[Matplotlib-users] Save figure without surrounding frame

[Arne.Bittig <arn...@in...>]

Hi,

I am using matplotlib to draw graphs. When I try to save a picture 
(using savefig; usually as png, but at some point I might need eps files 
as well), the actual graph comprises less than the central 50% of the 
image, the rest of the image is wasted space.

I already tried figure(frameon = False, facecolor = 'w') and box(False) 
to get rid of the redundant frame, but apparently it did not help (apart 
from removing the black frame, obviously, but what I want is to save 
only what is inside this frame).

Any ideas how to do this? If not, does anyone know a python tool that 
handles pngs and would enable me to crop the picture in a second step?

Arne