[OctDev] Re: Feature request: imread matlab compatibility

[Mike P. <mik...@fs...>]

Thus spake Paul Kienzle (pki...@us...):

> On Dec 11, 2003, at 9:55 PM, Andy Adler wrote:
> 
> >1. Is the current imread implementation OK?
> >   ie. are we satisfied with piping stuff through the
> >       imagemagick 'convert'?
> 
> It saves us work if convert is there.  Is it much slower than
> using readjpg or readpng directly?

Using convert is hella slow.. The vast majority of time spent in
training my face recognition program is spent reading in images..

Can't say if the other options would be any better though.

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Mike Perry
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