You can use newer OpenCV python interface (if I'm not mistaken it is available since OpenCV 2.2). It natively uses numpy arrays:
import cv2
im = cv2.imread("abc.tiff")
print(type(im))
result:
<type 'numpy.ndarray'>
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October 20, 2020 - Passing the image data read by PIL.Image.open() to np.array() returns 3D ndarray whose shape is (row (height), column (width), color (channel)). from PIL import Image import numpy as np im = np.array(Image.open('data/src/lena.jpg')) print(type(im)) ...
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You can use newer OpenCV python interface (if I'm not mistaken it is available since OpenCV 2.2). It natively uses numpy arrays:
import cv2
im = cv2.imread("abc.tiff")
print(type(im))
result:
<type 'numpy.ndarray'>
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PIL (Python Imaging Library) and Numpy work well together.
I use the following functions.
from PIL import Image
import numpy as np
def load_image( infilename ) :
img = Image.open( infilename )
img.load()
data = np.asarray( img, dtype="int32" )
return data
def save_image( npdata, outfilename ) :
img = Image.fromarray( np.asarray( np.clip(npdata,0,255), dtype="uint8"), "L" )
img.save( outfilename )
The 'Image.fromarray' is a little ugly because I clip incoming data to [0,255], convert to bytes, then create a grayscale image. I mostly work in gray.
An RGB image would be something like:
out_img = Image.fromarray( ycc_uint8, "RGB" )
out_img.save( "ycc.tif" )
University of Toronto
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CSC411 Reading and Displaying Images using NumPy
Images can be read into numpy, and are stored as multi-dimensional arrays.
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Converting Images to NumPy
Images are often converted to NumPy arrays to leverage efficient numerical computation, which is beneficial for tasks like machine learning and data analysis. from PIL import Image import numpy as np image = Image.open('path_to_image.jpg') image_array = np.array(image)
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How to Convert Images to NumPy Array with tutorial, tkinter, button, overview, canvas, frame, environment set-up, first python program, etc.
SciPy Lecture Notes
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2.6. Image manipulation and processing using Numpy and Scipy โ Scipy lecture notes
Images are arrays: use the whole numpy machinery. ... Open as an array the scikit-image logo (http://scikit-image.org/_static/img/logo.png), or an image that you have on your computer.
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Read Images into NumPy Arrays: Python"s Essential Guide - codepointtech.com
January 18, 2026 - Matplotlib: Best for reading images when your primary goal is to display them within a plot or for very simple, quick reads. Once your image is a NumPy array, the possibilities are endless. Here are a couple of quick examples: You can convert a color image to grayscale by averaging the color channels or using a weighted sum (luminosity method). # Assuming img_array_pillow is an RGB image (height, width, 3) # Simple average method img_gray_avg = img_array_pillow.mean(axis=2).astype(np.uint8) # Or using OpenCV"s conversion (if starting with BGR or want specific conversion) # img_gray_cv = cv2.cvtColor(img_opencv, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) print(f"Shape of Grayscale Image: {img_gray_avg.shape}")
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PythonInformer - Image processing with pillow and NumPy
October 2, 2022 - PIL creates an RGB image by default because the array has 3 colour channels. We will see later that if there are 4 channels an RGBA image is created, and if there is only 1 channel a greyscale image is created. These are defaults, it is possible to use different colour spaces using the fromarray mode parameter, see the PIL documentation. Now let's add some code to create a NumPy image and then save it: import numpy as np from PIL import Image array = np.zeros([100, 200, 3], dtype=np.uint8) array[:,:100] = [255, 128, 0] #Orange left side array[:,100:] = [0, 0, 255] #Blue right side img = Image.fromarray(array) img.save('testrgb.png')
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