iptprefs - Display Image Processing Preferences dialog box
Syntax
iptprefs
Description
iptprefs opens the Image Processing Preferences
dialog box, part of the MATLAB Preferences dialog box. You can
also open this dialog box by selecting Preferences from
the MATLAB Desktop File menu,
and then choosing Image Processing.
The Image Processing Preferences dialog box contains display
preferences for imtool and imshow and
an option for enabling the Intel Integrated Performance Primitives
(Intel IPP) library. Also, you can set all preferences at the
command line with the iptsetpref function.
To see how the options in the dialog box correspond to the commands,
view the following picture.
Image Processing Preferences Dialog Box

The following table details the available preferences and their
syntaxes. Note that preference names are case insensitive and you
can abbreviate them. The default value appears enclosed in braces
({}).
Available Image Processing Preferences
Preference Name | Description |
| 'ImtoolStartWithOverview' | Controls whether the Overview tool opens automatically
when you open an image using the Image Tool (imtool).
Possible values: true— Overview
tool opens when you open an image. {false}—
Overview tool does not open when you open an image. This is the default
behavior. |
'ImtoolInitialMagnification' | Controls the initial magnification of the image displayed
by imtool. Possible values: {'adaptive'} —
Display the entire image. If the image is too large to display on
the screen at 100% magnification, display the image at the largest
magnification that fits on the screen. This is the default. Any
numeric value — Specify the magnification as a percentage.
A magnification of 100% means that there should be one screen pixel
for every image pixel. 'fit' —
Scale the image so that it fits into the window in its entirety. You
can override this preference by specifying the 'InitialMagnification' parameter
when you call imtool. |
'ImshowAxesVisible' | Controls whether imshow displays images
with the axes box and tick labels. Possible values: 'on' —
Include axes box and tick labels. {'off'} —
Do not include axes box and tick labels. |
'ImshowBorder' | Controls whether imshow includes a
border around the image in the figure window. Possible values: {'loose'} —
Include a border between the image and the edges of the figure window,
thus leaving room for axes labels, titles, etc. 'tight' —
Adjust the figure size so that the image entirely fills the figure. Note
There still can be a border if the image is very small, or if
there are other objects besides the image and its axes in the figure. |
You can override this preference by specifying the 'Border' parameter
when you call imshow. |
'ImshowInitialMagnification' | Controls the initial magnification of the image displayed
by imshow. Possible values: Any numeric
value — imshow interprets numeric values
as a percentage. The default value is 100. A magnification
of 100% means that there should be one screen pixel for every image
pixel. 'fit' — Scale the image
so that it fits into the window in its entirety. You
can override this preference by specifying the 'InitialMagnification' parameter
when you call imshow, or by calling the truesize function
manually after displaying the image. |
| 'UseIPPL' | Controls whether some toolbox functions use the Intel IPP
library or not. Possible values: {true}
— Enable use of the Intel IPP library. false —
Disable use of the Intel IPP library. Note: Setting
this preference value clears all loaded MEX-files. |
See Also
imshow | imtool | iptgetpref | iptsetpref
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