cvLoadImage: Additional Specifications

Question

I was wondering if there is a way to force an Image to load as 8U. I saw at the OpenCV Documentation that you can specify whether to load an Image as Single or Three Channel, but nothing is mentioned about the Color Depth. Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help!!! :D

Answer 1

The default colour depth for imread() is 8U, and presumably cvLoadImage() is the same. Have you considered using the newer, more user-friendly C++ interface to OpenCV, which uses Mat and imread()?