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Find number of channels in your image
"""
num_channels.py
Find number of channels in your image.
Author: liuhh02 https://machinelearningtutorials.weebly.com/
"""
from PIL import Image
import numpy as np
# name of your image file
filename = './directory/to/image/file/image.tif'
# open image using PIL
img = Image.open(filename)
# convert to numpy array
img = np.array(img)
# find number of channels
if img.ndim == 2:
channels = 1
print("image has 1 channel")
else:
channels = image.shape[-1]
print("image has", channels, "channels")
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pradoz commented Jul 28, 2022

@hchen98 thanks!

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vmirea commented Dec 21, 2022

I needed to change the image to img = cv2.imread(filename) because the img in your code has no attribute ndim

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