Pyplot ability to read 16 bit image (tiff)

[paulvija]

Hi there,

I have tried plotting a 16bit RGB tiff image and all what I got was a pixelated output however works fine with 8bit image.
If there is an alternative or workaround PLEASE forward me to it?
Code:
plt.imshow(tasman.transpose((1, 2, 0)) # for correct order array order, see image attached for error plot.

PS: If raw image is required please let me know.
Thanks,
Vijay Paul

[tacaswell]

We delegate tiff reading to PIL / pillow so if the reading from disk is the problem, try tifffile or libtiff.

Internally, we only have 8bit RGBA buffers so as a quick work around you can down-scaling to 8bit (skimage has tools for changing the gamut).

[paulvija]

Thanks for the pointers tacaswell.