# Loading image files not working in Pluto notebook

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loading-image-files-not-working-in-pluto-notebook/49278>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** package, images, pluto\
**Created:** [October 30, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loading-image-files-not-working-in-pluto-notebook/49278 "2020-10-30T01:07:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loading-image-files-not-working-in-pluto-notebook/49278/1 "2020-10-30T01:07:00Z")

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The following works fine in Julian mode.

```julia
julia> using Images

julia> readdir()
2-element Array{String,1}:
 "Untitled.png"
 "getimages.jl"

julia> img = load("Untitled.png")
280×382 Array{RGB{N0f8},2} with eltype RGB{Normed{UInt8,8}}:
 RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.498,0.38) … RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.333,0.271) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.333,0.271)
 RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.498,0.38) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.333,0.271) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.333,0.271)
 RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.494,0.38) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.333,0.271) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.333,0.271)
 RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.482,0.373) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.333,0.271) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.333,0.271)
 RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.459,0.353) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.337,0.275) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.337,0.275)
 RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.435,0.333) … RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.337,0.275) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.337,0.275)
 RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.412,0.31) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.337,0.275) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.337,0.275)
 RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.4,0.306) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.337,0.275) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.337,0.275)
 RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.388,0.298) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.341,0.278) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.341,0.278)
 RGB{N0f8}(0.004,0.376,0.294) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.341,0.278) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.341,0.278)
 RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.361,0.275) … RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.341,0.278) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.341,0.278)
 RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.345,0.259) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.341,0.278) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.341,0.278)
 RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.345,0.267) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.349,0.286) RGB{N0f8}(0.0,0.349,0.286)
 ⋮ ⋱ ⋮
 RGB{N0f8}(1.0,0.996,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0)
 RGB{N0f8}(1.0,0.996,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0)
 RGB{N0f8}(1.0,0.996,1.0) … RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0)
 RGB{N0f8}(1.0,0.996,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0)
 RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0)
 RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0)
 RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0)
 RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) … RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0)
 RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0)
 RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0)
 RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0)
 RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0) RGB{N0f8}(1.0,1.0,1.0)

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However the same code does not work in a Pluto notebook.

 ![PlutoImageLoadErrorScreenshot](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/f/f/ff3ef98cd13d7dc20e2edfd26e955fae226bedd0.png)

Please advise.

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**Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loading-image-files-not-working-in-pluto-notebook/49278/2 "2020-10-31T13:33:44Z")

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This might be fixed by adding the ImageMagick package:  
[https://github.com/JuliaIO/ImageIO.jl/issues/6#issuecomment-676196199](https://github.com/JuliaIO/ImageIO.jl/issues/6#issuecomment-676196199)

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**Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loading-image-files-not-working-in-pluto-notebook/49278/3 "2020-10-31T23:48:01Z")

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Thank you!

I take it this is an example of package dependency where individually, `Images` and `Pluto` don’t individually depend on `ImageMagick`, but when used together they do, and Julia has no (current) way of taking note of this at package installation time.

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**Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loading-image-files-not-working-in-pluto-notebook/49278/4 "2020-11-01T10:27:42Z")

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No this is unrelated to Pluto, the same issue exists in other IDEs. Images is normally able to output to PNG without ImageMagick, but because of an ongoing bug it is not. So now it depends on ImageMagick to work, but does not have ImageMagick listed as required dependency