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Simple question: Is there any built in function for images that acts similar to imagesc in matlab, i.e. take grayscale image scale it to use full [0,1] range and then use some kind of colorgradient to plot the image?

The one thing I use right now is to first use HistogramTransform to scale to full [0,1] range then obtain image data via ImageData and then use ArrayPlot with appropriate ColorFuntion:

ArrayPlot[image // HistogramTransform // ImageData, ColorFunction -> "TemperatureMap"]

Of course this works just fine, but I am curious if I overlooked some procedure operating directly on images.

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    $\begingroup$ Colorize does what you need? $\endgroup$ – Kuba♦ Aug 15 '13 at 12:50
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    $\begingroup$ imagesc is like ImageAdjust $\endgroup$ – bill s Aug 15 '13 at 13:29
  • $\begingroup$ Ok, thanks guys. For some reason I did not see that Colorize works directly with Images, too. So a combination of Colorize and ImageAdjust should do the job. $\endgroup$ – Wizard Aug 15 '13 at 14:05
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As suggested in the comments ImageAdjust and Colorize is one way to go

img = ImageMultiply[ExampleData[{"TestImage", "Aerial"}], .1]
Colorize[ImageAdjust[img], ColorFunction -> "SunsetColors"]

Another way is to use the ImageApply and transform the colors with ColorData. On this occasion let me point out, that Blend can be used too (it's 4 characters shorter :-)

ImageApply[List @@ Blend["SunsetColors", #] &, ImageAdjust[img]]

Mathematica graphics

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