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Clipping images with patches#
Demo of image that's been clipped by a circular patch.
from PIL import Image
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
import matplotlib.patches as patches
image = Image.open(cbook.get_sample_data("grace_hopper.jpg"))
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()
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