OpenCV | Reading an image














































OpenCV | Reading an image



Read an Image


Use the function cv2.imread() to read an image. The image should be in the working directory or a full path of image should be given. 

Second argument is a flag which specifies the way image should be read.
            cv2.IMREAD_COLOR : Loads a color image. Any transparency of image will be neglected. It is the default flag.
            cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE : Loads image in grayscale mode 
            cv2.IMREAD_UNCHANGED : Loads image as such including alpha channel

Note : Instead of these three flags, you can simply pass integers 1, 0 or -1 respectively.

Code :

import numpy as np
import cv2

#Load an color image in grayscale
image = cv2.imread("example.jpg", -1)


 

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