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// step 1: load the image as grayscale (not color):
image = imread("c://DL.jpg", CV_LOAD_IMAGE_GRAYSCALE); 

// step 2: flatten it to a 1d array:
image = image.reshape(1,1);

// step 3, convert the data to something the ann likes, i'd even prefer float, not int there:
img.convertTo(image, CV_32F); // or CV32S, if you really want int.

// step 1: load the image as grayscale (not color):
image = imread("c://DL.jpg", imread("c:/DL.jpg", CV_LOAD_IMAGE_GRAYSCALE);  // 1 forward slash, or 2 backward ones, please.

// step 2: flatten it to a 1d array:
image = image.reshape(1,1);

// step 3, convert the data to something the ann likes, i'd even prefer float, not int there:
img.convertTo(image, CV_32F); // or CV32S, if you really want int.