<p>If you&#39;re using Linux, you can use imagemagick for this if need be:</p>
<p>&gt; convert infile -trim outfile</p>
<p>you can then use -border to create a border of as much white space as you need. hope this helps .</p>
<p>Brandon</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 6, 2012 12:34 PM, &quot;Noel Aloysius&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:noel.aloysius@gmail.com">noel.aloysius@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hello NCL,<br><br>I created a panel plot with 14 figures. I want to maximize the plot area by stripping the white space at the edges. I am not sure which plot resources do this.<br>The section of the code and the plot is attached. <br>

<br>Thank you in advance for your help,<br>Noel<br><br>;***********************************************************************************************<br>  wks  = gsn_open_wks(&quot;png&quot;, diro + &quot;pr_zonalAvg&quot;)<br>

  plot = new(14, graphic)<br>  gsn_define_colormap(wks, &quot;precip3_16lev&quot;)<br><br>  res1                           = True            ; plot mods desired<br>  res1@gsnDraw                   = False<br>  res1@gsnFrame                  = False<br>

  res1@gsnMaximize               = True<br>  res1@gsnRightStringFontHeightF = 0.04<br>  res1@cnFillOn                  = True            ; turn on color<br>  res1@gsnSpreadColors           = True            ; use full color table<br>

  res1@cnLinesOn                 = False           ; no contour lines<br>  res1@cnInfoLabelOn             = False<br>  res1@pmTickMarkDisplayMode     = &quot;Always&quot;      ; turn on fancy tickmarks<br><br>  res1@tmXBMode                  = &quot;Explicit&quot;      ; label independently<br>

  res1@tmXBValues                = ispan(0,11,1)<br>  res1@tmXBLabels                = (/&quot;J&quot;,&quot;F&quot;,&quot;M&quot;,&quot;A&quot;,&quot;M&quot;,&quot;J&quot;,&quot;J&quot;,&quot;A&quot;,&quot;S&quot;,&quot;O&quot;,&quot;N&quot;,&quot;D&quot;/)<br>

<br>  res1@lbLabelBarOn              = False<br>  res1@cnLevelSelectionMode      = &quot;ManualLevels&quot;<br>  res1@cnLevelSpacingF           = 20.<br>  res1@cnMinLevelValF            = 20.<br>  res1@cnMaxLevelValF            = 300.<br>

<br>  res1@tmYROn                       = False<br>  res1@tmXBLabelFontHeightF         = 0.025<br>  res1@tmYLLabelFontHeightF         = 0.025<br><br>  do i=0,11<br>    res1@gsnRightString = gcm_names(i)<br>    plot(i) = gsn_csm_lat_time(wks, PzoneLat_7100(raw_bc|0,GCM|i,lat|:,month|:), res1)<br>

  end do<br><br>  res1@gsnRightString = &quot;Obs&quot;<br>  plot(12) = gsn_csm_lat_time(wks, PzoneLat_7100obs(lat|:,month|:), res1)<br><br>  res1@gsnRightString = &quot;bias corr. GCM avg.&quot;<br>  plot(13) = gsn_csm_lat_time(wks, PzoneLat_7100_BCavg(lat|:,month|:), res1)<br>

<br>  pres1                          = True<br>  pres1@gsnPanelLabelBar         = True<br>  pres1@gsnFrame                 = False<br>  pres1@lbLabelFontHeightF       = 0.01<br>  pres1@lbOrientation            = &quot;horizontal&quot;<br>

  pres1@lbLabelAutoStride        = True<br>  pres1@gsnPanelYWhiteSpacePercent = 1.5<br>  pres1@gsnBoxMargin             = 0.0<br>  pres1@gsnPanelRowSpec          = True         ; tell panel what order to plot<br>  pres1@gsnPanelCenter           = True         ; centered plot<br>

  pres1@gsnMaximize              = True<br><br>  gsn_panel(wks,plot,(/6,6,2/),pres1)<br>  frame(wks)<br>;****************************************************************************************************<br><br>
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