Display an image with Python

python matplotlib ipython
FiReTiTi picture FiReTiTi · Feb 9, 2016 · Viewed 407.1k times · Source

I tried to use IPython.display with the following code:

from IPython.display import display, Image
display(Image(filename='MyImage.png'))

I also tried to use matplotlib with the following code:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.image as mpimg
plt.imshow(mpimg.imread('MyImage.png'))

In both cases, nothing is displayed, not even an error message.

Answer

Joe Bathelt picture Joe Bathelt · Feb 9, 2016

If you are using matplotlib and want to show the image in your interactive notebook, try the following:

%pylab inline
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.image as mpimg
img = mpimg.imread('your_image.png')
imgplot = plt.imshow(img)
plt.show()

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