[python] Matplotlib (pyplot) savefig outputs blank image

I am trying to save plots I make using matplotlib; however, the images are saving blank.

Here is my code:

plt.subplot(121)
plt.imshow(dataStack, cmap=mpl.cm.bone)

plt.subplot(122)
y = copy.deepcopy(tumorStack)
y = np.ma.masked_where(y == 0, y)

plt.imshow(dataStack, cmap=mpl.cm.bone)
plt.imshow(y, cmap=mpl.cm.jet_r, interpolation='nearest')

if T0 is not None:
    plt.subplot(123)
    plt.imshow(T0, cmap=mpl.cm.bone)

    #plt.subplot(124)
    #Autozoom

#else:
    #plt.subplot(124)
    #Autozoom

plt.show()
plt.draw()
plt.savefig('tessstttyyy.png', dpi=100)

And tessstttyyy.png is blank (also tried with .jpg)

Calling savefig before show() worked for me.

fig ,ax = plt.subplots(figsize = (4,4))
sns.barplot(x='sex', y='tip', color='g', ax=ax,data=tips)
sns.barplot(x='sex', y='tip', color='b', ax=ax,data=tips)
ax.legend(['Male','Female'], facecolor='w')

plt.savefig('figure.png')
plt.show()

let's me give a more detail example:

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


def draw_result(lst_iter, lst_loss, lst_acc, title):
    plt.plot(lst_iter, lst_loss, '-b', label='loss')
    plt.plot(lst_iter, lst_acc, '-r', label='accuracy')

    plt.xlabel("n iteration")
    plt.legend(loc='upper left')
    plt.title(title)
    plt.savefig(title+".png")  # should before plt.show method

    plt.show()


def test_draw():
    lst_iter = range(100)
    lst_loss = [0.01 * i + 0.01 * i ** 2 for i in xrange(100)]
    # lst_loss = np.random.randn(1, 100).reshape((100, ))
    lst_acc = [0.01 * i - 0.01 * i ** 2 for i in xrange(100)]
    # lst_acc = np.random.randn(1, 100).reshape((100, ))
    draw_result(lst_iter, lst_loss, lst_acc, "sgd_method")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    test_draw()

plt.show() should come after plt.savefig()

Explanation: plt.show() clears the whole thing, so anything afterwards will happen on a new empty figure

Call plt.show() after plt.savefig(fig) and your problem should be solved.

change the order of the functions fixed the problem for me:

• first Save the plot
• then Show the plot

as following:

plt.savefig('heatmap.png')

plt.show()