scipy.misc.face#

scipy.misc.face(gray=False)[source]#

Get a 1024 x 768, color image of a raccoon face.

raccoon-procyon-lotor.jpg at http://www.public-domain-image.com

Deprecated since version 1.10.0: face has been deprecated from scipy.misc.face in SciPy 1.10.0 and it will be completely removed in SciPy 1.12.0. Dataset methods have moved into the scipy.datasets module. Use scipy.datasets.face instead.

Parameters:

graybool, optional: If True return 8-bit grey-scale image, otherwise return a color image

Returns:

facendarray: image of a racoon face

Examples

>>> import scipy.misc
>>> face = scipy.misc.face()
>>> face.shape
(768, 1024, 3)
>>> face.max()
255
>>> face.dtype
dtype('uint8')

>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> plt.gray()
>>> plt.imshow(face)
>>> plt.show()