imageio

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Imageio is a Python library that provides an easy interface to read and write a wide range of image data, including animated images, volumetric data, and scientific formats. It is cross-platform, runs on Python 3.9+, and is easy to install.

Main website: https://imageio.readthedocs.io/

Release notes: https://github.com/imageio/imageio/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

Example:

.. code-block:: python

>>> import imageio
>>> im = imageio.imread('imageio:astronaut.png')
>>> im.shape  # im is a numpy array
(512, 512, 3)
>>> imageio.imwrite('astronaut-gray.jpg', im[:, :, 0])

See the API Reference <https://imageio.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/index.html>_ or examples <https://imageio.readthedocs.io/en/stable/examples.html>_ for more information.