Cannot import scipy.misc.imread

Question

I\'ve seen this problem before with other people, but haven\'t found a fix.

All I\'m trying to do is:

from scipy.misc import imread

and

Answer 1

Expanding on user_3pij's answer

If you want to work with a scipy version that is higher than 1.3.0 then, as instructed in the scipy's documentation of the imread function, we can use the imageio module instead.

To successfully use the imageio imread function in a way that replicates the functionality of scipy's imread you can follow the instructions described here (disclaimer: I haven't tried it myself yet)