Magnitude not showing up

Hey everyone, I found this code on a website and a simplified version is:
%2D FFT Demo
close all;
clear all;
%Import images
imageA = imread('greekchurch.jpg');
%Display images
figure, imshow(imageA)
title('Image A - Greek Church')
%Perform 2D FFTs
fftA = fft2(double(imageA));
%Display magnitude and phase of 2D FFTs
figure, imshow(abs(fftshift(fftA)),[24 100000]), colormap gray
title('Image A FFT2 Magnitude')
When I run it, the image output is white. Anyone know whats wrong?

 Accepted Answer

Try
imshow(abs(fftshift(fftA)),[]);
Or, to compress the scale,
imshow(log(abs(fftshift(fftA))), []);

3 Comments

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, neither of the above worked. This is very strange...
Your DC component is probably so huge you don't see it. Try this code and see a working version:
clc; % Clear the command window.
close all; % Close all figures (except those of imtool.)
imtool close all; % Close all imtool figures.
clear; % Erase all existing variables.
workspace; % Make sure the workspace panel is showing.
format longg;
format compact;
fontSize = 20;
%2D FFT Demo
%Import images
myImage = imread('cameraman.tif');
[rows columns numberOfColorChannels] = size(myImage)
if numberOfColorChannels > 1
myImage = rgb2gray(myImage);
end
%Display images
subplot(2, 2, 1);
imshow(myImage)
title('Original Gray Scale Image', 'FontSize', fontSize)
%Perform 2D FFTs
fftA = fft2(double(myImage));
shiftedFFT = fftshift(fftA);
subplot(2, 2, 2);
imshow(real(shiftedFFT));
title('Real Part of Spectrum', 'FontSize', fontSize)
subplot(2, 2, 3);
imshow(imag(shiftedFFT));
title('Imaginary Part of Spectrum', 'FontSize', fontSize)
%Display magnitude and phase of 2D FFTs
subplot(2, 2, 4);
imshow(log(abs(shiftedFFT)),[]);
colormap gray
title('Image A FFT2 Magnitude');
title('Log Magnitude of Spectrum', 'FontSize', fontSize)
% Enlarge figure to full screen.
set(gcf, 'units','normalized','outerposition',[0 0 1 1]);
Perfect. Thanks so much!

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Yusef
Yusef on 14 May 2013
Edited: Yusef on 14 May 2013
I had the same problem, just need
I=imread('image.bmp');
I = rgb2gray(I);
fftA = fft2(double(I));

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