scipy.misc.face

scipy.misc.face(gray=False)

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

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

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()