{"id":1554,"date":"2014-12-19T15:02:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T20:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/videos\/?p=1554"},"modified":"2014-12-19T15:02:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T20:02:24","slug":"editing-an-existing-figure-file-in-matlab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/videos\/2014\/12\/19\/editing-an-existing-figure-file-in-matlab\/","title":{"rendered":"Editing an Existing Figure File in MATLAB"},"content":{"rendered":"The best way to modify a MATLAB figure is to just modify the code that generated it. I prefer this because it is better to be able to regenerate a figure from code if you want to keep modifying it later, and your workflow is visible for later inspection. Sometimes you do not have the original code <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/answers\/166986-how-to-change-line-style-of-a-plotted-graph\">like this User on MATLAB Answers<\/a>. I show a few techniques for modifying an existing figure when you do not have the original code that made it.\r\n<p>\r\n<p>\r\n<div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-12 containing-block\"><div class=\"bc-outer-container add_margin_20\"><videoplayer><div class=\"video-js-container\"><video data-video-id=\"3993719955001\" data-video-category=\"blog\" data-autostart=\"false\" data-account=\"62009828001\" data-omniture-account=\"mathwgbl\" data-player=\"rJ9XCz2Sx\" data-embed=\"default\" id=\"mathworks-brightcove-player\" class=\"video-js\" controls><\/video><script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/62009828001\/rJ9XCz2Sx_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><script>if (typeof(playerLoaded) === 'undefined') {var playerLoaded = false;}(function isVideojsDefined() {if (typeof(videojs) !== 'undefined') {videojs(\"mathworks-brightcove-player\").on('loadedmetadata', function() {playerLoaded = true;});} else {setTimeout(isVideojsDefined, 10);}})();<\/script><\/div><\/videoplayer><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"thumbnail thumbnail_asset asset_overlay video\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/videos\/2014\/12\/19\/editing-an-existing-figure-file-in-matlab\/?dir=autoplay\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/62009828001\/e4f3274f-fa9d-40d6-b819-0a6b58e61748\/d75ce188-d2a1-494e-ab40-fa3f1fc5ba91\/1280x720\/match\/image.jpg\" onError=\"this.style.display ='none';\"\/>\n      <div class=\"overlay_container\">\n      <span class=\"icon-video icon_color_null\"><time class=\"video_length\">2:03<\/time><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n      <\/a><\/div><p>The best way to modify a MATLAB figure is to just modify the code that generated it. I prefer this because it is better to be able to regenerate a figure from code if you want to keep modifying it&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/videos\/2014\/12\/19\/editing-an-existing-figure-file-in-matlab\/\">read more >><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1554"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1558,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554\/revisions\/1558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}