Re: [Matplotlib-users] imread() and binary PNGs

[David Warde-F. <dw...@cs...>]

On 23-Oct-08, at 8:50 AM, Michael Droettboom wrote:

> I'm not aware of that problem.  It should convert any PNG implicitly  
> to our native RGBA format.  Can you provide a PNG file that  
> illustrates the breakage?

Sure; see http://morrislab.med.utoronto.ca/~dwf/bin.png

In [12]: x = imread('bin.png'); imshow(x)

produces a colourful plot that bears no resemblance to the original.

David