.. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_images_contours_and_fields_image_clip_path.py: ============================ Clipping images with patches ============================ Demo of image that's been clipped by a circular patch. .. image:: /gallery/images_contours_and_fields/images/sphx_glr_image_clip_path_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: python import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.patches as patches import matplotlib.cbook as cbook with cbook.get_sample_data('grace_hopper.png') as image_file: image = plt.imread(image_file) fig, ax = plt.subplots() im = ax.imshow(image) patch = patches.Circle((260, 200), radius=200, transform=ax.transData) im.set_clip_path(patch) ax.axis('off') plt.show() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_images_contours_and_fields_image_clip_path.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: image_clip_path.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: image_clip_path.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_