[Image-SIG] matlab vs Python for Image Processing applications

[Douglas Bagnall]

TAN TH wrote:

>>>> import Image
>>>> im = Image.open("D:/test.gif")
>>>> print im.format, im.size, im.mode
> GIF (409, 460) P


The "P" is telling you that the image is in palette mode (as all gifs
are), but here you are assuming it is RGB mode:

>>>> r, g, b = im.split()


What you really want is

r, g, b = im.convert("RGB").split()


> which is more suitable software for Image Processing
> applications, Matlab or Python?

It depends what you are doing, what you are used to, and whether you
need to share it (Matlab is unavailable to many people).

Douglas