Adding haze to image

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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 25 Oct 2016
Edited: Thorsten on 25 Oct 2016
Use rand() to add an offset and a slight amount of noise. ofr a grayscale image, try this:
maxGL = max(grayImage(:));
hazyImage = uint8(double(grayImage) + 240 - maxGL + 10 * rand(size(grayImage)));
figure;
subplot(1, 2, 1);
imshow(grayImage);
subplot(1, 2, 2);
imshow(hazyImage);

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I do not know how I thank you , thank you very much , but this does not work I have research and I need your help please
Well I think it does work but maybe you don't think it's realistic enough. In that case I invite you to look at the Vision Lab at the University of Dayton that does research into fog and haze removal. Perhaps if you know how it's removed you can learn what constitutes realistic haze and you can generate it. See this link University of Dayton Vision Lab.
Again many many thanks my teacher for your answer
my teacher Thorsten May I know why use 240 thank you
I'm not Thorsten but since the 240 was in my code I'll answer anyway. Basically I wanted to brighten the image and add a bit of noise to make it look hazy.
I subtracted maxGL to get the image all negative.
Then I added up to 10 gray levels of noise. So now the gray levels go from large negative up to as much as 10.
Then I added 240 to brighten the image. Whatever the old max was, it will now be at 240. For example it might have been at 130 - doesn't matter - now it will be at 240 so it looks brighter. Then there's still the 10 gray levels of noise on top of that so the image goes to as bright as 250 gray levels. You can change the 240 to be whatever you want, to map the old max brightness to a new level.
Thank you so much my teacher

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Amjad Mushtaq
Amjad Mushtaq on 2 Jun 2022
Edited: Walter Roberson on 19 Sep 2022
image=imread('image2.jpg');
subplot(2,2,1); imshow(image);title('imege');
a=imcomplement(image);
subplot(2,2,2);imshow(a);title('incomplement');
b=imreducehaze(a); % this is hazy filter code
subplot(2,2,3);imshow(b);title('hazy filter');

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Ah, but the question was how to add haze, not how to remove it.

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maxGL = max(grayImage(:));
hazyImage = uint8(double(grayImage) + 240 - maxGL + 10 * rand(size(grayImage)));
figure;
subplot(1, 2, 1);
imshow(grayImage);
subplot(1, 2, 2);
imshow(hazyImage);

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on 25 Oct 2016

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on 19 Sep 2022

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