Reading a single image from a local file on Mac

I'm trying to use the "imread" command to read an image from my desktop but It keeps giving me this error: Error using imread>get_full_filename (line 516) File "pothole.png" does not exist.

Error in imread (line 340) fullname = get_full_filename(filename); I'm new to matlab and just want to know how to read a single image to then use image processing tools on it.

Answer 1

[Cam Salzberger]

Hello Emily,

MATLAB looks for files on the MATLAB Search Path. If a file is not on there, or in the current directory, then you'll need to provide an appropriate relative or full file path to the file you would like to operate on.

For a Mac, you can probably use something like:

I = imread('~/Desktop/pothole.png');

When dealing with code files, it is pretty standard to put them somewhere on the search path, if they are to be used as utility functions by lots of other code you write. For data files, it is more common to provide the full file path to the file.

-Cam

[Jan]

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Answer 2

[Devyani Rawat]

c=imread('~/Desktop/flowerimg.jpeg');

[Jan]

What is the difference to the already posted solution:

I = imread('~/Desktop/pothole.png');

?