Reading images in python

Question

I am trying to read a png image in python. The imread function in scipy is being deprecated and they recommend using imageio

Answer 1

I read all answers but I think one of the best method is using openCV library.

import cv2

img = cv2.imread('your_image.png',0)

and for displaying the image, use the following code :

from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
plt.imshow(img, cmap = 'gray', interpolation = 'bicubic')
plt.xticks([]), plt.yticks([])  # to hide tick values on X and Y axis
plt.show()

Answer 2

You can also use Pillow like this:

from PIL import Image
image = Image.open("image_path.jpg")
image.show()

Answer 3

If you just want to read an image in Python using the specified libraries only, I will go with matplotlib

In matplotlib :

import matplotlib.image
read_img = matplotlib.image.imread('your_image.png')