MATLAB: How is image downsized when “Image is too big to fit on screen”

Image Processing Toolboximshow

When displaying an image in imshow, I get the error that "Image is too big to fit on screen; displaying at 67%" and I notice Moire patterns in the resulting image. I'd like to know how the image is downsized to display at reduced size. Is it subsampled, or something else?

Best Answer

Nearest-neighbor interpolation.
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