Saving figure to Pdf... problems with 'visible','off'

Hey all,

Have a look at the below images. One is printed with the figure's handle 'visible','off', and the other 'visible','on'. I'd prefer the visible off option, but as you can see, some of my controls appears very distorted. I'm wondering if anyone has come across this before. Please note, I'm not referring to the "analysis results", that was blurred out due to confidentiality reasons. I'm referring to the controls with strings: "OCC: Decay Analysis", "Filter Type", & "Fit Type". Thanks a bunch!

Trevor

visible on: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8455/8026738374_ca5cf0cf83_b.jpg

visible off: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8314/8026739659_3890ff97bd_b.jpg

[Jan]

@Trevor: I'd really appreciate, if you had blurred the large bold impressive logo of your company also. We do not like advertisments of any kind here.

Please tell us the type and version of the operating system, the Matlab version, the active renderer and the method you have used to create the PDF.

[Jan]

[MOVED from Asnwers to Comments]

Trevor has written:

My apologies for the company logo, it was not my intention to advertise, I only decided to remove confidential data. I will be mindful of this in the future.

Operating System: Windows 7

Matlab Version: 2012b

Active Renderer: Unsure. How can I determine this?

Method: print(decayFig,['FileName', '.pdf'],'-dpdf',['-r' num2str(300)]);

Answer 1

[Trevor Harris]

Am I allowed to bump?

[Tom]

To find out the renderer:

get(decayFig,'Renderer')

[Trevor Harris]

get(decayFig,'Renderer') yields the renderer of:

zbuffer

I've tried using the openGL or painters, and I get the same effect.

[Tom]

If you use SAVEAS instead of PRINT, does the same thing happen?

Answer 2

[Daniel Shub]

The almost universal answer to question like this is: Have you tried FEX:export_fig?