save image with drawn shapes on it

Hi, i wanna save an image (not the figure) that i have drawn several shapes(using imellipses, imrect,...) and now i wanna save it with it's shapes on it. how can i do it? tnx for your help

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

doc print

[mary]

but i want to be able to modify those shapes that i have drawn on it.

as i use hgsave and hgload the handles change and then i can't work with that shape anymore.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

If you have something that you want to permanently save to an image file on disk, see the FAQ: http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_save_my_figure.2C_axes.2C_or_image.3F_I.27m_having_trouble_with_the_built_in_MATLAB_functions.

If you have something temporary and the user will need to change it in the second running of your program, then you're going to have to save all the various parameters that created the shapes in the first place, such as their vertex coordinates, line widths, colors, etc., to a mat file and then recall them and reconstruct your figure.

[mary]

how can i get the coordinates of ellipses and freehands ... that i drawn on my figure?