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| - a Matplotlib //Axis// is a plot inside a Figure... [[http://matplotlib.org/faq/usage_faq.html#parts-of-a-figure|More details]] | - a Matplotlib //Axis// is a plot inside a Figure... [[http://matplotlib.org/faq/usage_faq.html#parts-of-a-figure|More details]] | ||
| - some examples are more //pythonic// (ie object oriented) than others, some example mix different styles of coding, all this can be confusing. Try to [[http://matplotlib.org/faq/usage_faq.html#coding-styles|use an object oriented way of doing things]]! | - some examples are more //pythonic// (ie object oriented) than others, some example mix different styles of coding, all this can be confusing. Try to [[http://matplotlib.org/faq/usage_faq.html#coding-styles|use an object oriented way of doing things]]! | ||
| - | - it may be hard to (remember how to) work with colors. Some examples from the [[|Gallery]] can help you! | + | - it may be hard to (remember how to) work with colors. Some examples from the [[http://matplotlib.org/gallery.html|Gallery]] can help you! |
| * [[https://matplotlib.org/examples/pylab_examples/leftventricle_bulleye.html|leftventricle_bulleye.py]]: associating different types of colormaps to a plot and colorbar | * [[https://matplotlib.org/examples/pylab_examples/leftventricle_bulleye.html|leftventricle_bulleye.py]]: associating different types of colormaps to a plot and colorbar | ||
| * [[https://matplotlib.org/examples/api/colorbar_only.html|colorbar_only.py]]: the different types of colorbars (or plotting only a colorbar) | * [[https://matplotlib.org/examples/api/colorbar_only.html|colorbar_only.py]]: the different types of colorbars (or plotting only a colorbar) | ||
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| - Read the [[http://www.labri.fr/perso/nrougier/teaching/matplotlib/|Matplotlib tutorial by Nicolas Rougier]] | - Read the [[http://www.labri.fr/perso/nrougier/teaching/matplotlib/|Matplotlib tutorial by Nicolas Rougier]] | ||
| - Download the [[http://matplotlib.org/contents.html|pdf version of the manual]]. **Do not print** the 2800+ pages of the manual! Read the beginner's guide (Chapter //FIVE// of //Part II//) and have a super quick look at the table of contents of the whole document. | - Download the [[http://matplotlib.org/contents.html|pdf version of the manual]]. **Do not print** the 2800+ pages of the manual! Read the beginner's guide (Chapter //FIVE// of //Part II//) and have a super quick look at the table of contents of the whole document. | ||
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| + | ==== Misc numpy tricks ==== | ||
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| + | * Specifying the background color of a plot (e.g. when plotting a masked variable and you don't want the masked areas to be white) | ||
| + | * ''# make the background dark gray (call this before the contourf)''\\ ''plt.gca().patch.set_color('.25')''\\ ''plt.contourf(d)''\\ ''plt.show()'' | ||
| + | * [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9797520/masking-part-of-a-contourf-plot-in-matplotlib|trick source]] | ||
| ===== Graphics related resources ===== | ===== Graphics related resources ===== | ||
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