Re: Using a jpg picture for a 2D plot background
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- Subject: [mg99027] Re: Using a jpg picture for a 2D plot background
- From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
- Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:48:04 -0400 (EDT)
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- Reply-to: HPR <read at math.uvm.edu>
Bill wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I would like to use a jpg picture as a background for a 2D plot in Mathematica 6.0.1, on a PC using Win XP.
> I'm not sure if this can be done. If this can be done, can someone please give me the code to do this?
SetDirectory[NotebookDirectory[]] (* set the working directory to the
directory where the notebook lives *)
pic=Import["picture.jpg"] (* import your picture *)
plot = Plot[x + 2 Sin[x], {x, -5 \[Pi], 5 \[Pi]},
PlotStyle -> {Thick, Red}]
ImageCompose[pic, plot]
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Helen Read
University of Vermont