imshow

Display image.

Syntax

  • imshow(filename)

  • imshow(img)

  • imshow(RGB)

  • imshow(img, [low high])

  • imshow(img, [])

  • imshow(img, map)

  • imshow(..., propertyName, propertyValue)

  • go = imshow(...)

Input argument

  • filename - row vector character: file name of the image to display.

  • img - grayscale image: matrix.

  • RGB - truecolor image: m-by-n-by-3 array.

  • [low high] - grayscale image display range.

  • map - colormap: c-by-3 matrix.

  • propertyName - a scalar string or row vector character (for compatibility).

  • propertyValue - a value (for compatibility).

Output argument

  • go - a graphics object: image type.

Description

imshow(img) displays the image im.

Example

f = figure();
filename = [tempdir, 'apollo_8_earthrise_1968_as08-14-2383.jpg'];
websave(filename, 'https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/apollo_8_earthrise_1968_as08-14-2383.jpg');
h = imshow(filename)

See also

imread, image, imagesc, colormap.

History

Version
Description

1.0.0

initial version

Author

Allan CORNET

Last updated