Save figure in Matlab without borders

I am experiencing several troubles in exporting figures in matlab. Typically I save figures in eps format and then I try to convert them in pdf using eps2pdf. The results is a figure with a huge white border around. How can I remove it and get a proper figure? I tried with

set(gca,'LooseInset',get(gca,'TightInset'));

with commands:

export_fig
print

Without any success. Unfortunately if I try

    system('pdfcrop .... ')

does not work in mac, it returns the error

>> system('pdfcrop')
/bin/bash: pdfcrop: command not found

Nevertheless pdfcrop is installed because if I launch it from the terminal it works fine and the removes the borders correctly.

Answer 1

[James Tursa]

You might take a look at this FEX submission by Yair Altman:

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23629-export-fig

[Davide]

Thanks, the output now is much better. Using

export_fig([name_fig,'.pdf'], '-pdf','-transparent');

I get a very nice figure.

Answer 2

[thomas weldon]

Try this: fig=gcf;ax=fig.CurrentAxes;fig.Color='w';fig.OuterPosition=fig.InnerPosition;