Re: Better way to minimize white space surrounding plots

Another possibility (for ps, pdf, etc. plots) is simply to set gsnPaperMargin to a smaller value.
By default it is set to 0.5 meaning a 1/2 inch margin all around the plot.
 -dave

On Mar 22, 2011, at 3:47 PM, Dennis Shea wrote:

> A minor variation of Andrew Ansorge's suggestion
>
> pltType = "..." ; ps, eps, pdf, ....
> pltName = "..." ; whatever
> pltDir = ".../" ; plot directory ["./" is current directory]
>
> pltPath = pltDir + pltName
>
> wks = gsn_open_wks(pltType,pltPath)
> gsn_define_colormap(wks,"...")
>
> res = true
> :
> plot= ....
>
> system("convert -trim "+pltPath+"."+pltType+" "+pltPath+"."++pltType)
>
> other options can be added, as desired
>
> system("convert -density 88 -trim "+pltPath+"."+pltType+"
> "+pltPath+"."+pltType)
>
> Say you wanted to convert to jpeg or png ....
>
> system("convert -trim "+pltName+"."+pltType+"
> "+pltDir+pltName+"."+jpeg")
>
>
>
>
> On 3/22/11 2:59 PM, Andrew Ansorge wrote:
>> Hi Madeleine:
>>
>> If Imagemagick is installed, you could use the convert command with the
>> trim option, which will remove the white space.
>>
>> convert -trim file1.ps <http://file1.ps/> file2.ps <http://file2.ps/>
>>
>> I hope that simple solution helps you.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Andrew
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Madeleine Patterson
>> <madeleine.patterson77@gmail.com
>> <mailto:madeleine.patterson77@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi NCLers,
>>
>> Just wondering if theres a better way to get rid of most of the
>> white space surrounding a gsn_csm_contour_map_ce map (or indeed any
>> other type of plot), other than (or perhaps in addition to) the
>> "gsnMaximize = True" command? I'd like to find a way to save myself
>> manually cropping a bunch of of figures.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>
>> Madeleine.
>>
>>
>>
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