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 library.

However, I am would rather restrict my usage of external libraries to scipy, numpy and matplotlib libraries. Thus, using imageio or scikit image is not a good option for me.

Are there any methods in python or scipy, numpy or matplotlib to read images, which are not being deprecated?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48729915/reading-images-in-python

Answer 1

With matplotlib you can use (as shown in the matplotlib documentation)

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.image as mpimg

img=mpimg.imread('image_name.png')

And plot the image if you want

imgplot = plt.imshow(img)