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scipy.misc.imread

scipy.misc.imread(name, flatten=0)

Read an image file from a filename.

Parameters :

name : str

The file name to be read.

flatten : bool, optional

If True, flattens the color layers into a single gray-scale layer.

Returns :

imread : ndarray

The array obtained by reading image from file name.

Notes

The image is flattened by calling convert(‘F’) on the resulting image object.