imread
Read image from graphics file.
📝Syntax
A = imread(filename)
[A, map] = imread(filename)
[A, map, transparency] = imread(filename)
📥Input Arguments
Parameter Description
filename a row vector characters or scalar string: name of graphics file.
📤Output Arguments
Parameter Description
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.

Format Description
BMP Windows Bitmap
GIF Graphic Interchange Format (optional)
JPG Joint Photographic Experts Group
TIFF Tagged Image File Format
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
PCX PiCture eXchange
PNG Portable Network Graphics
PBM Portable Bitmap
PGM Portable Graymap
PPM Portable Pixmap
XBM X11 Bitmap
XPM X11 Pixmap
💡Examples
f = figure();
filename = [tempdir, 'ngc6543a.gif'];
websave(filename, 'https://solarviews.com/raw/ds/ngc6543a.gif');
img = imread(filename);
imagesc(img);
Example illustration
🔗See Also
imagescimformats
🕔Version History
Version Description
1.0.0 initial version
1.13.0 pcx, tiff formats added
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