Imageio Standard Images#
Imageio provides a number of standard images. These include classic 2D images, as well as animated and volumetric images. To the best of our knowledge, all the listed images are in public domain.
The image names can be loaded by using a special URI,
e.g. imread('imageio:astronaut.png')
.
The images are automatically downloaded (and cached in your appdata
directory).
chelsea.bsdf: The chelsea.png in a BSDF file(for testing)
newtonscradle.gif: Animated GIF of a newton’s cradle
bricks.jpg: A (repeatable) texture of stone bricks
meadow_cube.jpg: A cubemap image of a meadow, e.g. to render a skybox.
wood.jpg: A (repeatable) texture of wooden planks
cockatoo.mp4: Video file of a cockatoo
stent.npz: Volumetric image showing a stented abdominal aorta
astronaut.png: Image of the astronaut Eileen Collins
camera.png: A grayscale image of a photographer
checkerboard.png: Black and white image of a chekerboard
chelsea.png: Image of Stefan’s cat
clock.png: Photo of a clock with motion blur (Stefan van der Walt)
coffee.png: Image of a cup of coffee (Rachel Michetti)
coins.png: Image showing greek coins from Pompeii
horse.png: Image showing the silhouette of a horse (Andreas Preuss)
hubble_deep_field.png: Photograph taken by Hubble telescope (NASA)
immunohistochemistry.png: Immunohistochemical (IHC) staining
moon.png: Image showing a portion of the surface of the moon
page.png: A scanned page of text
text.png: A photograph of handdrawn text
wikkie.png: Image of Almar’s cat
chelsea.zip: The chelsea.png in a zipfile (for testing)