[Eeglablist] Generate jpg, png, gif formats through topoplot function without the need to save it manually

[Makoto Miyakoshi]

Dear Victor,

I don't have much to add to Andreas' advice. You can find related tips here.
https://sccn.ucsd.edu/wiki/Makoto%27s_useful_EEGLAB_code#How_to_export_Matlab_figures_in_publication_quality_.2805.2F05.2F2021_updated.29

Makoto

On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 9:50 AM Andreas Widmann <widmann at uni-leipzig.de>
wrote:

> > The figure that topoplot returns me is from surface type with 12
> attributes as: CDataModel, VertexNormalsMode, FaceNormalsMode... i am
> reading the print documentation but I can't able to see nothing where could
> I find to pass the img from surface type as a parameter, any tips?
> >
> > I am doing the code as:
> >
> > img = topoplot(EEG.data(1,1:3071,3),EEG.chanlocs,'style','map');
> The print command is unrelated to the output you get in img but rather
> exports the figure plotted by topoplot as png. If the latter is not what
> you want to achieve you might have to rephrase your question (you asked:
> "[...] only plot the data at the screen [...]")
>
> Use print command as:
> figHandle = figure;
> topoplot(EEG.data(1,1:3071,3),EEG.chanlocs,'style','map');
> print( figHandle, '-dpng', 'somefilename.png' )
>
> Best,
> Andreas
>
> > Am 14.04.2022 um 17:44 schrieb Victor Gimenez <
> victor.gimenez at ufabc.edu.br>:
> >
> > Hi Andreas,
> >
> >
> > Did you receive my reply?
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Victor
> >
> > -------- Mensagem original --------
> > Assunto: Re: [Eeglablist] Generate jpg, png, gif formats through
> topoplot function without the need to save it manually
> > Data: 2022-04-13 18:09
> > De: Victor Gimenez <victor.gimenez at ufabc.edu.br>
> > Para: Andreas Widmann <widmann at uni-leipzig.de>
> > Cópia: eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu
> >
> > Hi Andreas,
> >
> >
> >
> > The figure that topoplot returns me is from surface type with 12
> attributes as: CDataModel, VertexNormalsMode, FaceNormalsMode... i am
> reading the print documentation but I can't able to see nothing where could
> I find to pass the img from surface type as a parameter, any tips?
> >
> > I am doing the code as:
> >
> > img = topoplot(EEG.data(1,1:3071,3),EEG.chanlocs,'style','map');
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Victor
> >
> > Em 2022-04-13 06:03, Andreas Widmann escreveu:
> >> print( '-dpng', 'somefilename.png', '-r300‘ )
> >> exports the current figure as png from the CLI (with 300 dpi
> >> resolution). Same principle for jpg, etc.
> >> Adding a figure handle to the print command can be helpful if plotting
> >> and exporting multiple figures (e.g., in a loop):
> >> figHandle = figure;
> >> your_plot_command
> >> print(figHandle, '-dpng', 'somefilename.png', '-r300‘)
> >> Hope this helps! Best,
> >> Andreas
> >>> Am 12.04.2022 um 21:28 schrieb Victor Gimenez <
> victor.gimenez at ufabc.edu.br>:
> >>> Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening dear EEGLab community,
> >>> I am trying to return the data obtained from the execution of topoplot
> function directly to write a file in any of these image formats: .jpg,
> .gif, or .png (without the need to file > save_as blablabla) instead to
> only plot the data at the screen because I am looking for to save more
> image contents to generate a dataset of samples.
> >>> I already did: tp = topoplot(<EEG input data to be
> read>,EEG.chanlocs,'style','map'); but it returned me only a 1x1 surface
> type data that I can't able to open directly without EEGLab or execute
> functions as imread and ind2rgb to convert the image data into an rgb array.
> >>> Is there any way to save directly the topological map data in any type
> only through code??
> >>> Thanks in advance,
> >>> Victor
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