Code for generating matplotlib based plots, where plot is saved at specified pixels in width and height direction and without axes, ticks, whitespace.

filling_plots.py

# source: this stackoverflow thread : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8218608/scipy-savefig-without-frames-axes-only-content/8218887#8218887
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width_pixels = 5
height_pixels = 5
using matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig = plt.figure(frameon=False)
fig.set_size_inches(width_pixels, height_pixels)
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ax = plt.Axes(fig, [0., 0., 1., 1.])
ax.set_axis_off()
fig.add_axes(ax)
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# some code for plotting the figure
plt.savefig(image_path,  dpi=1)
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