To read an image in Python cv2, we can take the following steps−
- Load an image from a file.
- Display the image in the specified window.
- Wait for a pressed key.
- Destroy all of the HighGUI windows.
Example
import cv2 img = cv2.imread("baseball.png", cv2.IMREAD_COLOR) cv2.imshow("baseball", img) cv2.waitKey(0) cv2.destroyAllWindows()