How do I load an image file in Matlab?

Question

I have to use Matlab to read a picture and make a joint histogram and I'm new to Matlab. When I try to read the Image by using imread function it does not work.

h= imread('a.tif');
??? Error using ==> imread at 363
File "a.tif" does not exist.

Can anyone help me figure out this problem?

Answer 1

Perhaps a.tif doesn't exist, or is located in the wrong directory ?

Answer 2

One easy way to make sure you have the right path and file name is uigetfile.

To determine your path and filename, use

 [filename,path]=uigetfile();

Then modify the code you have written to include the path as well. (If you're new to MATLAB, the syntax for combining two string arrays is [str1, str2])