Image processing tools
Objectives
- Explain how computers use colormaps to visualize gray-scale images
- Recognize the limitations of the jpg format for scientific imaging
- Demonstrate ability to resize and rotate images
- Describe how adjusting brightness and contrast alters image histograms
Accessing files
See GitHub for instructions on how to download the course material to your local computer.
The source files for this lecture are at <repo>/lectures/image_processing_tools
Other useful material
Core materials
- Lecture videos
Image processing tools
A video explaining colormaps and saving and reading files in different image formats.
A video explaining how to resize and rotate images.
A video explaining how to adjust the brightness and contrast for an image and how these processes modulate the image histograms.