matplotlib 3.5.1

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imread(fname, format=None)
note

This function exists for historical reasons. It is recommended to use :None:None:`PIL.Image.open` instead for loading images.

Parameters

fname : str or file-like

The image file to read: a filename, a URL or a file-like object opened in read-binary mode.

Passing a URL is deprecated. Please open the URL for reading and pass the result to Pillow, e.g. with np.array(PIL.Image.open(urllib.request.urlopen(url))) .

format : str, optional

The image file format assumed for reading the data. The image is loaded as a PNG file if format is set to "png", if fname is a path or opened file with a ".png" extension, or if it is an URL. In all other cases, format is ignored and the format is auto-detected by PIL.Image.open .

Returns

`numpy.array`

The image data. The returned array has shape

  • (M, N) for grayscale images.

  • (M, N, 3) for RGB images.

  • (M, N, 4) for RGBA images.

PNG images are returned as float arrays (0-1). All other formats are returned as int arrays, with a bit depth determined by the file's contents.

Read an image from a file into an array.

Examples

See :

Local connectivity graph

Hover to see nodes names; edges to Self not shown, Caped at 50 nodes.

Using a canvas is more power efficient and can get hundred of nodes ; but does not allow hyperlinks; , arrows or text (beyond on hover)

SVG is more flexible but power hungry; and does not scale well to 50 + nodes.

All aboves nodes referred to, (or are referred from) current nodes; Edges from Self to other have been omitted (or all nodes would be connected to the central node "self" which is not useful). Nodes are colored by the library they belong to, and scaled with the number of references pointing them


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