ImageAdjust
ImageAdjust [image]
adjusts the levels in image, rescaling them to cover the range 0 to 1.
ImageAdjust [image,corr]
adjusts the image according to the correction specification corr.
ImageAdjust [image,corr,{inmin,inmax}]
first rescales so that the range of input values inmin to inmax is mapped to 0 to 1.
ImageAdjust [image,corr,{inmin,inmax},{outmin,outmax}]
rescales so that the range of input values inmin to inmax is mapped to outmin to outmax.
Details
- ImageAdjust can be used for adjusting pixel values so that more of the image content is in the visible range or to correct for bad illumination or contrast.
- ImageAdjust works with arbitrary 2D and 3D images.
- Correction corr for contrast, brightness and gamma correction can take any of the following settings:
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c adjusts the image contrast by c{c,b} also adjusts the image brightness by b{c,b,γ} also performs a gamma correction by raising the values to the power of γ
- The correction transformation applied to every pixel value x is , rounded or clipped to the image type, if necessary.
- Zero adjustment corresponds to {0,0,1} correction.
- When rescaled values lie outside the range outmin to outmax, they are clipped.
- All correction and range parameters can be given as lists to specify different treatment for different channels in the image. »
- Range parameters can be set to Automatic to indicate the minimum or maximum of the values that occur in the image.
- When applied to color images, ImageAdjust always returns an RGB image.
Examples
open allclose allBasic Examples (2)
Auto adjust values of a color image:
Adjust the brightness of a color image:
Scope (9)
Data (3)
Adjust the brightness of a 2D grayscale image:
Perform a gamma correction on a color image:
Auto-adjust a 3D image:
Contrast (2)
Increase the contrast of an image:
Decrease the contrast:
Increase the contrast in the blue channel only:
Brightness (1)
Increase the brightness of an image:
Make an image darker:
Increase the contrast and brightness of an image:
Gamma (1)
Adjust a color image using different gamma values:
Scaling (2)
Adjust the input range:
Adjust the input range using channel-specific settings:
Applications (7)
Create a high-contrast image:
Use gamma values in the range 0<γ<1 to see more details in dark areas of an image:
Use values γ>1 to see more details in a washed-out image:
Adjust to see relative distances returned by DistanceTransform :
Adjust to see out-of-range values returned by LaplacianGaussianFilter :
Symmetrically adjust the result of a Laplacian filter:
Use the maximum range in each channel:
Compare with the default adjustment:
Adjust the brightness of a region of interest in an image:
Create a mask:
Enhance the image:
Adjust very small values in a 3D image:
Properties & Relations (5)
For grayscale images, ImageAdjust [Image [data]] is equivalent to Image [Rescale [data]]:
ImageAdjust [image] is equivalent to ImageAdjust [image,{0,0,1},{min,max},{0,1}], where {min,max} are the channel-wise pixel ranges in image:
ImageAdjust [image,-2] is equivalent to ColorNegate [image]:
ImageAdjust [image,-1] returns a constant image:
Image contrast increases as contrast value c is varied from -1 to ∞:
ImageAdjust [image,{c,b,γ}] is equivalent to ImageApply [Clip [(b+1)(c+1)#γ-c/2,{0,1}]&,image]:
When scaling is specified, it is applied before the other corrections:
The image is not changed if the input and the output range are identical:
View the pixel transformation function and its effect on the example image and its histogram as the contrast, brightness and gamma parameters are changed:
Possible Issues (2)
Noise may get amplified for images with small color variation:
ImageAdjust may introduce new colors, as all channels are scaled independently:
Perform a global adjustment:
Tech Notes
History
Introduced in 2008 (7.0) | Updated in 2012 (9.0) ▪ 2019 (12.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (2008), ImageAdjust, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageAdjust.html (updated 2019).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2008. "ImageAdjust." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2019. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageAdjust.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2008). ImageAdjust. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageAdjust.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_imageadjust, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ImageAdjust}", year="2019", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageAdjust.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-April-2025 ]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_imageadjust, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ImageAdjust}, year={2019}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageAdjust.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-April-2025 ]}