tf.io.decode_png

Decode a PNG-encoded image to a uint8 or uint16 tensor.

tf.io.decode_png(
    contents, channels=0, dtype=tf.dtypes.uint8, name=None
)

The attr channels indicates the desired number of color channels for the decoded image.

Accepted values are:

If needed, the PNG-encoded image is transformed to match the requested number of color channels.

This op also supports decoding JPEGs and non-animated GIFs since the interface is the same, though it is cleaner to use tf.image.decode_image.

Args:

Returns:

A Tensor of type dtype.