Export a plot with predefined margins

I'm using the below command to export my plot into a jpeg file:

% h is the handle for the figure
% File_W is my jpeg file name
exportgraphics(h, File_W, 'Resolution',  600);

It works well except one issue. The system will automatically crop the figure to the smallest possible without losing any information. However, that's not what I want.

Is there a way I could add a predefined margin/gap, e.g., 20 pixels to the top, bottom, left and right?

Many thanks.

Answer 1

[TADA]

theres the old school print function, still works well

print(h, File_W, format, '-r600'); 

for instance, if you want to export as .tif file:

print(h, File_W, '-dtiff', '-r600'); 

[Leon]

Many thanks for the solution.

I guess it will work for most of the situations. Unfortunately, the "print" function has some issues with my "fancy" map boxes. It does not show them properly. Thus, I'd still hope there could be a solution using exportgraphics.

[TADA]

There has to be a better solution, but as a workaround I guess you can save with exportgraphics and programatically load the image and pad its margins

exportgraphics(h, File_W, 'Resolution',  600);
im = imread(File_W);
im2 = padarray(im, [20, 20, 0], 255);
imwrite(im2, File_W);

[Leon]

Many thanks!

I'll purchase the Imagine Processing toolbox and try it out later.