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matplotlib.pyplot.figimage

matplotlib.pyplot.figimage(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Add a non-resampled image to the figure.

The image is attached to the lower or upper left corner depending on origin.

Parameters:
X

The image data. This is an array of one of the following shapes:

  • MxN: luminance (grayscale) values
  • MxNx3: RGB values
  • MxNx4: RGBA values
xo, yo : int

The x/y image offset in pixels.

alpha : None or float

The alpha blending value.

norm : matplotlib.colors.Normalize

A Normalize instance to map the luminance to the interval [0, 1].

cmap : str or matplotlib.colors.Colormap

The colormap to use. Default: rcParams["image.cmap"].

vmin, vmax : scalar

If norm is not given, these values set the data limits for the colormap.

origin : {'upper', 'lower'}

Indicates where the [0, 0] index of the array is in the upper left or lower left corner of the axes. Defaults to rcParams["image.origin"].

resize : bool

If True, resize the figure to match the given image size.

Returns:
:class:`matplotlib.image.FigureImage`
Other Parameters:
**kwargs

Additional kwargs are Artist kwargs passed on to FigureImage.

Notes

figimage complements the axes image (imshow()) which will be resampled to fit the current axes. If you want a resampled image to fill the entire figure, you can define an Axes with extent [0,0,1,1].

Examples:

f = plt.figure()
nx = int(f.get_figwidth() * f.dpi)
ny = int(f.get_figheight() * f.dpi)
data = np.random.random((ny, nx))
f.figimage(data)
plt.show()

Examples using matplotlib.pyplot.figimage