Memory Error When Converting to LAB Color Space.

[Michael Alonge]

That did the trick! Thanks so much for the help everyone.

On Thursday, October 2, 2014 10:17:57 AM UTC-7, Michael Alonge wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This is my first post in this forum. Thank you in advance for any and all 
> help.
>
> I have an image that when initially loaded in RGB yields a memory error 
> when converted to LAB via color.rgb2lab(image). I get the following error:
>
> >>> lab_image = color.rgb2lab(image)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
>     lab_image = color.rgb2lab(image)
>   File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\skimage\color\colorconv.py", line 
> 801, in rgb2lab
>     return xyz2lab(rgb2xyz(rgb))
>   File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\skimage\color\colorconv.py", line 
> 523, in rgb2xyz
>     arr = _prepare_colorarray(rgb).copy()
> MemoryError
>
> The picture itself has the following specs:
>
>     File Type: .PNG
>
>     File size: 20 MB
>
>     Resolution: 72 ppi
>
>     image.shape = (5184, 3456, 3)
>
> I am working on a windows 7 machine with python 3.3.4.
>
> I am an intermediate python programmer, and have no idea where to start 
> when it comes to memory allocation. Any and all help is appreciated,
>
> Thank you,
>
> Michael Alonge
>
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