["python","image","opencv","numpy"]
how to convert an RGB image to numpy array?

I have an RGB image. I want to convert it to numpy array. I did the following im = cv.LoadImage("abc.tiff") a = numpy.asarray(im) It creates an array with no shape. I assume it is a iplimage object.
You can use newer OpenCV python interface (if I'm not mistaken it is available since OpenCV 2.2). It natively uses numpy arrays: import cv2 im = cv2.imread("abc.tiff",mode='RGB') print(type(im)) result: <type 'numpy.ndarray'>