Convert image to a matrix in python

python image-processing numpy python-imaging-library

scipy.misc.imread() will return a Numpy array, which is handy for lots of things.

python image-processing numpy python-imaging-library

Up till now no one told about matplotlib.image:

import matplotlib.image as imgimage = img.imread(file_name)

Now the image would be a 3D numpy array

print image.shape

Would be something like: (317, 504, 3)

python image-processing numpy python-imaging-library

im.load in PIL returns a matrix-like object.

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