There's a function in the Image Processing Toolbox that I'm not especially fond of: impyramid.... read more >>

I was noodling around recently with a future blog topic (multiresolution pyramids; stay tuned) when I was reminded of a recent addition to MATLAB: the function imtile, introduced in R2018b.... read more >>

An Image Processing Toolbox user recently reported to us good results for using makecform and applycform to convert colors from sRGB to CMYK. Here's the code they used:... read more >>

Today's blog post is dedicated to everyone whose eyes aren't as young as they used to be.... read more >>

Here's an interesting snippet I learned while working on today's blog post: Mathematician Jacob Bernoulli asked for a logarithmic spiral to be engraved on his tombstone. Here's an example of a such a spiral.... read more >>

Have you heard of animated PNG (APNG) files? Are you interested in creating them from MATLAB? They are supposed to be an improvement over GIF for making animations that are viewable in a web browser. (If you have an opinion about this, one way or the other, please share your... read more >>

Today's blog post was inspired by an example written by my friend and Image Processing Toolbox developer, Alex Taylor. A few years back, Alex tinkered with using toolbox algorithms to achieve a pseudo-artistic "posterization" effect, like this: ... read more >>

Today I want to finish up my long-running discussion of Feret diameters. (Previous posts: 29-Sep-2017, 24-Oct-2017, 20-Feb-2018, and 16-Mar-2018.) ... read more >>

What is the shape of a pixel? At various times, I have a pixel as a square (often), a point (sometimes), or a rectangle (occasionally). I recall back in grad school doing some homework where we were treating pixels as hexagons.... read more >>

Last time (if you can remember that long ago), I talked about how to find the maximum Feret diameter of a shape. The Feret diameter, sometimes called the caliper diameter, is illustrated by the diagram below. In a virtual sense, place the object to be measured inside the jaws of a caliper, with the caliper oriented at a specified angle. Close the jaws tightly on the object while maintaining that angle. The distance between the jaws is the Feret diameter at that angle.... read more >>