imread

Read image from graphics file.

📝 Syntax

• A = imread(filename)

• [A, map] = imread(filename)

• [A, map, transparency] = imread(filename)

📥 Input argument

• filename - a row vector characters or scalar string: name of graphics file.

📤 Output argument

• A - Image data: array.

• map - Colormap: m-by-3 matrix.

• transparency - Transparency information: matrix.

📄 Description

imread reads the image data from the given file into a matrix.

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💡 Example

f = figure();
filename = [tempdir, 'ngc6543a.gif'];
websave(filename, 'https://solarviews.com/raw/ds/ngc6543a.gif');
img = imread(filename);
imagesc(img);

🔗 See also

imagesc, imformats.

🕔 History

Version	📄 Description
1.0.0	initial version
1.13.0	pcx, tiff formats added