Remove padding from matplotlib plotting

Question

I am plotting an image in matplotlib, and it keeps giving me some padding. This is what I have tried:

def field_plot():
    x = [i[0] for i in path]
    y = [i[1] for i in path]
    plt.clf()
    plt.axis([0, 560, 0, 820])
    im = plt.imread('field.jpg')
    field = plt.imshow(im)
    for i in range(len(r)):
        plt.plot(r[i][0],r[i][1],c=(rgb_number(speeds[i]),0,1-rgb_number(speeds[i])),linewidth=1)
    plt.axis('off')
    plt.savefig( IMG_DIR + 'match.png',bbox_inches='tight', transparent="True")
    plt.clf()

Answer 1

Just add plt.tight_layout() before plt.savefig() !!

plt.figure(figsize=(16, 10))

# ... Doing Something ...

plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig('wethers.png')
plt.show()

Answer 2

Try using pad_inches=0, i.e.

plt.savefig( IMG_DIR + 'match.png',bbox_inches='tight', transparent="True", pad_inches=0)

From the documentation:

pad_inches: Amount of padding around the figure when bbox_inches is ‘tight’.

I think the default is pad_inches=0.1