How can I decrease a picture's brightness levels in MATLAB?

How can I decrease a picture's brightness levels in MATLAB? For example from 256 (in 8-bit pictu开发者_StackOverflow社区res) to 10?

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I would recommend the following code, which may accomplish what you're looking for more directly:

srcBitDepth = 8;
dstBitDepth = 2;

img = imread('cameraman.tif');
subplot(1,2,1); imshow(img,[]);

img = bitshift(img, dstBitDepth-srcBitDepth);
subplot(1,2,2); imshow(img,[]);

Here's the result:

Notice the bit reduction from an original 8-bit image to a 2-bit image.

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To convert an image from X graylevels into an image with Y graylevels, you can write

modifiedImage = round( double(rawImage)/X * Y);

Then you can convert modifiedImage to the integer format of your choice, e.g. uint8

modifiedImage = uint8(modifiedImage);