.. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_pretty_plots_plot_imshow_ext.py: Imshow demo ============ Demoing imshow .. image:: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/pretty_plots/images/sphx_glr_plot_imshow_ext_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: python import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt def f(x, y): return (1 - x / 2 + x ** 5 + y ** 3) * np.exp(-x ** 2 - y ** 2) n = 10 x = np.linspace(-3, 3, 8 * n) y = np.linspace(-3, 3, 6 * n) X, Y = np.meshgrid(x, y) Z = f(X, Y) plt.imshow(Z, interpolation='nearest', cmap='bone', origin='lower') plt.xticks([]) plt.yticks([]) # Add a title and a box around it from matplotlib.patches import FancyBboxPatch ax = plt.gca() ax.add_patch(FancyBboxPatch((-0.05, .87), width=.66, height=.165, clip_on=False, boxstyle="square,pad=0", zorder=3, facecolor='white', alpha=1.0, transform=plt.gca().transAxes)) plt.text(-0.05, 1.02, " Imshow: plt.imshow(...)\n", horizontalalignment='left', verticalalignment='top', size='xx-large', transform=plt.gca().transAxes) plt.text(-0.05, 1.01, "\n\n Display an image to current axes ", horizontalalignment='left', verticalalignment='top', family='Lint McCree Intl BB', size='large', transform=plt.gca().transAxes) plt.show() **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes 0.013 seconds) .. _sphx_glr_download_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_pretty_plots_plot_imshow_ext.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: plot_imshow_ext.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_imshow_ext.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_