image-slide 1.0.1
An interactive image viewer for multidimensional numpy arrays
License: MIT
Requires Python: >=3.8
Keywords: image, viewer, numpy, matplotlib, scientific, visualization

# image-slide

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A comprehensive Python image viewer for multidimensional numpy arrays with interactive controls for navigation, contrast adjustment, and complex data visualization.

![image-slide Demo](https://via.placeholder.com/800x400?text=image-slide+Demo)

## Features

### Core Functionality
- **Multi-dimensional array support**: View numpy arrays of arbitrary dimensions and shapes
- **Image navigation**: Slider-based navigation through image stacks
- **Complex array support**: Display magnitude, phase, real, or imaginary parts
- **Interactive controls**: Contrast, brightness, and colormap adjustment
- **Keyboard shortcuts**: Fast navigation with arrow keys
- **Professional interface**: Compact layout with all controls accessible

### Display Controls
- **Contrast adjustment**: 0.1x to 3.0x multiplication
- **Brightness adjustment**: -1.0 to +1.0 offset
- **Colormap selection**: 11 built-in colormaps (gray, viridis, plasma, etc.)
- **Auto-contrast**: Automatic contrast adjustment based on percentiles
- **Reset function**: Restore all settings to defaults

### Navigation
- **Mouse**: Use the slider to navigate between images
- **Keyboard shortcuts**:
  - `←/→`: Previous/next image
  - `Page Up/Down`: Jump by 10 images
  - `Home/End`: Go to first/last image

## Installation

### From PyPI (when published)
```bash
pip install image-slide
```

### From Source
```bash
git clone https://github.com/GyroTools/image-slide.git
cd image-slide
pip install -e .
```

### Dependencies
- Python 3.8+
- numpy >= 1.19.0
- matplotlib >= 3.3.0

## Quick Start

### Basic Usage

```python
import numpy as np
from image_slide import ImageSlideViewer

# Create or load your numpy array of arbitrary shape
image_stack = np.random.random((10, 100, 100))

# Create and run viewer
viewer = ImageSlideViewer(image_stack, "My Images")
viewer.run()
```

### Convenience Function

```python
from image_slide import image_slide

# Even simpler - direct function call
image_slide(image_stack, "My Images")
```

### Complex Arrays

```python
# Complex array example
n_images, height, width = 5, 100, 100
complex_stack = np.random.random((n_images, height, width)) + 1j * np.random.random((n_images, height, width))

viewer = ImageSlideViewer(complex_stack, "Complex Data")
viewer.run()
```

### Loading from Files

```python
# Load from numpy file
data = np.load('your_data.npy')
image_slide(data, "Loaded Data")

# Load multiple images into stack
import glob
from PIL import Image

files = glob.glob("*.png")
images = [np.array(Image.open(f)) for f in files]
image_stack = np.array(images)
image_slide(image_stack, "Image Stack")
```

## Input Requirements

### Data Types
- **Real arrays**: Any numeric numpy dtype (int, float, etc.)
- **Complex arrays**: `complex64`, `complex128` with magnitude/phase/real/imaginary display options
- **Normalized**: Data is automatically normalized for display

## Advanced Usage

### Complex Array Display Modes

When working with complex arrays, you can choose what to display:

1. **Magnitude**: `|z|` - Shows the amplitude
2. **Phase**: `arg(z)` - Shows the phase angle  
3. **Real**: `Re(z)` - Shows the real part
4. **Imaginary**: `Im(z)` - Shows the imaginary part

### Programmatic Control

```python
# Create viewer but don't show immediately
viewer = ImageSlideViewer(image_stack, "My Images")

# Set initial display parameters
viewer.contrast = 1.5
viewer.brightness = 0.2
viewer.current_complex_display = "phase"  # for complex arrays

# Update display and show
viewer.update_display()
viewer.run()
```

### Keyboard Shortcuts Reference

| Key | Action |
|-----|--------|
| `←` | Previous image |
| `→` | Next image |
| `Page Up` | Jump back 10 images |
| `Page Down` | Jump forward 10 images |
| `Home` | Go to first image |
| `End` | Go to last image |

## Interface Components

- **Top Controls**: Contrast, brightness, colormap, and action buttons arranged horizontally
- **Image Display**: Central area with no borders, maximum space utilization
- **Bottom Navigation**: Image slider and index display
- **Status Bar**: Min/max values and data type information

## Examples

### Scientific Data Visualization

```python
import numpy as np
from image_slide import image_slide

# Simulate time series data
t = np.linspace(0, 4*np.pi, 50)
x, y = np.meshgrid(np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, 100), np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, 100))
time_series = np.array([np.sin(x + t[i]) * np.cos(y + t[i]) for i in range(len(t))])

image_slide(time_series, "Time Series Visualization")
```

### Medical Imaging

```python
# Simulate medical image stack (e.g., CT slices)
slices = np.random.random((30, 256, 256))
# Add some structure
for i, slice_img in enumerate(slices):
    slices[i] = gaussian_filter(slice_img, sigma=2)

image_slide(slices, "Medical Image Stack")
```

### Fourier Transform Analysis

```python
# Create test pattern and its FFT
pattern = np.sin(2*np.pi*x*3) * np.cos(2*np.pi*y*2)
fft_data = np.fft.fftshift(np.fft.fft2(pattern))

# Stack original and FFT for comparison
combined = np.array([pattern, np.abs(fft_data), np.angle(fft_data)])
image_slide(combined, "FFT Analysis")
```

## Command Line Usage

The package is designed to be used as a Python library. Import and use the viewer in your Python scripts as shown in the examples above.

## Development

### Setting up Development Environment

```bash
git clone https://github.com/GyroTools/image-slide.git
cd image-slide
pip install -e ".[dev]"
```

### Running Tests

```bash
pytest
```

### Code Formatting

```bash
black image_slide/
```

## Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature`)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -m 'Add amazing feature'`)
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin feature/amazing-feature`)
5. Open a Pull Request

## License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.

## Changelog

### Version 1.0.0
- Initial release
- Basic image navigation and display
- Complex array support
- Contrast and brightness controls
- Multiple colormap options
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Professional compact interface

## Acknowledgments

- Built with [matplotlib](https://matplotlib.org/) for image display
- Uses [tkinter](https://docs.python.org/3/library/tkinter.html) for GUI
- Inspired by scientific image analysis workflows

## Support

- Create an [issue](https://github.com/GyroTools/image-slide/issues) for bug reports
- Start a [discussion](https://github.com/GyroTools/image-slide/discussions) for questions
- Check the [documentation](https://github.com/GyroTools/image-slide#readme) for usage examples