Graphics Overview of MATLAB Graphics Introduction Plotting Your Data Anatomy of a Plot Editing a Plot Interactive Plot Editing Using Functions to Edit Graphs Using Plot Editing Mode Starting Plot Edit Mode Exiting Plot Edit Mode Selecting Objects in a Graph Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Objects Moving and Resizing Objects Editing Objects in a Graph Saving Your Work Saving a Graph in MAT-File Format Saving to a Different Format (Exporting Figures) Printing Figures Getting Help Changing Your View of an Axes Zooming In and Out on an Axes Rotating 3-D Axes Using the Property Editor Starting the Property Editor Closing the Property Editor Editing Object Properties Navigating Among Objects in a Graph Identifying Objects in a Graph Applying Your Changes Using the Data Statistics Tool Adding Plots of Statistics to a Graph Saving Statistics to the Workspace Basic Plotting Basic Plotting Commands Creating Plots Specifying Line Style Specifying the Color and Size of Lines Adding Plots to an Existing Graph Plotting Only the Data Points Plotting Markers and Lines Line Styles for Black and White Output Setting Default Line Styles Line Plots of Matrix Data Plotting Imaginary and Complex Data Plotting with Two Y-Axes Combining Linear and Logarithmic Axes Setting Axis Parameters Axis Limits and Ticks Example - Specifying Ticks and Tick Labels Setting Aspect Ratio Figure Windows Displaying Multiple Plots per Figure Specifying the Target Axes Default Color Scheme Creating Specialized Plots Introduction Bar and Area Graphs Types of Bar Graphs Stacked Bar Graphs to Show Contributing Amounts Specifying X-Axis Data Overlaying Plots on Bar Graphs Area Graphs Comparing Datasets with Area Graphs Pie Charts Removing a Piece from a Pie Charts Histograms Histograms in Cartesian Coordinate Systems Histograms in Polar Coordinate Systems Specifying Number of Bins Discrete Data Graphs Two-Dimensional Stem Plots Combining Stem Plots with Line Plots Three-Dimensional Stem Plots Stairstep Plots Direction and Velocity Vector Graphs Compass Plots Feather Plots Two-Dimensional Quiver Plots Three-Dimensional Quiver Plots Contour Plots Creating Simple Contour Plots Labeling Contours Filled Contours Drawing a Single Contour Line at a Desired Level The Contouring Algorithm Changing the Offset of a Contour Displaying Contours in Polar Coordinates Interactive Plotting Animation Movies Example - Visualizing an FFT as a Movie Erase Modes Formatting Graphs Overview Adding a Title to a Graph Using the Title Option on the Insert Menu Using the Property Editor to Add a Title Using the title Function Adding a Legend to a Graph Using the Legend Option on the Insert Menu Using the Legend Function Positioning a Legend Editing a Legend Removing a Legend Adding Axes Labels to a Graph Using the Label Options on the Insert Menu Using the Property Editor to Add Axes labels Using the Label Commands Adding Text Annotations to a Graph Creating Text Annotations in Plot Editing Mode Creating Text Annotations with the text or gtext Command Example - Aligning Text Editing Text Annotations Including Symbols and Greek Letters in Text Strings Using Variables in Text Strings Example - Multiline Text Adding Arrows and Lines to a Graph Creating Arrows and Lines in Plot Editing Mode Editing Arrows and Line Annotations Adding Plots of Basic Statistics to a Graph Example - Plotting the Mean of a Data Set Formatting Plots of Data Statistics Statistics Plotted by the Data Statistics Tool Viewing Statistics for Multiple Plots Saving Statistics to the MATLAB Workspace Displaying Bit-Mapped Images Overview Images in MATLAB Data Types Image Types Indexed Images Intensity Images RGB (Truecolor) Images Working with 8-Bit and 16-Bit Images 8-Bit and 16-Bit Indexed Images 8-Bit and 16-Bit Intensity Images 8-Bit and 16-Bit RGB Images Mathematical Operations Support for uint8 and uint16 Other 8-Bit and 16-Bit Array Support Summary of Image Types and Numeric Classes Reading, Writing, and Querying Graphics Image Files Reading a Graphics Image Writing a Graphics Image Obtaining Information About Graphics Files Displaying Graphics Images Summary of Image Types and Display Methods Controlling Aspect Ratio and Display Size The Image Object and Its Properties CData CDataMapping XData and YData EraseMode Printing Images Converting the Data or Graphic Type of Images Basic Printing and Exporting Quick Start List of Examples Dialog Box Overview Printing to a Printer Using the Defaults Printing to a Printer at Screen Size Printing to a Printer, Locking the Ticks and Limits of the Axes Printing to a Printer, Setting the Paper Size Printing to a Printer, Setting the Size of and Centering a Figure Printing to a Nondefault Printer Printing to a Printer Using GhostScript Printing a Figure to a File Appending a Figure to a PostScript File Exporting a Figure to a File in a Specific Graphics Format Exporting a Figure in EPS Format with a TIFF Preview Exporting a Figure to the Clipboard Overview of Printing and Exporting What Is Printed or Exported Which Figure Is Printed How to Print or Export Default Settings and How to Change Them Printing a Figure to a Printer or a File Using Print Dialog Boxes From the Command Line Changing the Figure's Settings Printing the Figure Exporting a Figure in Graphics Format Exporting to a File Exporting to the Clipboard Troubleshooting Printing Problems Exporting Problems General Problems Handle Graphics Objects Overview Graphics Object Hierarchy Types of Graphics Objects Handle Graphics Objects Object Properties Changing Values Default Values Properties Common to All Objects Graphics Object Creation Functions Example - Creating Graphics Objects Parenting High-Level Versus Low-Level Simplified Calling Syntax Setting and Querying Property Values Setting Property Values Querying Property Values Factory-Defined Property Values Setting Default Property Values How MATLAB Searches for Default Values Defining Default Values Examples - Setting Default LineStyles Accessing Object Handles The Current Figure, Axes, and Object Searching for Objects by Property Values -- findobj Copying Objects Deleting Objects Controlling Graphics Output Specifying the Target for Graphics Output Preparing Figures and Axes for Graphics Targeting Graphics Output with newplot Example - Using newplot Testing for Hold State Protecting Figures and Axes The Close Request Function Handle Validity Versus Handle Visibility Saving Handles in M-Files Properties Changed by Built-In Functions Figure Properties Figure Topics Positioning Figures The Position Vector Example - Specifying Figure Position Controlling How MATLAB Uses Color Indexed Color Displays Colormap Colors and Fixed Colors Using a Large Number of Colors Nonactive Figures and Shared Colors Dithering Truecolor on Indexed Color Systems Selecting Drawing Methods Backing Store Double Buffering Selecting a Renderer Specifying the Figure Pointer Defining Custom Pointers Interactive Graphics Axes Properties Axes Topics Labeling and Appearance Properties Creating Axes with Specific Characteristics Positioning Axes The Position Vector Units Multiple Axes per Figure Placing Text Outside the Axes Multiple Axes for Different Scaling Individual Axis Control Setting Axis Limits Setting Tick Mark Locations Changing Axis Direction Using Multiple X and Y Axes Example - Double Axis Graphs Automatic-Mode Properties Colors Controlled by Axes Specifying Axes Colors Axes Color Limits - The CLim Property Example - Simulating Multiple Colormaps in a Figure Calculating Color Limits Defining the Color of Lines for Plotting Line Styles Used for Plotting - LineStyleOrder