How do I create an image matrix with a line drawn in it in MATLAB?

Question

I want to plot a line from one well-defined point to another and then turn it into an image matrix to use a Gaussian filter on it for smoothing. For this I use the functions

Answer 1

If you have Computer Vision System toolbox there is a ShapeInserter object available. This can be used to draw lines, circles, rectangles and polygons on the image.

mat = zeros(250,250,'uint8');
shapeInserter = vision.ShapeInserter('Shape', 'Lines', 'BorderColor', 'White');
y = step(shapeInserter, mat, int32([30 60 180 210]));
imshow(y);

http://www.mathworks.com/help/vision/ref/vision.shapeinserterclass.html