how o save a part of figure with gui to image

hello all, i have read every post and answer on the subject but nothing solved my problem. I have a figure with a gui. it also has an axes which plots objects in 3d. i wish to save only the axes area without the rest. i tried print, saveas,getframe and the matlab file exchange export_fig but nothing does it.

the only thing that worked was getting the image from export_fig and taking only a part of it.

so does anyone know of a better way to crop using export_fig? or a general better way to do this task ? thanks

Answer 1

[Itzik Ben Shabat]

So I found the answer myself. it seems that the export_fig from the file exchange can do this if you give it an axes handle and have it crop.

so the solution looks like this

export_fig(axes handle,'-transparent',filename);

just thought someone might find this usefull in the future.

[Image Analyst]

I was out so I didn't see this in time. But yes, export_fig is the always the #1 most downloaded file, and for good reason. It's also in the FAQ: http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_save_my_figure.2C_axes.2C_or_image.3F_I.27m_having_trouble_with_the_built_in_MATLAB_functions.