On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:28:54AM +0200, Petro wrote: > Hi list. > I generate some png images using matplotlib, and get very different > results depending on figuresize > __________________________________________________________________ > from pylab import figure, plot > import pylab as plt > import numpy as np > figure() > plt.subplot(2,1,1) > plot(np.random.rand(10),'o') > plt.subplot(2,1,2) > plot(np.random.rand(10),'o') > pic_name='fit_rates1.png' > path_name='/home/petro/tmp/' > plt.savefig(path_name + pic_name) > __________________________________________________________________ > > the code above generates the following image: > https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-107Ducz_CA0/UDShKMtejtI/AAAAAAAACls/YOeahS3tQA8/s400/fit_rates1.png > > now if I increase a figure size parameter: > __________________________________________________________________ > from pylab import figure, plot > import pylab as plt > import numpy as np > plt.ioff() > from matplotlib import rcParams > golden_mean = (np.sqrt(5)-1.0)/2.0 # Aesthetic ratio > fig_width = 5.6 # width in inches > fig_height = fig_width*golden_mean # height in inches > rcParams['figure.figsize']=fig_width, fig_height*3 > figure() > plt.subplot(2,1,1) > plot(np.random.rand(10),'o') > plt.subplot(2,1,2) > plot(np.random.rand(10),'o') > pic_name='fit_rates2.png' > path_name='/home/petro/tmp/' > plt.savefig(path_name + pic_name) >
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