This example shows how to divide two uint8 arrays.

X = uint8([ 255 0 75; 44 225 100]);
Y = uint8([ 50 50 50; 50 50 50 ]);

Divide each element in X by the corresponding element in Y. Note that fractional values greater than or equal to 0.5 are rounded up to the nearest integer.

Z = imdivide(X,Y)

Z = 2x3 uint8 matrix

   5   0   2
   1   5   2

Divide each element in Y by the corresponding element in X. Note that when dividing by zero, the output is truncated to the range of the integer type.

W = imdivide(Y,X)

W = 2x3 uint8 matrix

     0   255     1
     1     0     1

Read a grayscale image into the workspace.

I = imread('rice.png');

Estimate the background.

background = imopen(I,strel('disk',15));

Divide out the background from the image.

J = imdivide(I,background);

Display the original image and the processed image.

imshow(I)

figure
imshow(J,[])

Read an image into the workspace.

I = imread('rice.png');

Divide each value of the image by a constant factor of 2.

J = imdivide(I,2);

Display the original image and the processed image.

imshow(I)

figure
imshow(J)