How can I convert a lena.bmp image to lena.tif?

Is there any function in MATLAB which convert the image type? If i rename the name of the image manually from "lena.bmp" to "lena.tif" than will it work?

[Stephen23]

The file type is not determined by the file extension (in fact on linux files are not even required to have a file extension). You cannot just change an image file format by changing its file extension. You need to use MATLAB or any reputable image viewer/editor to convert from one format to another.

Answer 1

[CS Researcher]

Read the image in

I = imread(name.bmp);
h = imshow(I);
saveas(h,name,'tif');

In you case name is 'lena'. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

[Stephen23]

The file type is not determined by the file extension (in fact on linux files are not even required to have a file extension). You cannot just change an image file format by changing its file extension. You can use MATLAB:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/imread.html

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/imwrite.html

Or it would likely be much easier to simply use any reputable image viewer/editor, such as MS Paint, or Irfanview.

Answer 3

[Image Analyst]

Use strrep (or fileparts), and imread() and imwrite(). Simply change the filename.

inputFileName = 'C:/whatever folder/lena.bmp'
outputFileName = strrep(inputFileName, '.bmp', '.tif')
theImage = imread(inputFileName);
imwrite(theImage, outputFileName);