal and vertical alignment multiline placing dynamically, example placing outside of axes positioning TeX characters using variables in thin line styles tick marks, on axes tick marks, on axes TIFF title adding to a graph toolbar buttons buttons buttons buttons truecolor dithering on indexed systems Uicontrol graphics objects Uimenu graphics objects uint16 arrays operations supported on storing images uint16 arrays converting uint16 to double converting uint16 to double uint8 arrays operations supported on storing images uint8 arrays converting to double converting uint8 to double units axes used by figures unlocking axes position unselecting objects vectors displaying velocity velocity vectors displayed with quiver VerticalAlignment property view rotating visibility of graphics objects XWD Z-buffer printing