.. _example_cluster_plot_face_compress.py:


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Vector Quantization Example
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Face, a 1024 x 768 size image of a raccoon face,
is used here to illustrate how `k`-means is
used for vector quantization.




.. rst-class:: horizontal


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      .. image:: images/plot_face_compress_001.png
            :scale: 47

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      .. image:: images/plot_face_compress_002.png
            :scale: 47

    *

      .. image:: images/plot_face_compress_003.png
            :scale: 47

    *

      .. image:: images/plot_face_compress_004.png
            :scale: 47




**Python source code:** :download:`plot_face_compress.py <plot_face_compress.py>`

.. literalinclude:: plot_face_compress.py
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**Total running time of the example:**  9.29 seconds
( 0 minutes  9.29 seconds)