image() function is overwriting old image?

I have a code that goes as follows:

image(uint8(original))
<commands to manipulate image>
image(new)

The problem here is that I want to be able to display the original image (line 1) and the new image (line 3) in two different windows. It currently overwrites the original image with the new one. How can I get it to display the new image in a separate window?

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

Use

imshow(im1)
figure
imshow(im2)

[Anna]

Using the imshow command seems to remove the axes which I need. Can I use just the 'figure' command to view both?

[Image Analyst]

The second chunk of code in my answer shows how to do that.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

Anna, There are a variety of ways. You could use GUIDE and place two axes on there and then so

axes(handles.axes1);
image(originalImage);
axes(handles.axes2);
image(secondImage);

Or you could do it in a new figure with only those two axes on them (both on one figure):

figure; % Create new blank figure
subplot(1,2,1);
image(originalImage);
subplot(1,2,2);
image(secondImage);

Or you could have two separate figures like Azzi showed you. It just depends on how you want it to appear, really.