importImage: Import an Image File

In biopixR: Extracting Insights from Biological Images

Import an Image File

Description

This function is a wrapper to the load.image and image_read functions, and imports an image file and returns the image as a 'cimg' object. The following file formats are supported: TIFF, PNG, JPG/JPEG, and BMP. In the event that the image in question contains an alpha channel, that channel is omitted.

Usage

importImage(path2file)

Arguments

path2file

path to file

Value

An image of class 'cimg'.

Examples

path2img <- system.file("images/beads_large1.bmp", package = 'biopixR')
img <- importImage(path2img)
img |> plot()

path2img <- system.file("images/beads_large2.png", package = 'biopixR')
img <- importImage(path2img)
img |> plot()

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