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

Author

Allan CORNET