Save plot to image file instead of displaying it using Matplotlib

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一生所求 2020-11-22 06:07

I am writing a quick-and-dirty script to generate plots on the fly. I am using the code below (from Matplotlib documentation) as a starting point:

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  • 2020-11-22 06:39

    As others have said, plt.savefig() or fig1.savefig() is indeed the way to save an image.

    However I've found that in certain cases the figure is always shown. (eg. with Spyder having plt.ion(): interactive mode = On.) I work around this by forcing the closing of the figure window in my giant loop with plt.close(figure_object) (see documentation), so I don't have a million open figures during the loop:

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    fig, ax = plt.subplots( nrows=1, ncols=1 )  # create figure & 1 axis
    ax.plot([0,1,2], [10,20,3])
    fig.savefig('path/to/save/image/to.png')   # save the figure to file
    plt.close(fig)    # close the figure window
    

    You should be able to re-open the figure later if needed to with fig.show() (didn't test myself).

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  • 2020-11-22 06:43

    When using matplotlib.pyplot, you must first save your plot and then close it using these 2 lines:

    fig.savefig('plot.png') # save the plot, place the path you want to save the figure in quotation
    plt.close(fig) # close the figure window
    
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  • 2020-11-22 06:44

    Just found this link on the MatPlotLib documentation addressing exactly this issue: http://matplotlib.org/faq/howto_faq.html#generate-images-without-having-a-window-appear

    They say that the easiest way to prevent the figure from popping up is to use a non-interactive backend (eg. Agg), via matplotib.use(<backend>), eg:

    import matplotlib
    matplotlib.use('Agg')
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    plt.plot([1,2,3])
    plt.savefig('myfig')
    

    I still personally prefer using plt.close( fig ), since then you have the option to hide certain figures (during a loop), but still display figures for post-loop data processing. It is probably slower than choosing a non-interactive backend though - would be interesting if someone tested that.

    UPDATE: for Spyder, you usually can't set the backend in this way (Because Spyder usually loads matplotlib early, preventing you from using matplotlib.use()).

    Instead, use plt.switch_backend('Agg'), or Turn off "enable support" in the Spyder prefs and run the matplotlib.use('Agg') command yourself.

    From these two hints: one, two

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  • 2020-11-22 06:44

    If, like me, you use Spyder IDE, you have to disable the interactive mode with :

    plt.ioff()

    (this command is automatically launched with the scientific startup)

    If you want to enable it again, use :

    plt.ion()

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  • 2020-11-22 06:44

    You can save your image with any extension(png, jpg,etc.) and with the resolution you want. Here's a function to save your figure.

    import os
    
    def save_fig(fig_id, tight_layout=True, fig_extension="png", resolution=300):
        path = os.path.join(IMAGES_PATH, fig_id + "." + fig_extension)
        print("Saving figure", fig_id)
        if tight_layout:
            plt.tight_layout()
        plt.savefig(path, format=fig_extension, dpi=resolution)
    

    'fig_id' is the name by which you want to save your figure. Hope it helps:)

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  • 2020-11-22 06:45
    import datetime
    import numpy as np
    from matplotlib.backends.backend_pdf import PdfPages
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    # Create the PdfPages object to which we will save the pages:
    # The with statement makes sure that the PdfPages object is closed properly at
    # the end of the block, even if an Exception occurs.
    with PdfPages('multipage_pdf.pdf') as pdf:
        plt.figure(figsize=(3, 3))
        plt.plot(range(7), [3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2], 'r-o')
        plt.title('Page One')
        pdf.savefig()  # saves the current figure into a pdf page
        plt.close()
    
        plt.rc('text', usetex=True)
        plt.figure(figsize=(8, 6))
        x = np.arange(0, 5, 0.1)
        plt.plot(x, np.sin(x), 'b-')
        plt.title('Page Two')
        pdf.savefig()
        plt.close()
    
        plt.rc('text', usetex=False)
        fig = plt.figure(figsize=(4, 5))
        plt.plot(x, x*x, 'ko')
        plt.title('Page Three')
        pdf.savefig(fig)  # or you can pass a Figure object to pdf.savefig
        plt.close()
    
        # We can also set the file's metadata via the PdfPages object:
        d = pdf.infodict()
        d['Title'] = 'Multipage PDF Example'
        d['Author'] = u'Jouni K. Sepp\xe4nen'
        d['Subject'] = 'How to create a multipage pdf file and set its metadata'
        d['Keywords'] = 'PdfPages multipage keywords author title subject'
        d['CreationDate'] = datetime.datetime(2009, 11, 13)
        d['ModDate'] = datetime.datetime.today()
    
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