# OPENCV

Name | loadImage()
Examples |
    import hypermedia.video.*;

    size( 200, 200 );

    OpenCV opencv = new OpenCV( this );
    opencv.loadImage( "niolon.jpg", width, height );   // fit OpenCV image to the PApplet size

    image( opencv.image(), 0, 0 );                     // display OpenCV buffer
    image( loadImage("niolon.jpg"), 0, 0);             // show image source
Description | Load an image from the specified file. Currently the following file formats are supported: Windows bitmaps - BMP, DIB JPEG files - JPEG, JPG, JPE Portable Network Graphics - PNG Portable image format - PBM, PGM, PPM Sun rasters - SR, RAS TIFF files - TIFF, TIF note : this method automatically updates previous memory allocation Currently there is an impressive OpenCV-caused memory leak on Macintosh computers when recalling this method successively. To fix this bug, load the image file from Processing and pass the pixels over using `copy()`.
Syntax | `loadImage(file); loadImage(file, width, height);`
Parameters |
file | String : String : the name of file to be loaded
width | int : the destination image (buffer) width size
height | int : the destination image (buffer) height size
Return | None
Usage | Application
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