OpenCV imread(filename) fails in debug mode when using release libraries

Question

I have some C++ code and everything was working fine with OpenCV except the function imread(file). It was finding correctly th

Answer 1

Use FORWARD slash (/), instead of a backward slash (). Even in Windows!

Incorrect:

cv::imread("C:\example\1.jpg");

Correct:

cv::imread("C:/example/1.jpg");