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Demo of image that's been clipped by a circular patch.
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Clipping images with patches
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Demo of image that's been clipped by a circular patch.
"""
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()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/build/matplotlib-mO9dyQ/matplotlib-3.1.2/examples/images_contours_and_fields/image_clip_path.py", line 1
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^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
The use of the following functions and methods is shown in this example:
import matplotlib
matplotlib.axes.Axes.imshow
matplotlib.pyplot.imshow
matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_clip_path
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