imageio 2.2.0

Imageio is a Python library that provides an easy interface to read and write a wide range of image data, including animated images, volumetric data, and scientific formats. It is cross-platform, runs on Python 2.x and 3.x, and is easy to install.

Main website: http://imageio.github.io

Release notes: http://imageio.readthedocs.org/en/latest/releasenotes.html

Example:

>>> import imageio
>>> im = imageio.imread('astronaut.png')
>>> im.shape  # im is a numpy array
(512, 512, 3)
>>> imageio.imwrite('imageio:astronaut-gray.jpg', im[:, :, 0])

See the user API or examples for more information.