this function reads various types of images

Reads images of type .png, .jpeg, .jpg, .tiff

Usage

readImage(path, ...)

Arguments

path

a character string specifying the path to the saved image

...

further arguments for the readPNG, readJPEG and readTIFF functions

Value

the image in a matrix or array form

Details

This function takes as input a string-path and returns the image in a matrix or array form. Supported types of images are .png, .jpeg, .jpg, .tiff. Extension types similar to .tiff such as .tif, .TIFF, .TIF are also supported

Examples

path = system.file("tmp_images", "1.png", package = "OpenImageR")

image = readImage(path)