Issue with reading an image using “cv::imread” function in OpenCv

Question

I have got a problem with some basic OpenCV code. Here is my code:

 cv::Mat src;
 src=imread(\"Calibration.bmp\",0);

 if (src.empty())
  cout << \"Ca         


        

Answer 1

I had this behavior when trying to load an ARGB bitmap image (which I tried to load with color). Converting the bitmap to RGB (24bpp) solved the problem.