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# scipy.misc.imread

`scipy.misc.``imread`(name, flatten=0)

  Read an image from a file as an array.

  Parameters: | name : str or file object The file name or file object to be read. flatten : bool, optional If True, flattens the color layers into a single gray-scale layer.
  Returns: | imread : ndarray The array obtained by reading image from file imfile.

  Notes

  The image is flattened by calling convert(‘F’) on the resulting image object.