cv2.imread

• cv2.imread

 

cv2.imread(fileName, flag)

• filename: The path to the image file.
• flag: The flag specifies the way how the image should be read, there are 3 options.

- cv2.IMREAD_COLOR – It specifies to load a color image. Any transparency of image will be neglected, default. Alternatively, we can pass integer value 1.

- cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE – It specifies to load an image in grayscale mode. Alternatively, we can pass integer value 0. 

- cv2.IMREAD_UNCHANGED – It specifies to load an image as such including alpha channel. Alternatively, we can pass integer value -1.

def load_image(path: str) -> np.ndarray:
    cv_img = cv2.imread(path,1).astype('uint8')
    return cv_img