io plugin issue (8bits 16bits)

Mon Dec 12 20:28:49 EST 2011

Hi JP

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 6:17 AM, jip <jeanpatrick.pommier at gmail.com> wrote:
> As you can see, displaying a 16 bits image yield a saturated image and the
> orientation is mirrored.
> When a 8 bit png image is loaded the three libs (sio, readmagick mahotas),
> no difference can be seen.

This seems to be a matplotlib bug; I can reproduce it on my machine.
I've filed a PR against matplotlib:

https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/622

Cheers
Stéfan