MATLAB figures in LaTeX

Hey,

Here is how it is done.

1. Open you figure file in MATLAB
2. Goto File->Export Setup...->
3. Apply you modifications like converting to grayscale etc. (Rendering->Colorspace)
4. Choose "Export"
5. In "Save as type" choose EPS
6. Now you can use this EPS file in you .tex file:

\begin{figure}[t]

\begin{center}

\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{figure.eps}

\caption{my caption}

\label{fig:system}

\end{center}

\end{figure}

and choose latex->ps->pdf in your project builder (e.g. in TeXnicCenter)

Or if you want to convert this to pdf use the epstopdf utility that comes with MikTeX in the command prompt:

epstopdf figure.eps

and use it like this:

\begin{figure}[t]

\centering

\includegraphics[width=columnwidth]{figure.pdf}

\caption{my caption}

\label{fig:system}

\end{center}

\end{figure}


Note:
For some reason, direct export to pdf does not preserve the figure size.