title: how to convert an RGB image to numpy array?
body: <p>I have an RGB image. I want to convert it to numpy array. I did the following</p>
  
  <pre><code>im = cv.LoadImage("abc.tiff")
  a = numpy.asarray(im)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It creates an array with no shape. I assume it is a iplimage object.</p>