How to insert image in MatLab
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I want to insert an image at (0,0) on a plot. How would I do this and how can I determine the size? And also do I need to convert the image to a png?
Thanks!
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Jakub Rysanek
on 4 Oct 2016
imread() can import whole bunch of graphical data types, including .jpg and .png. Conversion to .png, as you ask, is not necessary.
img = imread('filename.png');
image(img);
To alter the size/positioning of the image within your figure, you can touch the underlying axes object:
x = 0;
y = 0;
width = 0.5;% measured relative to the figure width
height = 0.5;% measured relative to the figure height
set(gca,'units','normalized','position',[x y width height])
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DGM
on 20 Feb 2023
Edited: DGM
on 20 Feb 2023
There are a lot of views on this vague question, so maybe I should put an answer here that might be more complete.
% some data in a plot
t = linspace(0,pi,100);
y = sin(2*t);
plot(t,y); hold on; grid on
% an image
FG = imread('cameraman.tif');
% i'm going to expand the image to make sure it's RGB
% this avoids issues dealing with colormapped objects in the same axes
if size(FG,3) == 1
FG = repmat(FG,[1 1 3]);
end
% the origin of an image is the NW corner
% so in order for both the plot and image to appear right-side up, flip the image
FG = flipud(FG);
% insert an image in a particular region in the current axes
% this uses image(); similar can be done with imshow()/imagesc()
image(FG,'xdata',[0 pi/4],'ydata',[0 pi/4])
axis equal
To save an image, use imwrite(). To save a screenshot of a figure as an image, use saveas(), exportgraphics(), or a combination of getframe(), frame2im(), and imwrite(). Again, if the image you want to save is already in the workspace, save it using imwrite(), not by taking a screenshot of it.
% save a screenshot of the plot with overlaid image
saveas(gcf,'myplot.png')
% save a copy of the modified foreground image
imwrite(FG,'mycman.png')
Avoid using JPG for anything, especially saving figures.
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