Getting error - 'could not find a writer'while giving imshow, imwrite command opencv

Question

I am a beginner at opencv and python. I have just installed opencv2.4.9 and enthought canopy-32bit. I am getting error for the following:

import cv2
image =          


        

Answer 1

You need to make sure you have the image type within the string you give to the imwrite(). imwrite() dose not have a default method to save, thus it is required within the name you give to it. instead of : cv2.imwrite('Mypic',image) you need to write :

cv2.imwrite('Mypic.The_format_you_want_to_save',image)

As an example:

cv2.imwrite('Mypic.jpg',image)