Reading images

There are multiple different sources for your images. Let's look into three of the most popular methods:

  • Reading images from disk
  • Reading images from URL
  • Reading multiple images in a folder

Start by loading the Images package and verifying your current working directory using pwd:

julia> using Imagesjulia> pwd()"/Users/dc/reps/packt-julia"

If pwd does not correspond to your project folder, you have two options:

  • Start Julia from a folder that does correspond
  • Use the cd function to change it

The cd function accepts a single argument—the local path. An example of using the cd function would be as follows:

cd("~/repositories/julia-hands-on") # Unix-like systemscd("C:\\repositories\\julia-hands-on") # Windows users

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