How to save all the generated figures automatically from a Matlab code to a specified folder in my computer?

Hi, I have a script file from which I am expected to generate about 3000 figures through FOR loop iteration (synthetic figures generated through the code of matlab). Now as the outputs are figures , I want them all to save in one folder automatically. (basically i want to create a file path and save all the figures automatically.) It is not possible to save every figure one by one as it will be very time consuming and nearly impossible. Can anyone say how to do it? Thank you in advance very much.

[Stephen23]

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/import_export/process-a-sequence-of-files.html

Answer 1

[KALYAN ACHARJYA]

Inside the loop, after Figure generated, here k loop counts

fig=figure  
destination='D:\Kalyan Works\Matlab Work\folder_name\fig';
print([destination,num2str(k),'.dpng']);
close(fig)

It save all figure name as fig1,fig2....

[Khandaker Noman]

Hi, I just tried your answer. But i get the following error : Error using checkArgsForHandleToPrint Handle input argument contains nonhandle values.

Error in checkArgsForHandleToPrint

Error in print>LocalCreatePrintJob (line 100) handles = checkArgsForHandleToPrint(0, varargin{:});

Error in print (line 38) [pj, inputargs] = LocalCreatePrintJob(varargin{:});

##What does it mean ? Thank you for helping anyway !

[KALYAN ACHARJYA]

Wheather the figures display (figure window) during loop execution?

[KALYAN ACHARJYA]

I have edited the code, pls check. Its perfectly work in my case, for example as following sample code, which genereted 5figure and save-

t=1:.1:20;
for k=1:5
y=exp(t+k);
plot(y);
fig=figure;  
destination='D:\Kalyan Works\Matlab Work\test11\fig';
print([destination,num2str(k),'.jpg']);
close(fig);
end

[Khandaker Noman]

got it kallyan ... that is great ! Thanks a lot!

[Tanziha Mahjabin]

Hi,

i have already saved figures in a folder. how can i make a gif in matlab combining all of them?

[Lepakshi Ramkiran]

hello,

the files are being saved as fig0.1.png when the code is as below... how do I overcome this problem?

t=1:.1:20;
for k=1:0.5:3
y=exp(t+k);
plot(y);
fig=figure;  
destination='D:\Kalyan Works\Matlab Work\test11\fig';
print([destination,num2str(k),'.jpg']);
close(fig);
end

[Levi John Lewis]

What do you want it to save as? j is replaced by k in

print([destination,num2str(j),'.jpg']); 

so that it could be named fig1...fig2...fig3

t=1:.1:20;
j=0;
for k=1:0.5:3
   j=j+1; 
   y=exp(t+k);
   plot(y);
   fig=figure;  
   destination='D:\Kalyan Works\Matlab Work\test11\fig';
   print([destination,num2str(j),'.jpg']);
   close(fig);
end

[Frisda Sianipar]

Haii, I want to ask something. I want to save the image that process by matlab. I want them all to save in one folder automatically. have the code the process and read the multiple image. Can anyone say how to do it? Thank you in advance very much.

image_folder = 'F:\kuliah\semester6\TA2\mencoba';
outfolder = 'D:\output';
if ~isdir(outfolder); mkdir(outfolder); end
load mri  %I presume it has the variable map in it
files = dir(fullfile(image_folder, '*.jpg'));
for iFiles = 1:numel(files)
    thisfilename = fullfile(files(iFiles).folder,files(iFiles).name);
 [~, basename, ext] = fileparts(image_folder);
    citra = imread(thisfilename);
    V = squeeze(citra);
    fprintf('processing %s\n', basename);
    citra3 = montage(reshape(V,size(citra)), map, 'Indices', 3);
    outfile = fullfile(outfolder, sprintf(['%s-coba-%03d.%s',basename,ext]))   
    saveas(citra3, outfile);
end

[Jacob Hunter]

@KALYAN ACHARJYA I am able to generate the figures in my folder; however, when I try to open them I get the message "it looks like we don't support this file format." I've tried saving as both '.jpg' and '.png'

Any thoughts on why they can't open? Thanks!

[pavan kumar]

I too get same problem.