在二维图像中混合透明和颜色
混合透明与颜色，以突出显示部分数据与显示。
matplotlib.pyplot.imshow()的一个常见用途是绘制二维统计图。虽然imshow可以很容易地将二维矩阵可视化为图像，但它并不容易让您为输出添加透明度。例如，可以绘制统计量（例如t统计量）并根据其p值为每个像素的透明度着色。此示例演示如何使用matplotlib.colors.Normalize实现此效果。 请注意，无法直接将alpha值传递给matplotlib.pyplot.imshow()。
首先我们将生成一些数据，在这种情况下，我们将在二维网格中创建两个2维“blob”。一个blob是正面的，另一个是负面的。
# sphinx_gallery_thumbnail_number = 3
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.colors import Normalize
def normal_pdf(x, mean, var):
return np.exp(-(x - mean)**2 / (2*var))
# Generate the space in which the blobs will live
xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax = (0, 100, 0, 100)
n_bins = 100
xx = np.linspace(xmin, xmax, n_bins)
yy = np.linspace(ymin, ymax, n_bins)
# Generate the blobs. The range of the values is roughly -.0002 to .0002
means_high = [20, 50]
means_low = [50, 60]
var = [150, 200]
gauss_x_high = normal_pdf(xx, means_high[0], var[0])
gauss_y_high = normal_pdf(yy, means_high[1], var[0])
gauss_x_low = normal_pdf(xx, means_low[0], var[1])
gauss_y_low = normal_pdf(yy, means_low[1], var[1])
weights_high = np.array(np.meshgrid(gauss_x_high, gauss_y_high)).prod(0)
weights_low = -1 * np.array(np.meshgrid(gauss_x_low, gauss_y_low)).prod(0)
weights = weights_high + weights_low
# We'll also create a grey background into which the pixels will fade
greys = np.empty(weights.shape + (3,), dtype=np.uint8)
greys.fill(70)
# First we'll plot these blobs using only ``imshow``.
vmax = np.abs(weights).max()
vmin = -vmax
cmap = plt.cm.RdYlBu
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.imshow(greys)
ax.imshow(weights, extent=(xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax), cmap=cmap)
ax.set_axis_off()
混合透明度
在使用matplotlib.pyplot.imshow()绘制数据时，包含透明度的最简单方法是将二维数据数组转换为RGBA值的三维图像数组。这可以用matplotlib.colors.Normalize来实现。例如，我们将创建一个从左向右移动的渐变。
# Create an alpha channel of linearly increasing values moving to the right.
alphas = np.ones(weights.shape)
alphas[:, 30:] = np.linspace(1, 0, 70)
# Normalize the colors b/w 0 and 1, we'll then pass an MxNx4 array to imshow
colors = Normalize(vmin, vmax, clip=True)(weights)
colors = cmap(colors)
# Now set the alpha channel to the one we created above
colors[..., -1] = alphas
# Create the figure and image
# Note that the absolute values may be slightly different
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.imshow(greys)
ax.imshow(colors, extent=(xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax))
ax.set_axis_off()
使用透明度高亮显示高振幅值
最后，我们将重新创建相同的图，但是这一次我们将使用透明来突出显示数据中的极端值。这通常用于突出显示具有较小p值的数据点。我们还将添加等高线，以突出显示图像值。评星
# Create an alpha channel based on weight values
# Any value whose absolute value is > .0001 will have zero transparency
alphas = Normalize(0, .3, clip=True)(np.abs(weights))
alphas = np.clip(alphas, .4, 1) # alpha value clipped at the bottom at .4
# Normalize the colors b/w 0 and 1, we'll then pass an MxNx4 array to imshow
colors = Normalize(vmin, vmax)(weights)
colors = cmap(colors)
# Now set the alpha channel to the one we created above
colors[..., -1] = alphas
# Create the figure and image
# Note that the absolute values may be slightly different
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.imshow(greys)
ax.imshow(colors, extent=(xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax))
# Add contour lines to further highlight different levels.
ax.contour(weights[::-1], levels=[-.1, .1], colors='k', linestyles='-')
ax.set_axis_off()
plt.show()
ax.contour(weights[::-1], levels=[-.0001, .0001], colors='k', linestyles='-')
ax.set_axis_off()
plt.show()
参考
本例中显示了以下函数、方法和类的使用：
import matplotlib
matplotlib.axes.Axes.imshow
matplotlib.pyplot.imshow
matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour
matplotlib.pyplot.contour
matplotlib.colors.Normalize
matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_axis_off