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

[Joao S. O. Bueno]

On Monday 11 February 2008, Douglas Bagnall wrote:
> 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).
>
And actually,a sbeyond PIL there is SciPY  - a bundle of scientific 
modules for python which agregates most matlab functions and much 
more to pythojn, I hardle would see matlab as a better option in ay 
case.
http://www.scipy.org/ -

	js
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> Douglas
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