How can I convert an RGB image into grayscale in Python?

Question

I\'m trying to use matplotlib to read in an RGB image and convert it to grayscale.

In matlab I use this:

img = rgb2gray(imread(\'image.p         


        

Answer 1

If you're using NumPy/SciPy already you may as well use:

scipy.ndimage.imread(file_name, mode='L')