<!--- Read in the binary image data. This will read the data into a binary object, NOT the ColdFusion image object. ---> <cffile action="READBINARY" file="#ExpandPath( 'lady.jpg' )#" variable="binImage" /> <!--- Read in the image by converting the binary image data to a Base64 encoding. ---> <cfset objImage = ImageReadBase64( ToBase64( binImage ) ) />