Creating & Importing Images

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Images from a variety of sources such as data, files, or cameras are easily accessible through powerful capabilities built into the Wolfram Language, which can be used both interactively and through programs.

Import Images

Copy, Drag/Drop copy and paste an image directly into a notebook

Import programmatically import any standard format (TIFF, PNG, JPEG, DICOM, ...)

Thumbnail import a thumbnail of an image file or URL

Create Images

Image, Image3D create an image from an array of data

AnimatedImage create an animated image from a list of images

Rasterize  ▪  RegionImage  ▪  ReliefImage  ▪  $ImageResolution

ImageSynthesize generate an image from a textual prompt

Built-in Data & Connected Services »

ExampleData access to sample 2D and 3D images

ResourceData  ▪  WikipediaData  ▪  GeoImage

Entity  ▪  EntityValue  ▪  EntityProperties  ▪  ...

ServiceExecute retrieve images from external services ("Flickr", "OpenAI", ...)

Web Images

WebImageSearch search for images on the web

WebImage capture an image of a webpage

Parametric Image Generation

RandomImage create an image from a symbolic distribution

BarcodeImage create a one- or two-dimensional barcode image

ConstantImage  ▪  LinearGradientImage  ▪  RadialGradientImage

Live Capture »

CurrentImage capture an image or video in real time from a camera or other device

ImageCapture open a graphical user interface for capturing images

$ImagingDevices  ▪  $DefaultImagingDevice  ▪  FindDevices  ▪  DeviceRead  ▪  ...

CurrentScreenImage capture an image of your current display screen

CurrentNotebookImage capture an image of a displayed notebook

Image Pyramids

ImagePyramid create Gaussian or Laplacian image pyramids

InverseImagePyramid  ▪  ImagePyramidApply

Real-Time Image Processing

Dynamic  ▪  Manipulate