openpiv.tools.imread¶

openpiv.tools.imread(filename, flatten=0)[source]¶

Read an image file into a numpy array using imageio imread

Parameters:	filename (string) – the absolute path of the image file flatten (bool) – True if the image is RGB color or False (default) if greyscale
Returns:	frame – a numpy array with grey levels
Return type:	np.ndarray

Examples

>>> image = openpiv.tools.imread( 'image.bmp' )
>>> print image.shape
    (1280, 1024)